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Election 1877 Results

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1877 Minnesota governor election

John S. Pillsbury (Republican) beat William L. Banning (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1877, 57.1% to 39.1%, a margin of 17.9 points and 17,924 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1875, when John S. Pillsbury also won.

Republicans led in 59 of the 71 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Hennepin, cast 6,687 votes and went to the Republican by 33.5 points. The closest was Mille Lacs, where 3 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
John S. Pillsbury won Republican 57,071 57.1%
William L. Banning Democratic 39,147 39.1%
All other candidates 3,817 3.8%
Total100,035

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 2,222 33.2% 4,465 66.8% 6,687 R+33.5
Ramsey 3,075 51.4% 2,906 48.6% 5,981 D+2.8
Winona 2,252 55.2% 1,831 44.8% 4,083 D+10.3
Rice 1,674 43.3% 2,189 56.7% 3,863 R+13.3
Wabasha 1,760 50.1% 1,752 49.9% 3,512 D+0.2
Olmsted 1,696 49.3% 1,744 50.7% 3,440 R+1.4
Blue Earth 1,579 47.2% 1,768 52.8% 3,347 R+5.6
Goodhue 935 28.2% 2,385 71.8% 3,320 R+43.7
Fillmore 1,240 39.1% 1,928 60.9% 3,168 R+21.7
Stearns 2,039 66.0% 1,051 34.0% 3,090 D+32.0
Dakota 1,715 56.5% 1,319 43.5% 3,034 D+13.1
Wright 1,271 46.2% 1,479 53.8% 2,750 R+7.6
Le Sueur 1,650 64.0% 929 36.0% 2,579 D+28.0
Washington 1,089 42.6% 1,469 57.4% 2,558 R+14.9
Houston 1,038 42.5% 1,402 57.5% 2,440 R+14.9
Mower 899 39.5% 1,375 60.5% 2,274 R+20.9
Freeborn 366 16.7% 1,826 83.3% 2,192 R+66.6
Scott 1,634 76.3% 507 23.7% 2,141 D+52.6
Faribault 590 31.7% 1,271 68.3% 1,861 R+36.6
Steele 827 45.2% 1,004 54.8% 1,831 R+9.7
Carver 887 49.0% 923 51.0% 1,810 R+2.0
Meeker 825 49.8% 832 50.2% 1,657 R+0.4
Nicollet 635 38.6% 1,009 61.4% 1,644 R+22.7
Otter Tail 257 16.0% 1,352 84.0% 1,609 R+68.1
Dodge 492 32.0% 1,045 68.0% 1,537 R+36.0
Sibley 786 53.1% 693 46.9% 1,479 D+6.3
McLeod 643 45.5% 769 54.5% 1,412 R+8.9
Waseca 816 57.8% 595 42.2% 1,411 D+15.7
Kandiyohi 46 3.6% 1,229 96.4% 1,275 R+92.8
Brown 469 38.3% 755 61.7% 1,224 R+23.4
Douglas 120 12.3% 855 87.7% 975 R+75.4
Renville 191 20.6% 738 79.4% 929 R+58.9
Chisago 175 18.9% 750 81.1% 925 R+62.2
Anoka 376 42.9% 500 57.1% 876 R+14.2
Swift 135 18.2% 606 81.8% 741 R+63.6
Becker 9 1.2% 722 98.8% 731 R+97.5
Watonwan 147 21.0% 552 79.0% 699 R+57.9
Martin 162 25.2% 480 74.8% 642 R+49.5
Todd 232 37.5% 387 62.5% 619 R+25.0
Redwood 117 19.7% 477 80.3% 594 R+60.6
Morrison 298 50.8% 289 49.2% 587 D+1.5
St. Louis 285 49.5% 291 50.5% 576 R+1.0
Isanti 82 14.3% 491 85.7% 573 R+71.4
Sherburne 207 37.0% 352 63.0% 559 R+25.9
Jackson 32 5.9% 512 94.1% 544 R+88.2
Nobles 52 10.0% 467 90.0% 519 R+80.0
Pope 32 6.2% 485 93.8% 517 R+87.6
Chippewa 21 4.1% 487 95.9% 508 R+91.7
Cottonwood 61 13.8% 381 86.2% 442 R+72.4
Benton 243 60.8% 157 39.3% 400 D+21.5
Lyon 25 6.3% 374 93.7% 399 R+87.5
Stevens 109 30.5% 248 69.5% 357 R+38.9
Rock 75 22.1% 265 77.9% 340 R+55.9
Yellow Medicine 5 1.5% 321 98.5% 326 R+96.9
Grant 1 0.3% 305 99.7% 306 R+99.3
Crow Wing 89 30.3% 205 69.7% 294 R+39.5
Mille Lacs 132 50.6% 129 49.4% 261 D+1.1
Polk 19 7.4% 238 92.6% 257 R+85.2
Carlton 102 41.1% 146 58.9% 248 R+17.7
Pine 90 43.3% 118 56.7% 208 R+13.5
Murray 12 6.4% 175 93.6% 187 R+87.2
Clay 29 16.2% 150 83.8% 179 R+67.6
Lac Qui Parle 0 0.0% 149 100.0% 149 R+100.0
Wadena 1 0.8% 123 99.2% 124 R+98.4
Wilkin 36 33.3% 72 66.7% 108 R+33.3
Big Stone 0 0.0% 87 100.0% 87 R+100.0
Kanabec 20 23.3% 66 76.7% 86 R+53.5
Lincoln 16 20.3% 63 79.7% 79 R+59.5
Aitkin 2 7.4% 25 92.6% 27 R+85.2
Cass 3 15.0% 17 85.0% 20 R+70.0
Lake 0 0.0% 19 100.0% 19 R+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1877; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Minnesota governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Tim Walz (D) D+7.7
2018 Tim Walz (D) D+11.4
2014 Mark Dayton (D) D+5.6
2010 Mark Dayton (D) D+0.4
2006 Tim Pawlenty (R) R+1.0
2002 Tim Pawlenty (R) R+7.9
1998 Jesse Ventura (other)
1994 Arne Carlson (R) R+29.2
1990 Arne Carlson (R) R+3.3
1986 Rudy Perpich (D) D+13.0
1982 Rudy Perpich (D) D+18.6
1978 Albert H. Quie (R) R+7.0
1974 Wendell R. Anderson (D) D+33.4
1970 Wendell R. Anderson (D) D+8.5
1966 Harold Levander (R) R+5.6
1962 Karl F. Rolvaag (D) level
1960 Elmer L. Andersen (R) R+1.5
1958 Orville L. Freeman (D) D+14.4
1956 Orville L. Freeman (D) D+3.2
1954 Orville L. Freeman (D) D+5.9
1952 C. Elmer Anderson (R) R+11.3
1950 Luther W. Youngdahl (R) R+22.5
1948 Luther W. Youngdahl (R) R+8.1
1946 Luther W. Youngdahl (R) R+19.3
1944 Edward John Thye (R) R+23.8
1942 Harold Stassen (R) R+42.1
1940 Harold Stassen (R) R+40.9
1938 Harold Stassen (R) R+54.1
1936 Elmer Austin Benson (other)
1934 Floyd B. Olson (other)
1932 Floyd B. Olson (other)
1930 Floyd B. Olson (other)
1928 Theodore Christianson (R) R+33.6
1926 Theodore Christianson (R) R+51.1
1924 Theodore Christianson (R) R+42.8
1922 J. A. O. Preus (R) R+33.5
1920 J. A. O. Preus (R) R+42.7
1918 J. A. A. Burnquist (R) R+24.3
1916 J. A. A. Burnquist (R) R+39.1
1914 Winfield Scott Hammond (D) D+3.7
1912 Adolph Olson Eberhart (R) R+9.4
1910 Adolph O. Eberhart (R) R+20.5
1908 John Albert Johnson (D) D+8.0
1906 John A. Johnson (D) D+26.2
1904 John A. Johnson (D) D+2.6
1902 Samuel R. Van Sant (R) R+20.9
1900 Samuel Rinnah Van Sant (R) R+0.7
1898 John Lind (D) D+8.0
1896 David M. Clough (R) R+1.1
1894 Knute Nelson (R) R+31.9
1892 Knute Nelson (R) R+5.7
1890 William R. Merriam (R) R+0.9
1888 William R. Merriam (R) R+9.2
1886 Andrew R. McGill (R) R+1.1
1883 Lucius F. Hubbard (R) R+10.5
1881 Lucius F. Hubbard (R) R+26.4
1879 John S. Pillsbury (R) R+14.7
1877 John S. Pillsbury (R) R+17.9
1875 John S. Pillsbury (R) R+14.1
1873 Cushman K. Davis (R) R+7.1
1871 Horace Austin (R) R+21.2
1869 Horace Austin (R) R+3.7
1867 William R. Marshall (R) R+8.2
1865 William R. Marshall (R) R+11.2