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Election 1879 Results

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1879 Iowa governor election

John Henry Gear (Republican) beat Henry H. Trimble (Democrat) in Iowa in 1879, 54.0% to 29.3%, a margin of 24.7 points and 72,044 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1877, when John Henry Gear also won.

Republicans led in 92 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 5 and other candidates in 2. The largest, Dubuque, cast 7,172 votes and went to the Democrat by 20.2 points. The closest was Palo Alto, where 8 votes separated the top two.

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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 Henry Gear won Republican 157,408 54.0%
Henry H. Trimble Democratic 85,364 29.3%
Daniel Campbell Greenback 45,674 15.7%
All other candidates 3,291 1.1%
Total291,737

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dubuque 3,950 55.1% 2,498 34.8% 724 7,172 D+20.2
Polk 1,844 26.0% 4,007 56.5% 1,240 7,091 R+30.5
Linn 2,735 39.4% 3,842 55.4% 359 6,936 R+16.0
Lee 2,858 46.2% 2,406 38.9% 917 6,181 D+7.3
Clinton 2,497 42.2% 2,724 46.1% 694 5,915 R+3.8
Scott 1,979 34.1% 3,242 55.8% 584 5,805 R+21.8
Pottawattamie 2,547 45.3% 2,819 50.1% 260 5,626 R+4.8
Jasper 1,078 19.6% 2,920 53.1% 1,496 5,494 R+33.5
Des Moines 2,269 42.4% 2,995 55.9% 93 5,357 R+13.6
Johnson 2,661 51.2% 2,439 46.9% 100 5,200 D+4.3
Clayton 2,219 43.3% 2,693 52.6% 211 5,123 R+9.3
Mahaska 1,001 19.6% 2,714 53.1% 1,397 5,112 R+33.5
Wapello 2,091 43.2% 2,455 50.8% 291 4,837 R+7.5
Marion 1,166 24.2% 2,209 45.8% 1,451 4,826 R+21.6
Fayette 798 16.9% 2,570 54.6% 1,340 4,708 R+37.6
Jackson 2,353 51.5% 1,797 39.3% 421 4,571 D+12.2
Benton 611 14.2% 2,617 60.8% 1,075 4,303 R+46.6
Jones 1,705 40.7% 2,413 57.6% 73 4,191 R+16.9
Keokuk 1,918 46.7% 2,017 49.1% 173 4,108 R+2.4
Muscatine 1,283 31.4% 2,143 52.5% 654 4,080 R+21.1
Warren 838 20.9% 2,042 50.9% 1,134 4,014 R+30.0
Poweshiek 785 20.4% 2,215 57.5% 853 3,853 R+37.1
Black Hawk 1,174 30.6% 2,334 60.9% 325 3,833 R+30.3
Marshall 873 22.9% 2,180 57.2% 755 3,808 R+34.3
Dallas 141 3.7% 2,066 54.3% 1,597 3,804 R+50.6
Tama 866 23.6% 2,278 62.0% 528 3,672 R+38.5
Buchanan 850 23.3% 1,970 54.1% 821 3,641 R+30.8
Madison 552 15.2% 1,759 48.4% 1,325 3,636 R+33.2
Van Buren 1,448 39.8% 1,687 46.4% 500 3,635 R+6.6
Washington 1,089 30.0% 2,025 55.9% 510 3,624 R+25.8
Allamakee 1,584 44.2% 1,795 50.0% 208 3,587 R+5.9
Henry 944 26.4% 2,011 56.3% 618 3,573 R+29.9
Cedar 1,191 33.4% 1,998 56.0% 379 3,568 R+22.6
Winneshiek 1,171 33.3% 2,014 57.2% 335 3,520 R+23.9
Jefferson 1,373 39.1% 1,918 54.6% 219 3,510 R+15.5
Delaware 1,290 37.6% 1,999 58.2% 145 3,434 R+20.6
Boone 1,001 29.4% 1,833 53.9% 569 3,403 R+24.4
Fremont 1,445 42.9% 1,522 45.2% 401 3,368 R+2.3
Appanoose 1,212 36.7% 1,452 43.9% 641 3,305 R+7.3
Davis 1,084 33.3% 980 30.1% 1,188 3,252 Others
Cass 950 29.5% 1,907 59.3% 360 3,217 R+29.7
Iowa 930 29.0% 1,627 50.7% 652 3,209 R+21.7
Harrison 1,039 33.5% 1,548 49.9% 515 3,102 R+16.4
Wayne 494 16.5% 1,502 50.3% 993 2,989 R+33.7
Chickasaw 782 26.2% 1,258 42.1% 945 2,985 R+15.9
Webster 405 13.7% 1,376 46.7% 1,165 2,946 R+33.0
Taylor 92 3.2% 1,589 54.5% 1,237 2,918 R+51.3
Hardin 671 23.5% 1,870 65.5% 316 2,857 R+42.0
Mills 1,076 38.0% 1,571 55.5% 182 2,829 R+17.5
Decatur 812 28.8% 1,379 48.9% 627 2,818 R+20.1
Story 308 11.1% 1,701 61.0% 778 2,787 R+50.0
Louisa 706 25.4% 1,654 59.4% 423 2,783 R+34.1
Lucas 896 32.3% 1,466 52.9% 409 2,771 R+20.6
Union 464 16.9% 1,250 45.6% 1,030 2,744 R+28.6
Page 574 21.1% 1,787 65.7% 359 2,720 R+44.6
Montgomery 333 12.4% 1,530 56.9% 824 2,687 R+44.5
Monroe 488 18.2% 1,207 44.9% 991 2,686 R+26.8
Butler 805 30.4% 1,726 65.1% 119 2,650 R+34.8
Bremer 661 25.2% 1,382 52.6% 584 2,627 R+27.4
Floyd 366 14.1% 1,637 63.1% 591 2,594 R+49.0
Mitchell 643 25.7% 1,597 63.9% 259 2,499 R+38.2
Guthrie 320 13.1% 1,417 57.9% 711 2,448 R+44.8
Greene 200 8.4% 1,447 60.4% 747 2,394 R+52.1
Woodbury 974 41.3% 1,262 53.5% 124 2,360 R+12.2
Adair 88 3.8% 1,353 58.8% 859 2,300 R+55.0
Howard 28 1.2% 1,059 47.2% 1,156 2,243 Others
Clarke 585 26.2% 1,220 54.6% 429 2,234 R+28.4
Adams 423 19.4% 1,008 46.3% 745 2,176 R+26.9
Crawford 785 37.0% 1,263 59.5% 73 2,121 R+22.5
Ringgold 55 2.6% 1,146 54.4% 906 2,107 R+51.8
Cerro Gordo 619 29.7% 1,442 69.2% 23 2,084 R+39.5
Carroll 969 48.5% 927 46.4% 104 2,000 D+2.1
Shelby 794 40.6% 1,133 58.0% 27 1,954 R+17.3
Grundy 559 28.8% 1,265 65.2% 117 1,941 R+36.4
Hamilton 153 8.2% 1,160 62.1% 555 1,868 R+53.9
Franklin 278 15.4% 1,345 74.6% 180 1,803 R+59.2
Plymouth 700 43.9% 873 54.7% 23 1,596 R+10.8
Monona 209 13.7% 831 54.3% 490 1,530 R+40.7
Audubon 654 44.1% 812 54.8% 16 1,482 R+10.7
Worth 257 18.8% 1,104 80.9% 4 1,365 R+62.1
Cherokee 116 8.6% 860 63.8% 371 1,347 R+55.2
Sac 245 18.5% 883 66.7% 196 1,324 R+48.2
Buena Vista 198 15.3% 999 77.4% 94 1,291 R+62.0
Kossuth 245 22.3% 700 63.6% 155 1,100 R+41.4
Calhoun 257 25.2% 716 70.2% 47 1,020 R+45.0
Sioux 302 31.5% 638 66.5% 19 959 R+35.0
Wright 183 19.5% 754 80.5% 937 R+60.9
Humboldt 84 9.1% 591 64.2% 245 920 R+55.1
Palo Alto 323 38.0% 331 38.9% 196 850 R+0.9
Clay 54 6.8% 733 92.8% 3 790 R+85.9
Ida 163 21.2% 487 63.3% 119 769 R+42.1
Pocahontas 214 28.6% 479 64.1% 54 747 R+35.5
Winnebago 49 6.6% 696 93.4% 745 R+86.8
O'Brien 38 5.2% 471 64.3% 223 732 R+59.2
Hancock 167 24.7% 480 71.0% 29 676 R+46.3
Osceola 71 14.4% 423 85.6% 494 R+71.3
Emmet 30 8.5% 304 86.4% 18 352 R+77.8
Lyon 1 0.3% 313 94.3% 18 332 R+94.0
Dickinson 5 1.5% 321 97.9% 2 328 R+96.3

Counties as they stood in 1879; 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.

Iowa governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kim Reynolds (R) R+18.5
2018 Kim Reynolds (R) R+2.7
2014 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.7
2010 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+9.6
2006 Chet Culver (D) D+9.6
2002 Tom Vilsack (D) D+8.2
1998 Tom Vilsack (D) D+5.8
1994 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+15.2
1990 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.8
1986 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+3.9
1982 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+6.3
1978 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.3
1974 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.1
1972 Robert E. Ray (R) R+18.2
1970 Robert E. Ray (R) R+4.4
1968 Robert E. Ray (R) R+8.2
1966 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+11.2
1964 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+36.8
1962 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+5.1
1960 Norman A. Erbe (R) R+4.3
1958 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+8.3
1956 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+2.4
1954 Leo A. Hoegh (R) R+3.0
1952 William Beardsley (R) R+4.1
1950 William Beardsley (R) R+18.6
1948 William Beardsley (R) R+12.0
1946 Robert D. Blue (R) R+15.3
1944 Robert D. Blue (R) R+12.4
1942 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) R+25.8
1940 George Wilson (R) R+5.7
1938 George Wilson (R) R+7.0
1936 Nelson G. Kraschel (D) D+0.2
1934 Clyde L. Herring (D) D+8.2
1932 Clyde LaVerne Herring (D) D+5.5
1930 Dan W. Turner (R) R+32.1
1928 John Hammill (R) R+25.6
1926 John Hammill (R) R+42.9
1924 John Hammill (R) R+45.4
1922 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+41.1
1920 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+20.0
1918 William L. Harding (R) R+3.6
1916 William L. Harding (R) R+24.6
1914 George W. Clarke (R) R+6.4
1912 George W. Clarke (R) R+0.4
1910 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+4.4
1908 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+12.8
1906 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+4.8
1903 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+18.9
1901 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+21.3
1899 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+13.0
1897 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+6.8
1895 Francis M. Drake (R) R+14.8
1893 Frank D. Jackson (R) R+7.7
1891 Horace Boies (D) D+2.0
1889 Horace Boies (D) D+1.8
1887 William Larrabee (R) R+4.7
1885 William Larrabee (R) R+2.0
1883 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+7.4
1881 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+25.5
1879 John Henry Gear (R) R+24.7
1877 John Henry Gear (R) R+17.1
1875 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (R) R+14.4
1873 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+56.0
1871 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+23.2
1869 Samuel Merrill (R) R+25.9
1867 Samuel Merrill (R) R+17.8
1865 William M. Stone (R) R+13.1