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Election 1887 Results

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1887 Iowa governor election

William Larrabee (Republican) beat T. J. Anderson (Democrat) in Iowa in 1887, 50.2% to 45.5%, a margin of 4.7 points and 15,890 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1885, when William Larrabee also won.

Republicans led in 73 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 26. The largest, Polk, cast 10,082 votes and went to the Republican by 3.5 points. The closest was Webster, where 7 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
William Larrabee won Republican 169,596 50.2%
T. J. Anderson Democratic 153,706 45.5%
All other candidates 14,617 4.3%
Total337,919

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 4,866 48.3% 5,216 51.7% 10,082 R+3.5
Pottawattamie 4,522 58.0% 3,271 42.0% 7,793 D+16.1
Linn 3,334 46.0% 3,909 54.0% 7,243 R+7.9
Clinton 4,206 61.7% 2,610 38.3% 6,816 D+23.4
Dubuque 4,521 70.5% 1,894 29.5% 6,415 D+41.0
Scott 4,698 75.1% 1,557 24.9% 6,255 D+50.2
Lee 3,692 61.6% 2,305 38.4% 5,997 D+23.1
Woodbury 2,913 49.4% 2,979 50.6% 5,892 R+1.1
Des Moines 3,451 60.7% 2,239 39.3% 5,690 D+21.3
Wapello 2,739 50.5% 2,682 49.5% 5,421 D+1.1
Mahaska 2,187 42.4% 2,972 57.6% 5,159 R+15.2
Clayton 3,175 61.8% 1,960 38.2% 5,135 D+23.7
Fayette 2,123 45.2% 2,571 54.8% 4,694 R+9.5
Jasper 2,075 44.5% 2,592 55.5% 4,667 R+11.1
Benton 2,345 50.3% 2,314 49.7% 4,659 D+0.7
Johnson 2,990 64.4% 1,655 35.6% 4,645 D+28.7
Keokuk 2,390 51.7% 2,233 48.3% 4,623 D+3.4
Muscatine 2,456 53.3% 2,156 46.7% 4,612 D+6.5
Marion 2,220 51.6% 2,079 48.4% 4,299 D+3.3
Jones 2,081 49.3% 2,140 50.7% 4,221 R+1.4
Tama 2,024 48.0% 2,195 52.0% 4,219 R+4.1
Black Hawk 1,657 40.3% 2,450 59.7% 4,107 R+19.3
Jackson 2,565 62.5% 1,539 37.5% 4,104 D+25.0
Winneshiek 1,963 48.0% 2,124 52.0% 4,087 R+3.9
Marshall 1,647 40.4% 2,427 59.6% 4,074 R+19.1
Cedar 2,064 51.2% 1,965 48.8% 4,029 D+2.5
Washington 1,867 46.6% 2,141 53.4% 4,008 R+6.8
Iowa 2,094 55.6% 1,669 44.4% 3,763 D+11.3
Buchanan 1,596 43.9% 2,038 56.1% 3,634 R+12.2
Harrison 1,668 45.9% 1,966 54.1% 3,634 R+8.2
Allamakee 1,941 54.4% 1,627 45.6% 3,568 D+8.8
Dallas 1,316 38.4% 2,113 61.6% 3,429 R+23.2
Henry 1,326 39.0% 2,070 61.0% 3,396 R+21.9
Van Buren 1,571 46.3% 1,819 53.7% 3,390 R+7.3
Poweshiek 1,396 41.3% 1,983 58.7% 3,379 R+17.4
Appanoose 1,599 47.6% 1,762 52.4% 3,361 R+4.8
Jefferson 1,470 44.0% 1,871 56.0% 3,341 R+12.0
Warren 1,392 41.9% 1,933 58.1% 3,325 R+16.3
Boone 1,401 42.2% 1,917 57.8% 3,318 R+15.6
Page 1,071 32.6% 2,210 67.4% 3,281 R+34.7
Delaware 1,347 41.8% 1,879 58.2% 3,226 R+16.5
Plymouth 1,864 57.9% 1,357 42.1% 3,221 D+15.7
Wayne 1,513 47.7% 1,659 52.3% 3,172 R+4.6
Crawford 1,787 56.9% 1,353 43.1% 3,140 D+13.8
Madison 1,341 42.7% 1,799 57.3% 3,140 R+14.6
Webster 1,552 49.9% 1,559 50.1% 3,111 R+0.2
Cass 1,325 42.7% 1,778 57.3% 3,103 R+14.6
Carroll 1,912 62.0% 1,172 38.0% 3,084 D+24.0
Shelby 1,587 52.8% 1,421 47.2% 3,008 D+5.5
Bremer 1,543 51.8% 1,435 48.2% 2,978 D+3.6
Hardin 974 32.9% 1,989 67.1% 2,963 R+34.3
Guthrie 1,084 37.0% 1,849 63.0% 2,933 R+26.1
Greene 1,133 38.9% 1,776 61.1% 2,909 R+22.1
Decatur 1,222 42.1% 1,683 57.9% 2,905 R+15.9
Story 991 34.3% 1,897 65.7% 2,888 R+31.4
Fremont 1,490 52.5% 1,349 47.5% 2,839 D+5.0
Montgomery 1,028 36.3% 1,807 63.7% 2,835 R+27.5
Chickasaw 1,451 51.2% 1,382 48.8% 2,833 D+2.4
Floyd 1,217 43.0% 1,615 57.0% 2,832 R+14.1
Mills 1,350 48.6% 1,426 51.4% 2,776 R+2.7
Taylor 1,071 38.7% 1,694 61.3% 2,765 R+22.5
Butler 1,020 37.8% 1,679 62.2% 2,699 R+24.4
Lucas 1,039 38.8% 1,638 61.2% 2,677 R+22.4
Union 1,117 42.0% 1,541 58.0% 2,658 R+16.0
Sioux 1,102 42.6% 1,485 57.4% 2,587 R+14.8
Davis 1,427 55.5% 1,143 44.5% 2,570 D+11.1
Adair 877 34.9% 1,634 65.1% 2,511 R+30.1
Louisa 919 36.8% 1,579 63.2% 2,498 R+26.4
Cerro Gordo 806 32.4% 1,684 67.6% 2,490 R+35.3
Ringgold 905 36.9% 1,550 63.1% 2,455 R+26.3
Mitchell 906 37.8% 1,494 62.3% 2,400 R+24.5
Sac 866 37.9% 1,421 62.1% 2,287 R+24.3
Grundy 1,053 47.3% 1,171 52.7% 2,224 R+5.3
Cherokee 803 36.2% 1,413 63.8% 2,216 R+27.5
Monroe 974 44.2% 1,232 55.8% 2,206 R+11.7
O'Brien 867 40.1% 1,294 59.9% 2,161 R+19.8
Hamilton 781 36.5% 1,357 63.5% 2,138 R+26.9
Adams 950 44.6% 1,178 55.4% 2,128 R+10.7
Howard 901 43.8% 1,158 56.2% 2,059 R+12.5
Ida 964 47.4% 1,070 52.6% 2,034 R+5.2
Audubon 935 46.0% 1,096 54.0% 2,031 R+7.9
Wright 662 33.1% 1,340 66.9% 2,002 R+33.9
Franklin 684 34.9% 1,275 65.1% 1,959 R+30.2
Clarke 808 41.6% 1,133 58.4% 1,941 R+16.7
Calhoun 595 31.4% 1,298 68.6% 1,893 R+37.1
Kossuth 770 40.8% 1,117 59.2% 1,887 R+18.4
Monona 719 39.4% 1,106 60.6% 1,825 R+21.2
Buena Vista 558 31.1% 1,236 68.9% 1,794 R+37.8
Humboldt 501 32.3% 1,048 67.7% 1,549 R+35.3
Pocahontas 609 41.5% 858 58.5% 1,467 R+17.0
Worth 453 31.9% 965 68.1% 1,418 R+36.1
Palo Alto 727 51.6% 682 48.4% 1,409 D+3.2
Clay 329 23.6% 1,068 76.4% 1,397 R+52.9
Hancock 478 39.9% 721 60.1% 1,199 R+20.3
Winnebago 252 24.8% 763 75.2% 1,015 R+50.3
Lyon 387 41.5% 545 58.5% 932 R+17.0
Osceola 288 33.3% 576 66.7% 864 R+33.3
Dickinson 160 23.3% 526 76.7% 686 R+53.4
Emmet 120 19.7% 490 80.3% 610 R+60.7

Counties as they stood in 1887; 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