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Missouri gubernatorial election, 1870

Missouri gubernatorial election, 1870
Missouri
← 1868 November 8, 1870 1872 →
  BGratzBrown.png Joseph W. McClurg - Brady-Handy.jpg
Nominee Benjamin Gratz Brown Joseph W. McClurg
Party Liberal Republican Republican
Popular vote 104,374 63,235
Percentage 62.27% 37.73%

Governor before election

Joseph W. McClurg
Republican

Elected Governor

Benjamin Gratz Brown
Liberal Republican


Joseph W. McClurg
Republican

Benjamin Gratz Brown
Liberal Republican

The Missouri gubernatorial election of 1870 was Missouri's sixteenth gubernatorial election. The election was held on November 8, 1870 and resulted in a victory for the Liberal Republican nominee, former Senator Benjamin Gratz Brown, over incumbent Republican Governor Joseph W. McClurg.


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