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Missouri gubernatorial election, 1884

Missouri gubernatorial election, 1884
Missouri
← 1880 November 4, 1884 1888 →
  John S. Marmaduke.jpg NicholasFord.jpg
Nominee John S. Marmaduke Nicholas Ford
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 218,885 207,939
Percentage 50.05% 47.55%

Governor before election

Thomas Theodore Crittenden
Democratic

Elected Governor

John S. Marmaduke
Democratic


Thomas Theodore Crittenden
Democratic

John S. Marmaduke
Democratic

The Missouri gubernatorial election of 1884 was Missouri's twenty-first gubernatorial election. The election was held on November 4, 1884 and resulted in a victory for the Democratic nominee, former Confederate general John S. Marmaduke, over the Republican candidate, former Congressman David Patterson Dyer, and Populist nominee John A. Brooks.

Marmaduke died in 1887 and was replaced for the remainder of this term by Lt. Gov. Albert P. Morehouse.


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