The 1878 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1878. Incumbent Democratic Governor John P. Cochran was unable to seek re-election. Former State Senator

John W. Hall John Wood Hall (January 1, 1817 – January 23, 1892) was an American merchant and politician from Frederica, Delaware, Frederica, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, who served i ...

ran as the Democratic nominee to succeed Cochran. The Republican Party, chastened by its long string of defeats, failed to run a statewide candidate. Instead, the

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stepped in, and Kensey Johns Stewart ran as the Greenback nominee. The absence of the Republican Party on the ballot caused turnout to crash, and Hall defeated Stewart by the largest margin in state history.

General election

Results

References

Bibliography

* * * * Delaware Senate Journal, 77th General Assembly, 1st Reg. Sess. (1879).

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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

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