1882 Delaware gubernatorial election

1882 Delaware gubernatorial election

← 1878 November 7, 1882 1886 →
 
Nominee Charles C. Stockley Albert Curry
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 16,558 14,620
Percentage 53.04% 46.83%

County results
Stockley:      50–60%

Governor before election

John W. Hall
Democratic

Elected Governor

Charles C. Stockley
Democratic

The 1882 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1882. Incumbent Democratic Governor John W. Hall was unable to seek re-election. Former State Senator Charles C. Stockley ran as the Democratic nominee to succeed Hall and faced Republican nominee Albert Curry. The Republican Party campaigned on organizing a new constitutional convention and launched a vigorous statewide effort. However, Stockley defeated Curry by a decisive margin and a unanimously Democratic state legislature was elected alongside him, securing the Party's dominance in the state for another four years.[1]

  1. ^ Conrad, Henry C. (1908). History of the State of Delaware: From the Earliest Settlements to the Year 1907. Vol. 1. Lancaster, Pa.: Wickersham Company, Printers and Binders. p. 230.