1878 Tennessee gubernatorial election

1878 Tennessee gubernatorial election

← 1876 November 5, 1878 1880 →
 
Nominee Albert S. Marks Eli M. Wight Richard M. Edwards
Party Democratic Republican Greenback
Popular vote 89,958 42,284 15,155
Percentage 60.03% 28.69% 10.28%

County results
Marks:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Wight:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
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Governor before election

James D. Porter
Democratic

Elected Governor

Albert S. Marks
Democratic

The 1878 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1878, to elect the next governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic governor James D. Porter did not seek re-election. Democratic candidate Albert S. Marks was elected with 60.03% of the vote.[1][2][3]

Marks was the first lifelong Democrat to be elected after the Civil War (his two predecessors, John C. Brown and James D. Porter, had been Whigs before the war).

  1. ^ Tennessee Blue Book (1890), p. 170.
  2. ^ Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 203–204.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - TN Governor Race - Nov 05, 1878". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2024-02-28.