{{short description|none}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title alone is adequate; see WP:SDNONE --> {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox election | election_name = 1877 Minnesota gubernatorial election | type = presidential | previous_election = 1875 Minnesota gubernatorial election | previous_year = 1875 | next_election = 1879 Minnesota gubernatorial election | next_year = 1879 | ongoing = no | election_date = November 6, 1877 | registered = | turnout = <!-- person 1 --> | image1 = File:JohnSargentPillsbury.jpg | nominee1 = '''John S. Pillsbury''' | party1 = Republican Party (United States) | popular_vote1 = '''57,071''' | percentage1 = '''57.05%''' | image2 = File:William L. Banning.png | nominee2 = William L. Banning | party2 = Democratic Party (United States) | popular_vote2 = 39,147 | percentage2 = 39.13% <!-- map -->| map_image = 1877 Minnesota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg | map_size = 250px | map_alt = | map = | map_caption = County results<br />'''Pillsbury:''' {{legend0|#e27f90|50–60%}} {{legend0|#cc2f4a|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d40818|70–80%}} {{legend0|#aa0000|80–90%}} {{legend0|#a80000|90–100%}}<br />'''Banning:''' {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}}<br />'''Unknown/No Vote:''' {{legend0|#808080}}
| title = Governor | before_election = John S. Pillsbury | before_party = Republican Party (United States) | after_election = John S. Pillsbury | after_party = Republican Party (United States) }} {{ElectionsMN}}
The '''1877 Minnesota gubernatorial election''' was held on November 6, 1877, to elect the governor of Minnesota. Incumbent John S. Pillsbury was reelected to a second term.
==Candidates== *Rev. Austin Willey, pastor (Prohibition) *John S. Pillsbury, Incumbent (Republican) *William L. Banning, Former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (Democrat) *William Meighen, State Senator (Greenback)
==Campaigns== The Democratic State Convention began on October 2, 1877. Edmund Rice was originally thought to be the nominee.<ref>{{cite news|title=DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION|date=September 30, 1877|url=https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18770930.1.7&srpos=19&e=------187-en-20--1--img-txIN-State+Convention----1877-------}}</ref> However, by the end of the convention it was considered "several hours of wrangling and confusion". One dividing issue in the party was hard money and soft money factions. The eventual nominee, William L. Banning, was in favor of a soft-money policy. Banning was elected in a landslide against Rice and William Meighen, who would then run for the Greenback Party.<ref>{{cite news|title=HARMONIOUS DEMOCRACY|date=October 3, 1877|url=https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18771003.1.2&e=------187-en-20--1--img-txIN-Republican+Convention----1877-------}}</ref>
Also on September 29th, the Republican State Convention was held. Pillsbury was renominated without issue.
==Results== {{Election box begin no change | title = Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1877<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=61547|title=Our Campaigns - MN Governor Race - Nov 06, 1877|access-date=May 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/1353/chapter-10_mn-votes-2015.pdf|publisher=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State|title=Minnesota Legislative Manual (Blue Book) - Chapter 10 Minnesota Elections|date=2015-04-01|access-date=2016-05-07}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = John S. Pillsbury (incumbent) |votes = 57,071 |percentage = 57.05 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = William L. Banning |votes = 39,147 |percentage = 39.13 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Greenback Party |candidate = William Meighen |votes = 2,396 |percentage = 2.40 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Prohibition Party (United States) |candidate = Austin Willey |votes = 1,421 |percentage = 1.42 }} {{Election box total no change| |votes = 100,035 |percentage = 100 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link no change| |winner = Republican Party (United States) |loser = Democratic Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External Links== [https://mnelectionarchive.datamade.us/election/2318771099920600/ Minnesota Historical Election Archive]
{{Minnesota elections}} {{1877 United States elections|state=collapsed}}
1877 Minnesota gubernatorial Category:November 1877 in the United States