Election Name: | 1882 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
Country: | Pennsylvania |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1878 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1878 |
Next Election: | 1886 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1886 |
Image1: | File:RobertEPattison.png |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Nominee1: | Robert E. Pattison |
Popular Vote1: | 355,791 |
Percentage1: | 47.8% |
Nominee2: | James A. Beaver |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 315,589 |
Percentage2: | 42.4% |
Image3: | File:John Stewart.jpg |
Nominee3: | John Stewart |
Party3: | Independent Republican (United States) |
Popular Vote3: | 43,743 |
Percentage3: | 5.9% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Henry M. Hoyt |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Robert E. Pattison |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1882 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 1882. Incumbent governor Henry M. Hoyt, a Republican, was not a candidate for re-election.
Democratic candidate Robert E. Pattison defeated Republican candidate James A. Beaver to become Governor of Pennsylvania. James Herron Hopkins, Simon Peter Wolverton, and William Watts Hart Davis unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.