• Source: 1886 Delaware gubernatorial election

    • The 1886 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886. Incumbent Democratic Governor Charles C. Stockley was barred from seeing a second consecutive term in office. Former Congressman Benjamin T. Biggs won the Democratic nomination to succeed Stockley. The Republican Party, which was weak and practically nonexistent in the state at the time, did not run a candidate for Governor. As a result, the Temperance Reform Party briefly supplanted the Republican Party as the primary opposition to the Democratic Party. Former State Representative and Smyrna Town Treasurer John H. Hoffecker, a former Democrat, emerged as the Temperance Reform nominee. However, the Democratic Party remained strong in the state; with no Republican opponent and only weak opposition, Biggs won in a landslide.


    Temperance Reform convention


    At the Temperance Reform convention in Dover in June 1886, John H. Hoffecker received the party's nomination by acclamation.


    Democratic convention


    At the Democratic convention in Dover in August 1886, former Congressman Benjamin T. Biggs entered as the frontrunner. He faced a number of prospective candidates, including:

    Edwin R. Cochran, New Castle County Clerk of the Peace, former State Representative
    William Herbert, New Castle County Treasurer
    Swithin Chandler
    J. Wilkins Cooch, former State Senator
    Despite the fierce competition, however, Biggs was easily nominated, winning the convention vote on the first ballot.


    General election




    References




    Bibliography


    Delaware Senate Journal, 81st General Assembly, 1st Reg. Sess. (1887).

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