The 1878 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on June 3, 1878 to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched Republican

Cornelius C. Beekman Cornelius C. Beekman (January 27, 1828February 22, 1915) was a Wells-Fargo Express agent and banker in Jacksonville, Oregon, United States. He is the namesake of the Cornelius C. Beekman House and the Beekman Native Plant Arboretum. Early life B ...

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William Wallace Thayer, with Thayer defeating Beekman by a very small margin.

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