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 against Democrat William Wallace Thayer, with Thayer defeating Beekman by a very small margin. With a margin of 69 votes, or 0.2%, this is the closest gubernatorial election in Oregon to date.
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