1884 gubernatorial campaign Heading encouragement from other Democrats, in 1884 Harrison ran as the party's nominee for governor of Illinois. He lost to Republican Richard J. Oglesby. The result was unsurprising, considering that the state of Illinois had a strong Republican lean at the time. However, Harrison had managed to decrease the Republican margin of victory in the gubernatorial election from the 40,000 margin of the previous election to 14,500.
1884 gubernatorial campaign Heading encouragement from other Democrats, in 1884 Harrison ran as the party's nominee for governor of Illinois. He lost to Republican Richard J. Oglesby. The result was unsurprising, considering that the state of Illinois had a strong Republican lean at the time. However, Harrison had managed to decrease the Republican margin of victory in the gubernatorial election from the 40,000 margin of the previous election to 14,500.