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1882 Kansas gubernatorial election

election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Kansas

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ97515970 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 1882 Kansas gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1882. Democratic nominee George Washington Glick defeated incumbent Republican John St. John with 46.40% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

George Washington Glick, Democratic

John St.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “1882 Kansas gubernatorial election” as election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Kansas. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1882—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Kansas, gubernatorial and election can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q97515970. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1882.

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This entry incorporates text from “1882 Kansas gubernatorial election” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.