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On election day, 4 November 1884, Democratic nominee Banton G. Boone won the election against his opponent Republican nominee Dan Murphy, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of attorney general. Boone was sworn in as the 20th attorney general of Missouri on 12 January 1885.