1893 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1893 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1891 legislative no 1892 United States gubernatorial elections 1892 1894 United States gubernatorial elections 1894 Seats up Seats won 5 governorships November 7, 1893;April 5, 1893 (RI) Democratic Party (United States) 27 25 2 3 1 Republican Party (United States) 14 16 2 2 4 Populist Party (United States) 3 3 0 0 1893 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1893, in five states. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts and Rhode Island at this time held gubernatorial elections every year. They would abandon this practice in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Iowa Horace Boies Democratic Defeated, 42.00% Frank D. Jackson (Republican) 49.74%J. M. Joseph (Populist) 5.77%Bennett Mitchell (Prohibition) 2.49%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265247 IA Governor, 1893 Our Campaigns 6 August 2020 Massachusetts William E. Russell Democratic Retired, Republican victory Frederic T. Greenhalge (Republican) 52.77%John E. Russell (Democratic) 42.99%Louis Albert Banks (Prohibition) 2.34%George H. Cary (Populist) 1.34%Patrick F. O'Neil (Socialist Labor) 0.56%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266536 MA Governor, 1893 Our Campaigns 6 August 2020 Ohio William McKinley Republican Re-elected, 52.61% Lawrence T. Neal (Democratic) 42.78%Gideon P. Macklin (Prohibition) 2.72%Edward J. Bracken (Populist) 1.89%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=89817 OH Governor, 1893 Our Campaigns 6 August 2020 The Journal of the Senate of the State of Ohio, for the Regular Session of the Seventy-First General Assembly commencing on Monday, January 1, 1894 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32437010471759&view=1up&seq=30 XCI Norwalk, Ohio The Laning Ptg. Co., State Printers 24 1894 Rhode Island(held, 5 April 1893) Daniel Russell Brown Republican No election,No candidate received a majority of the vote, and under the law the Legislature was required to elect the governor. However, the two houses refused to meet in Grand Committee and no choice was made. Governor Brown continued in office for the term.Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 30 1-56802-396-0 http://smallstatebighistory.com/rhode-island-in-the-1800s-failed-to-elect-a-governor-in-eleven-general-elections/ Rhode Island in the 1800s Failed to Elect a Governor in Eleven General Elections DeSimone Russell 2 November 2018 smallstatebighistory.com The Online Review of Rhode Island History 6 August 2020 With cool contempt https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94052989/1893-06-03/ed-1/seq-1/ The morning call San Francisco, CA 3 June 1893 1 6 August 2020 A "Majority" Muddle https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1893-06-06/ed-1/seq-4/ The Salt Lake herald Salt Lake City, UT 6 June 1893 4 6 August 2020 Abbreviated telegrams https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92053945/1893-08-14/ed-1/seq-4/ Rock Island Daily Argus Rock Island, IL 14 August 1893 4 6 August 2020 46.24% David Sherman Baker Jr. (Democratic) 46.63%Henry B. Metcalf (Prohibition) 6.92%Scattering 0.22%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266720 RI Governor, 1893 Our Campaigns 6 August 2020 Newsy notes https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026784/1893-04-12/ed-1/seq-2/ Virginia free press Charleston, WV 12 April 1893 2 6 August 2020 Personal and political https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84028272/1893-04-12/ed-1/seq-2/ The enterprise Wellington, OH 12 April 1893 2 6 August 2020 Virginia Philip W. McKinney Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Charles Triplett O'Ferrall (Democratic) 59.19%Edmund R. Cocke (Populist) 37.58%James R, Miller (Prohibition) 3.22%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262816 VA Governor, 1893 Our Campaigns 6 August 2020 Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia: begun and held at the Capitol in the City of Richmond, on Wednesday, December 6, 1893, &c., &c. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x030201839&view=1up&seq=66 Richmond J. H. O'Bannon, Superintendent of Public Printing 60 1893 References Notes Bibliography Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books 1979 0-930466-17-9 Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998 Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County McFarland 2014 978-0-7864-4722-0 Jefferson, North Carolina The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1894 https://archive.org/details/worldalmanacency1894newy New York, NY The Press Publishing Co. 1894 World Almanac 1894 The Tribune Almanac for 1894 https://archive.org/details/vol1894tribuneal00unse New York, NY The Tribune Association 1894 Tribune Almanac 1894 Category:April 1893 in the United States Category:November 1893 in the United States