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1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election Presidential no 1880 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1880 1884 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1884 November 7, 1882 File:Portrait of Governor William B. Bate.jpg William B. Bate Low Tax Democrat 120,637 52.85% File:Portrait of Governor Alvin Hawkins.jpg Alvin Hawkins Republican Party (United States) 93,168 40.81% File:1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County resultsBate: #efb6ef 40–50% #e68ce6 50–60% #dc63dc 60–70% #cd39cd 70–80% #a526a5 80–90%Hawkins: #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90% Governor Alvin Hawkins Republican Party (United States) William B. Bate Low Tax Democrat DA70D6
The 1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1882, to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican Governor Alvin Hawkins lost re-election against Democratic nominee and former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives William B. Bate.Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 207-210.Our Campaigns - TN Governor Race - Nov 07, 1882 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264745 2024-09-22 www.ourcampaigns.com
William B. Bate was sworn in as the 23rd Governor of Tennessee on January 15, 1883.February 1, 2011 TN Governor https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264745 2023-05-10 ourcampaigns.com
Aftermath
Although Hawkins failed to win re-election, he was praised by members of both parties for running an honest government, helping to erase the stigma attached to the Republican Party as a result of the Brownlow administration's radical post-war policies.Russell Fowler, Alvin Hawkins, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: November 3, 2012. Hawkins also enacted several judicial and educational reforms.
General election
Tennessee gubernatorial election, 1882Tennessee Blue Book (1890), p. 170.
Democratic Party (United States)
William B. Bate
120,637
52.85
Republican Party (United States)
Alvin Hawkins (incumbent)
93,168
40.81
Greenback Party
J. R. Beasley
9,660
4.23
Debt-Paying Democrat
J. H. Fussell
4,814
2.11
228,279
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
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