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1890 Oregon gubernatorial election Oregon presidential no 1886 Oregon gubernatorial election 1886 1894 Oregon gubernatorial election 1894 June 2, 1890 File:SylvesterPennoyer.png 150x150px Sylvester Pennoyer Democratic Party (United States) 38,920 53.55% File:Davidpthompson.jpg David P. Thompson Republican Party (United States) 33,765 46.45% 1890 Oregon gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsPennoyer: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70%Thompson: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% Governor Sylvester Pennoyer Democratic Party (United States) Sylvester Pennoyer Democratic Party (United States)
The 1890 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on June 2, 1890, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched Republican businessman and former Portland mayor David P. Thompson against Democratic incumbent Sylvester Pennoyer.http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jtenlen/ORBios/dpthompson.html The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811–1912: David P. Thompson 2016-04-17 2007-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20071017135830/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jtenlen/ORBios/dpthompson.html dead
Results
1890 Oregon gubernatorial electionBaker Frank C. The Journal of the Senate of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon for the Sixteenth Regular Session, 1891 1891 State Printer Salem 40 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065999636&view=1up&seq=48 9 April 2026
Democratic Party (United States)
Sylvester Pennoyer (incumbent)
38,920
53.55%
+2.66%
Republican Party (United States)
David P. Thompson
33,765
46.45%
+2.32%
72,685
100.00%
5,155
7.09%
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
+0.34%
Results by county
This is the most recent gubernatorial election in which a Democrat has won statewide but lost in Multnomah County. Moreover, Multnomah County would not back the losing candidate again until 1948. Tillamook County voted Democratic for the first time since 1858. Klamath County would not vote Democratic again until 1970.
County Sylvester PennoyerDemocratic David P. ThompsonRepublican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Baker1,03255.07%84244.93%19010.14%1,874Benton1,35955.49%1,09044.51%26910.98%2,449Clackamas1,57650.27%1,55949.73%170.54%3,135Clatsop1,25746.73%1,43353.27%-176-6.54%2,690Columbia51738.87%81361.13%-296-22.26%1,330Coos1,04754.00%89246.00%1557.99%1,939Crook74069.03%33230.97%40838.06%1,072Curry20544.57%25555.43%-50-10.87%460Douglas1,55452.89%1,38447.11%1705.79%2,938Gilliam59457.17%44542.83%14914.34%1,039Grant71551.85%66448.15%513.70%1,379Harney55253.23%48546.77%676.46%1,037Jackson1,68259.54%1,14340.46%53919.08%2,825Josephine69050.04%68949.96%10.07%1,379Klamath42557.35%31642.65%10914.71%741Lake48459.46%33040.54%15418.92%814Lane1,99654.63%1,65845.37%3389.25%3,654Linn2,34558.51%1,66341.49%68217.02%4,008Malheur36251.79%33748.21%253.58%699Marion2,31049.82%2,32750.18%-17-0.37%4,637Morrow68960.54%44939.46%24021.09%1,138Multnomah6,33849.51%6,46450.49%-126-0.98%12,802Polk1,25457.71%91942.29%33515.42%2,173Sherman27256.31%21143.69%6112.63%483Tillamook42451.33%40248.67%222.66%826Umatilla2,20362.75%1,30837.25%89525.49%3,511Union2,20259.98%1,46940.02%73319.97%3,671Wallowa40345.90%47554.10%-72-8.20%878Wasco1,25758.47%89341.53%36416.93%2,150Washington1,22849.62%1,24750.38%-19-0.77%2,475Yamhill1,20848.73%1,27151.27%-63-2.54%2,479Total38,92053.55%33,76546.45%5,1557.09%72,685
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Coos
Tillamook
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Clatsop
Columbia
Multnomah
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