1898 Transvaal presidential election

April 2023 South African Republic presidential 1893 Transvaal presidential election 1893 3 January–4 February 1898 130x130px Kruger c 1880.jpg Paul Kruger 12,858 69.08% Schalk Willem Burger2.jpg Schalk Willem Burger 3,753 20.16% Pjjoubert.jpg Piet Joubert 2,001 10.75% President Paul Kruger Paul Kruger Presidential elections were held in the South African Republic between 3 January and 4 February 1898. The result was a victory for incumbent Paul Kruger.Joubert, Petrus Jacobus 15 522 xDunning Wm. A. 1898 Record of Political Events http://www.jstor.org/stable/2140186 Political Science Quarterly 13 2 387–388 10.2307/2140186 2140186 subscription Background The incumbent president Paul Kruger was involved in a constitutional battle with Chief Justice John Gilbert Kotzé. After trying to unsuccessfully remove Kotzé though legislation, he waited until after the election to dismiss him. Candidates Kruger ran for re-election alongside two challengers. A distinguished member of the Volksraad and commandant of the Lydenburg Commando, Schalk Willem Burger was popular with the British and the capitalists of Johannesburg.Rompel Frederik Heroes of the Boer War 1903 Review of Reviews Office 81 https://archive.org/details/heroesofboerwar00romp/page/81/mode/2up 8 February 2021 This was due to the South African Industrial Report of 1897, produced by a committee under his leadership, which called for the lowering of tariffs, among other suggestions.Kruger Paul The memoirs of Paul Kruger, four times president of the South African republic 1902 The Century Co. 252 https://archive.org/details/afj5731.0001.001.umich.edu/page/252/mode/2up? 8 February 2021 Despite the conclusions of the report, Burger was an ardent patriot; however, the conclusions of the report and support from anti-ZAR newspapers led some voters to distrust him. Vice-President and Commandant-General Piet Joubert had previously run against Kruger three times without success.https://books.google.com/books?id=_3SfxrH82Z8C A Question Of Treason Kiaat Creations Souza Francis Hugh De 2004 978-0-620-32030-6 He had narrowly lost against him in 1893, losing by around 900 votes, with allegations of electoral manipulation in favour of Kruger and reports of voter turnout being greater than 100%.Annual Register for the Year 1893. 1894 Longmans, Green, and co. 442 https://archive.org/details/annualregister28unkngoog/page/n454/mode/2up? 6 February 2021 Claims were made that former Cape Colony Prime Minister Cecil Rhodes colluded against Kruger during the election campaign.CECIL RHODES'S SCHEME.; Alleged Plan to Defeat Krueger in the Coming Transvaal Election. https://www.nytimes.com/1897/11/14/archives/cecil-rhodess-scheme-alleged-plan-to-defeat-krueger-in-the-coming.html subscription 24 January 2021 The New York Times 14 November 1897 Results Paul Kruger 12858 Schalk Willem Burger 3753 Piet Joubert 2001 Annual RegisterAnnual Register for the Year 1898. 1899 Longmans, Green, and co. 353 https://archive.org/details/annualregister87unkngoog/page/n364/mode/2up 28 January 2021 Aftermath After his re-election Kruger removed Kotzé from office.Saturday review of politics, literature, science and art: Volume LXXXV 1898 John W. Parker and Son. 381–382 https://archive.org/details/saturdayreviewof8518unse/page/381/mode/2up?q=kruger 24 January 2021 References Category:Elections in Transvaal Transvaal Presidential Category:January 1898 in Africa Category:February 1898 in Africa