1898 United States gubernatorial elections

none October 2020 1898 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1896 legislative no 1897 United States gubernatorial elections 1897 1899 United States gubernatorial elections 1899 Seats up Seats won 28 governorships November 8, 1898Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont held early elections. Republican Party (United States) 24 25 1 15 16 Democratic Party (United States) 16 16 9 9 Populist Party (United States) 4 3 1 3 2 Silver Party 1 1 1 1 1898 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold#5FD170 Populist hold #608B85 Silver hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1898, in 28 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 8, 1898 (except in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont, which held early elections). Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Alabama(held, 1 August 1898) Joseph F. Johnston Democratic Re-elected, 66.97% Gilbert B. Deans (Populist) 30.32%Andrew J. Warner (Colored Republican) 1.90%W. B. Witherspoon (Prohibition) 0.80%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262838 AL Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Arkansas(held, 5 September 1898) Daniel Webster Jones Democratic Re-elected, 67.35% H. F. Auten (Democratic) 24.60%W. S. Morgan (Populist) 7.45%Alexander McKnight (Prohibition) 0.61%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265299 AR Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 California James Budd Democratic Retired, Republican victory Henry Gage (Republican)Some sources indicate Gage ran under a fusion ticket between the Republicans and the Union Labor Party.Dubin 2014 21World Almanac 1899 431 51.68%James G. Maguire (Democratic)Maguire ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats, the Populists and the Silver Republican Party. 45.03%Job Harriman (Socialist Labor) 1.79%J. E. McComas (Prohibition) 1.50%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122021 CA Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Colorado Alva Adams Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Charles S. Thomas (Democratic)Thomas ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party. 62.89%Henry R. Wolcott (Republican) 34.17%Robert H. Rhodes (Prohibition) 1.81%Nixon Elliott (Socialist Labor) 1.14%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264793 CO Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Connecticut Lorrin A. Cooke Republican Retired, Republican victory George E. Lounsbury (Republican) 54.17%Daniel N. Morgan (Democratic) 42.94%Charles Stodel (Socialist Labor) 1.92%Charles E. Steele (Prohibition) 0.98%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266587 CT Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Georgia(held, 5 October 1898) William Yates Atkinson Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Allen D. Candler (Democratic) 69.75%John R. Hogan (Populist) 30.25%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264454 GA Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Idaho Frank Steunenberg DemocraticSteunenberg ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Silver Republican Party. Re-elected, 48.83% Albert B. Moss (Republican) 42.30%James H. Anderson (Populist) 13.51%Mary C. Johnson (Prohibition) 2.96%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266195 ID Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Kansas John W. Leedy PopulistLeedy ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party. Defeated, 46.55% William Eugene Stanley (Republican) 51.81%William A. Peffer (Prohibition) 1.42%Caleb Lipscomb (Socialist Labor) 0.22%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265553 KS Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Maine(held, 12 September 1898) Llewellyn Powers Republican Re-elected, 62.97% Samuel L. Lord (Democratic) 33.16%Ammi S. Ladd (Prohibition) 2.71%Robert Gerry (Populist) 0.75%Erastus Lermond (National Democratic) 0.37%Scattering 0.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266631 ME Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Journal of the Senate of Maine. 1899. Sixty-Ninth Legislature https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068147340&view=1up&seq=23 Augusta Kennebec Journal Print 17 1899 Massachusetts Roger Wolcott Republican Re-elected, 60.16% Alexander B. Bruce (Democratic) 33.98%George R. Peare (Socialist Labor) 3.17%Samuel B. Shapleigh (Prohibition) 1.49%Winfield P. Porter (Social Democrat) 1.18%Scattering 0.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266541 MA Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Michigan Hazen S. Pingree Republican Re-elected, 57.75% Justin R. Whiting (Democratic)Whiting ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats, the Populists and the Silver Republican Party. Free Silver Fusion Ticket https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98066406/1898-07-01/ed-1/seq-6/ The Yale expositor Yale, St. Clair County, MI 1 July 1898 6 4 August 2020 Fusion in Michigan https://www.nytimes.com/1898/06/23/archives/fusion-in-michigan.html New York Times New York, NY 23 June 1898 2 4 August 2020 39.92%Noah W. Cheever (Prohibition) 1.66%Sullivan W. Cook (Midroad-Populist) 0.39%George Hasseler (Socialist Labor) 0.26%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=148108 MI Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Minnesota David Marston Clough Republican Retired, Democratic victory John Lind (Democratic)Lind ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party. 52.26%William Henry Eustis (Republican) 44.26%George W. Higgins (Prohibition) 2.10%Lionel C. Long (Midroad-Populist) 0.71%William B. Hammond (Socialist Labor) 0.67%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=62666 MN Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Nebraska Silas A. Holcomb Populist Retired, Populist victory William A. Poynter (Populist)Poynter ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats, the Populists and the Silver Republican Party. Poynter is the nominee https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1898-08-04/ed-1/seq-3/ Omaha daily bee Omaha, NE 4 August 1898 3 4 August 2020 50.19%Monroe Leland Hayward (Republican) 48.77%R. V. Muir (Prohibition) 0.90%H. S. Aley (Socialist Labor) 0.13%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265713 NE Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Nevada Reinhold Sadler (acting) Silver Re-elected, 35.67% William McMillan (Republican) 35.45%George Russell (Democratic) 20.55%J. B. McCullough (Populist) 8.33%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=85533 NV Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 New Hampshire George A. Ramsdell Republican Retired, Republican victory Frank W. Rollins (Republican) 54.23%Charles F. Stone (Democratic) 43.23%Augustus G. Stevens (Prohibition) 1.62%Sumner F. Claflin (Social Democrat) 0.42%Benjamin F. Whitehouse (Socialist Labor) 0.32%Gardiner J. Greenleaf (Populist) 0.13%Scattering 0.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266672 NH Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire. January Session, 1899 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433009990023&view=1up&seq=267 Manchester, N. H. Arthur E. Clarke, Public Printer 255 1899 New Jersey David Ogden Watkins (acting) Republican Retired, Republican victory Foster McGowan Voorhees (Republican) 48.91%Elvin W. Crane (Democratic) 47.27%Thomas H. Landon (Prohibition) 2.05%Matthew Maguire (Socialist Labor) 1.63%Frederick Schrayshuen (Populist) 0.15%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264564 NJ Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 New York Frank S. Black Republican Lost re-nomination, Republican victory Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) 49.02%Augustus Van Wyck (Democratic) 47.70%Ben Hanford (Socialist Labor) 1.77%John Kline (Prohibition) 1.36%Theodore Bacon (Citizens Union) 0.16%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=96958 NY Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 North Dakota Joseph M. Devine Republican Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota, Republican victory Frederick B. Fancher (Republican) 59.22%David M. Holmes (Democratic)Holmes ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party. 40.78%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266481 ND Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Official Count https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88076741/1898-12-22/ed-1/seq-1/ The pioneer express Pembina, ND 22 December 1898 1 4 August 2020 The Official Vote https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042588/1898-12-23/ed-1/seq-7/ Bismarck weekly tribune Bismarck, ND 23 December 1898 7 4 August 2020 Oregon(held, 6 June 1898) William Paine Lord Republican Lost re-nomination,Geer T. T. Theodore Thurston Geer 1916 Fifty Years in Oregon https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsinoreg00geeruoft/page/406/mode/2up New York, NY Neale Publishing Company 407 Republican victory Theodore Thurston Geer (Republican) 53.22%W. R. King (Democratic)King ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party. 40.77%John C. Luce (Midroad-Populist) 3.40%H. M. Clinton (Prohibition) 2.62%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263427 OR Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Pennsylvania Daniel H. Hastings Republican Term-limited, Republican victory William A. Stone (Republican) 49.01%George A. Jenks (Democratic) 36.87%Silas C. Swallow (Prohibition)Swallow also stood on the Honest Government, Populist and Liberty tickets. 13.68%J. Mahlon Barnes (Socialist Labor) 0.44%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=41267 PA Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Rhode Island(held, 6 April 1898) Elisha Dyer Jr. Republican Re-elected, 57.74% Daniel T. Church (Democratic) 30.86%James P. Reid (Socialist Labor) 6.71%Edwin A. Lewis (Prohibition) 4.69%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266725 RI Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 South Carolina William Haselden Ellerbe Democratic Re-elected, 100.00%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40489 SC Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020(Democratic primary run-off results)William Haselden Ellerbe 53.14%Claudius Cyprian Featherstone 46.86%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=783571 SC Governor, 1898 - D Runoff Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 South Dakota Andrew E. Lee PopulistLee ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats, the Populists and the Silver Republican Party. The state ticket https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2015270501/1898-11-04/ed-1/seq-1/ The state Democrat Aberdeen, SD 4 November 1898 1 4 August 2020 Re-elected, 49.63% Kirk G. Phillips (Republican) 49.18%Knute Lewis (Prohibition) 1.18%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266447 SD Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Tennessee Robert Love Taylor Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Benton McMillin (Democratic) 57.92%James Fowler (Republican) 39.81%W. D. Turnley (Populist) 1.33%R. N. Richardson (Prohibition) 0.94%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264754 TN Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Texas Charles Allen Culberson Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Joseph D. Sayers (Democratic) 71.19%Barnett Gibbs (Populist) 28.07%R. P. Bailey (Prohibition) 0.60%G. H. Royal (Socialist Labor) 0.13%Scattering 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264399 TX Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Vermont(held, 6 September 1898) Josiah Grout Republican Retired, Republican victory Edward Curtis Smith (Republican) 70.96%Thomas W. Moloney (Democratic) 27.03%Cyrus W. Wyman (Prohibition) 1.98%Scattering 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144157 VT Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Wisconsin Edward Scofield Republican Re-elected, 52.56% Hiram Wilson Sawyer (Democratic) 41.09%Albinus A. Worsley (Populist) 2.59%Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) 2.45%Howard Tuttle (Social Democrat) 0.77%Henry Riese (Socialist Labor) 0.45%Scattering 0.10%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262309 WI Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 Wyoming William A. Richards Republican Retired, Republican victory DeForest Richards (Republican) 52.43%Horace C. Alger (Democratic) 45.39%E. B. Viall (Populist) 2.18%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263444 WY Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 4 August 2020 See also 1898 United States elections References 30em 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, 1899 https://archive.org/details/worldalmanacency1899newy/ New York, NY The Press Publishing Co. 1899 World Almanac 1899 Rhoades Henry Eckford The Tribune Almanac and Political Register, 1899 https://archive.org/details/tribunealmanacpo18981899newy/page/2/mode/2up New York, NY The Tribune Association 1899 Tribune Almanac 1899 Category:November 1898 in the United States