1885 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1885 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1877 legislative no 1884 United States gubernatorial elections 1884 1886 United States gubernatorial elections 1886 7 state governorships November 3, 1885April 1, 1885 (RI)October 13, 1885 (OH) Democratic Party (United States) 22 governorships 22 22 Republican Party (United States) 15 governorships 15 16 1 1885 United States gubernatorial elections.svg #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1885, in seven states. Mississippi and Virginia at this time held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. New York at this time elected its governors to a three-year term. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected its governors to a single-year term, which they would abandon in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year. In Ohio, the gubernatorial election was held in October for the last time; the next gubernatorial election would be held on the same day as federal elections. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Iowa Buren R. Sherman Republican Retired, Republican victory William Larrabee (Republican) 50.76%Charles E. Whiting (Democratic) 48.73%James Mickelwatt (Prohibition) 0.41%Elias Doty (Greenback) 0.09%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265243 IA Governor, 1885 Our Campaigns 3 October 2021 Journal of the Senate of the Twenty-First General Assembly of the State of Iowa, which convened at the Capitol at Des Moines, January 11, 1886 Vols. for have title:Journal of the Senate Journal of the Senate of the ... General Assembly of the State of Iowa (1851) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2883484&view=1up&seq=22&skin=2021 Des Moines Geo. E. Roberts, State Printer 16 1886 Whitney H. N. 1931-32 Official Register https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/shelves/redbooks/Redbook-1931-1932%20(44GA).pdf 34 Des Moines The State of Iowa 457 Massachusetts George D. Robinson Republican Re-elected, 53.53% Frederick O. Prince (Democratic) 43.09%Thomas J. Lothrop (Prohibition) 2.25%James Sumner (Greenback) 1.06%Scattering 0.07%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266528 MA Governor, 1885 Our Campaigns 3 October 2021Gifford S. N. McLaughlin Edward A. 1886 Manual for the use of the General Court, &c. https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge1886mass/page/288/mode/2up Boston Wright & Potter Printing Company, State Printers 288 Mississippi Robert Lowry Democratic Re-elected, 99.01% Put Darden (Independent) 0.92%Scattering 0.07%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263355 MS Governor, 1885 Our Campaigns 3 October 2021Rowland Dunbar 1908 The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, 1908 https://archive.org/details/officialstatisti00missuoft/page/245/mode/1up Nashville, Tenn. Press of the Brandon Printing Company 245 New York David B. Hill (acting) Democratic Re-elected, 48.86% Ira Davenport (Republican) 47.78%Henry Clay Bascom (Prohibition) 3.01%George O. Jones (Greenback) 0.21%Defective and scattering 0.14%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=143989 NY Governor, 1885 Our Campaigns 3 October 2021Eisenstadt Peter Moss Laura-Eve 2005 The Encyclopedia of New York State https://books.google.com/books?id=tmHEm5ohoCUC&pg=PA674 Syracuse, New York Syracuse University Press 674 0-8156-0808-X Smith Ray B. Brown Roscoe C. E. 1922 History of the State of New York, Political and Governmental III https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof07smit/page/319/mode/1up Syracuse, N.Y. The Syracuse Press, Inc. 319 Spofford Ainsworth R. 1886 American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, 1886 https://archive.org/details/americanalmanac49unkngoog/page/n242/mode/2up New York and Washington The American News Company 241 Ohio(held, 13 October 1885) George Hoadly Democratic Defeated, 46.75% Joseph B. Foraker (Republican) 49.14%Adna B. Leonard (Prohibition) 3.84%John W. Northrop (Greenback) 0.27%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=90230 OH Governor, 1885 Our Campaigns 3 October 2021 The Journal of the Senate of the State of Ohio, for the Regular Session of the Sixty-Seventh General Assembly, commencing on Monday, January 4, 1886 Journal of the Senate LXXXII https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924093350571&view=1up&seq=22&skin=2021 Columbus Myers Brothers, State Printers 16 1886 Rhode Island(held, 1 April 1885) Augustus O. Bourn Republican October 2021 George P. Wetmore (Republican) 56.22%Ziba O. Slocum (Democratic) 38.37%George H. Slade (Prohibition) 5.40%Scattering 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266712 RI Governor, 1885 Our Campaigns 3 October 2021Joshua M. Addeman, Secretary of State 1885 Manual with Rules and Orders for the use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1885-86 State of Rhode Island manual https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924106119534&view=1up&seq=146&skin=2021 Providence. R.I. E. L. Freeman & Son, Printers to the State 122 Virginia William E. Cameron Readjuster Term-limited, Democratic victory Fitzhugh Lee (Democratic) 52.77%John Sergeant Wise (Republican) 47.22%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262814 VA Governor, 1885 Our Campaigns 3 October 2021 Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia: begun and held at the Capitol in the City of Richmond, on Wednesday, December 2, 1885 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x030201834&view=1up&seq=22&skin=2021 Richmond Bush U. Derr, Superintendent of Public Printing 16 1885 References 30em 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 McPherson Edward The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1886 https://archive.org/details/vol1886tribuneal00unse/mode/2up New York, NY The Tribune Association 1886 Tribune Almanac 1886 Category:November 1885 in the United States