1890 South Dakota gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 related races 1890 United States gubernatorial elections 1890 South Dakota gubernatorial election South Dakota presidential no 1889 South Dakota gubernatorial election 1889 1892 South Dakota gubernatorial election 1892 November 4, 1890 x150px File:Governor Arthur C Mellette.jpg Arthur C. Mellette Republican Party (United States) 34,487 44.46% Henry Loucks (3x4 crop).png Henry Loucks Independent Party 24,591 31.70% Maris Taylor portrait in The Illustrated American (3x4 crop).jpg Maris Taylor Democratic Party (United States) 18,484 23.83% 250px 1890 South Dakota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County resultsMellette: #ffc8cd 30–40% #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Loucks: #D7F4D7 30–40% #AFE9AF 40–50% #73D873 50–60% #42CA42 60–70%Taylor: #a5b0ff 40–50%No Vote: #cccccc Governor of South Dakota Arthur C. Mellette Republican Party (United States) Arthur C. Mellette Republican Party (United States) The 1890 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890. Incumbent Republican Governor Arthur C. Mellette ran for re-election to a second term. He was challenged in the general election by State Surveyor General Maris Taylor, the Democratic nominee, and Henry A. Loucks, the President of the South Dakota Farmers' Alliance and the Independent Party nominee. In part because the left-leaning vote was split, Mellette won re-election, but by a significantly reduced margin, winning a weak plurality with just 44% of the vote. Loucks beat out Maris for second place, receiving 32% of the vote to Taylor's 24%. Party conventions At the Democratic convention in June 1890, many convention delegates wanted to nominate Bartlett Tripp, the former Chief Justice of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court. However, Tripp had declined to be a candidate several weeks prior, and State Surveyor General Maris Taylor was nominated by acclamation.June 12, 1890 Dakota Democrats: They Make a True Blue Ticket of Harshalls—Taylor at The Head Daily Huronite Huron, S.D. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/30923392/ June 11, 2021 Similarly, at the Republican convention in August, Governor Arthur C. Mellette received the gubernatorial nomination by acclamation.June 12, 1890 The Convention: Arthur C. Mellette Nominated For Governor By Acclamation Daily Huronite Huron, S.D. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/30925201/ June 11, 2021 Separately, the South Dakota Farmers' Alliance held a convention in 1890 and delegates voted to form the Independent Party and to contest the state elections.Guarnieri Thom 1981 H. L. Loucks and the Dakota Ruralist: Voices of Reform M.S. South Dakota State University 66–68 https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/3676/ June 11, 2021 When the delegates reconvened at their nominating convention in July, Henry L. Loucks, the President of the Alliance, who had been seen as the frontrunner for the Independent Party's nomination in June, faced a challenge from Abraham Lincoln Van Osdel,78 a former territorial legislator.https://sdlegislature.gov/Historical/Legislator/Profile/630 Abraham Lincoln Van Osdel Historical Listing South Dakota Legislature Legislative Research Council June 11, 2021 A close race developed between Loucks and Van Osdel, with just two votes separating them on the first, informal ballot and Loucks leading, 127–125. On the second, formal ballot, Loucks defeated Van Osdel by a wider margin, 134–115, and Van Osdel was subsequently nominated for Lieutenant Governor.80 General election Results 1892 South Dakota gubernatorial special electionNelson Nelson Heinrich Chad W. 2005 Chapter 8: Elections Legislative Manual: South Dakota, 2005 http://sdsdl-montage.auto-graphics.com/#/item-details/entities_1092?from=search-results Pierre, S.D. 627 Republican Party (United States) Arthur C. Mellette (inc.) 34,487 44.46% -24.90% Independent Party H. L. Loucks 24,591 31.70% — Democratic Party (United States) Maris Taylor 18,484 23.83% -6.81% 9,896 12.76% -25.96% 77,562 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References South Dakota 1890 Gubernatorial Category:November 1890 in the United States