1886 Tennessee gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1886 Tennessee gubernatorial election Presidential no 1884 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1884 1888 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1888 November 2, 1886 x150px Robert Love Taylor Democratic Party (United States) 126,491 53.52% x150px Alfred A. Taylor Republican Party (United States) 109,842 46.48% File:1886 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County resultsLove Taylor: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d0596ff >90%A. Taylor: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90%No data: #808080 Governor William B. Bate Democratic Party (United States) Robert Love Taylor Democratic Party (United States) The 1886 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886. Democratic nominee Robert Love Taylor defeated his brother, Republican nominee Alfred A. Taylor with 53.52% of the vote. The gubernatorial campaign is remembered for the Taylor brothers' relatively light-hearted political banter and entertaining speeches. Canvassing together, they spent the first part of each campaign stop "cussing out each other's politics" and telling stories and the second part playing fiddle tunes while the crowd danced.Paul Deresco Augsburg, Bob and Alf Taylor: Their Lives and Lectures (Morristown, Tenn.: Morristown Book Company, 1925). At a stop in Madisonville, Robert suggested that both he and Alfred were roses, but he was a white rose while Alfred was a red rose. As their respective supporters subsequently wore white and red roses, the campaign became known as the "War of the Roses" (the name also referred to the 15th-century English conflict). Their campaign stops drew massive crowds, ranging from around 6,000 in smaller towns to 25,000 in Nashville. There was record turnout on election day, when Robert Taylor defeated Alfred by around 16,000 votes.Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 213-228.Our Campaigns - TN Governor Race - Nov 02, 1886 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264747 2024-09-20 www.ourcampaigns.com General election Candidates Robert Love Taylor, Democratic Alfred A. Taylor, Republican Results 1886 Tennessee gubernatorial electionhttps://books.google.com/books?id=nqAaAQAAMAAJ Guide to U.S. elections - CQ Press, Congressional Quarterly, inc 2005 CQ Press 9781568029818 2020-09-16 Democratic Party (United States) Robert Love Taylor 126,491 53.52% Republican Party (United States) Alfred A. Taylor 109,842 46.48% 16,649 Democratic Party (United States) References 1886 Tennessee Gubernatorial Category:November 1886 in the United States