1891 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1891 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1891 legislative no 1890 United States gubernatorial elections 1890 1892 United States gubernatorial elections 1892 Seats up Seats won 7 governorships November 3, 1891;August 3, 1891 (KY);April 1, 1891 (RI) Democratic Party (United States) 27 25 2 7 5 Republican Party (United States) 17John Milton Thayer (R) succeeded Nebraska Governor James E. Boyd (D) who was removed from office by the Nebraska Supreme Court in May 1891. Boyd's citizenship would be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court and he would be restored to office in February 1892. 19 2 0 2 1891 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1891, in seven states. Kentucky and Maryland held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected their respective governors to a single-year term. They would abandon this practice in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year. New York at this time elected its governors to a three-year term. This was the last election in which this was the case. The state switched to two-year terms from the 1894 elections. In Kentucky, the gubernatorial election was held in August 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 Horace Boies Democratic Re-elected, 49.38% Hiram C. Wheeler (Republican) 47.43%A. J. Westfall (Populist) 2.97%Isaac T. Gibson (Prohibition) 0.22%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265246 IA Governor, 1891 Our Campaigns 20 November 2020 Journal of the Senate of the Twenty-Fourth General Assembly of the State of Iowa, which convened at the Capitol at Des Moines, January 11, 1892 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015067979172&view=1up&seq=73 Des Moines G. H. Ragsdale, State Printer 31 1892 Kentucky(held, 3 August 1891) Simon Bolivar Buckner Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory John Y. Brown (Democratic) 49.85%Andrew T. Wood (Republican) 40.14%S. B. Erwin (Populist) 8.86%Josiah Harris (Prohibition) 1.14%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264832 KY Governor, 1891 Our Campaigns 20 November 2020 Maryland Elihu Emory Jackson Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Frank Brown (Democratic) 56.52%William J. Vannort (Republican) 40.82%Edwin Higgins (Prohibition) 2.67%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27859 MD Governor, 1891 Our Campaigns 20 November 2020 Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of Maryland, January Session, 1892 https://books.google.com/books?id=4iglAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA21 Annapolis Chas. H. Baughman & Co., State Printers 21 1892 Massachusetts William E. Russell Democratic Re-elected, 49.12% Charles Herbert Allen (Republican) 47.11%Charles E. Kimball (Prohibition) 2.79%Henry Winn (Populist) 0.54%Harry W. Robinson (Socialist Labor) 0.44%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266534 MA Governor, 1891 Our Campaigns 20 November 2020Coolidge Henry D. McLaughlin Edward A. 1892 Manual for the use of the General Court, &c. https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge1892mass/page/360/mode/2up Boston Wright & Potter Printing Company, State Printers 360 New York David B. Hill Democratic Retired to take up seat in the U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Roswell P. Flower (Democratic) 50.13%Jacob Sloat Fassett (Republican) 46.00%Joseph W. Brucehttp://www.prohibitionists.org/history/votes/NY_can.html#1891 History of the Prohibition Party in New York Makeley Jonathan 20 November 2020 (Prohibition) 2.61%Daniel De Leon (Socialist Labor) 1.26%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144331 NY Governor, 1891 Our Campaigns 20 November 2020Eisenstadt Peter 2005 The Encyclopedia of New York State https://books.google.com/books?id=tmHEm5ohoCUC&pg=PA674 Syracuse, NY Syracuse University Press 674 0-8156-0808-XSmith Ray B. Brown Roscoe C. E. 1922 History of the State of New York, Political and Governmental III https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof07smit/page/364/mode/2up Syracuse, N.Y. The Syracuse Press, Inc. 365 Ohio James E. Campbell Democratic Defeated, 45.90% William McKinley (Republican) 48.61%John Seitz (Populist) 2.95%John J. Ashenhurst (Prohibition) 2.54%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=90226 OH Governor, 1891 Our Campaigns 20 November 2020 The Journal of the Senate of the State of Ohio, for the Regular Session of the Seventieth General Assembly, commencing on Monday, January 4th, 1892 LXXXIX https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.78243024&view=1up&seq=26 Columbus, Ohio The Westbote Co., State Printers 20 1892 Rhode Island(held, 1 April 1891) John W. Davis Democratic Defeated, 48.95%Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the state legislature decided the election. Ladd was elected. Herbert W. Ladd (Republican) 46.19%John H. Larry (Prohibition) 4.02%Franklin E. Burton (National) 0.85%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266718 RI Governor, 1891 Our Campaigns 20 November 2020Geo. H. Utter, Secretary of State 1891 Manual, with Rules and Orders, for the use of the General Assembly, of the State of Rhode Island. 1891-1892 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d028875371&view=1up&seq=130 Providence. R.I. K. L. Freeman & Son, State Printers 106 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, 1892 https://archive.org/details/worldalmanac1892newy New York, NY The Press Publishing Co. 1892 World Almanac 1892 McPherson Edward The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1892 https://archive.org/details/tribunealmanaca00unkngoog New York, NY The Tribune Association 1892 Tribune Almanac 1892 Category:April 1891 in the United States Category:August 1891 in the United States Category:November 1891 in the United States