1897 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1897 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1896 legislative no 1896 United States gubernatorial elections 1896 1898 United States gubernatorial elections 1898 Seats up Seats won 5 governorships November 2, 1897;April 7, 1897 (RI) Republican Party (United States) 24 24 4 4 Democratic Party (United States) 16 16 1 1 Populist Party (United States) 4 4 0 0 Silver Party 1 1 0 0 1897 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 1897, in five states. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts and Rhode Island at this time held gubernatorial elections every year. They would abandon this practice in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Iowa Francis M. Drake Republican Retired, Republican victory Leslie M. Shaw (Republican) 51.27%Frederick Edward White (Democratic)White ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats, the Populists, and the Silver Republican Party 44.46%S. P. Leland (Prohibition) 1.88%Charles A. Lloyd (Midroad-Populist) 1.21%John Cliggett (National Democratic) 0.98%M. J. Kremer (Socialist Labor) 0.20%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265249 IA Governor, 1897 Our Campaigns 1 August 2020 Massachusetts Roger Wolcott Republican Re-elected, 61.19% George F. Williams (Democratic) 29.49%William Everett (National Democratic) 5.14%Thomas C. Brophy (Socialist Labor) 2.34%John A. Bascom (Prohibition) 1.83%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266540 MA Governor, 1897 Our Campaigns 1 August 2020 Ohio Asa S. Bushnell Republican Re-elected, 50.28% Horace L. Chapman (Democratic) 46.99%John C. Holiday (Prohibition) 0.88%Jacob S. Coxey Sr. (Populist) 0.73%William Watkins (Socialist Labor) 0.50%John Richardson (Liberty) 0.36%Julius Dexter (National Democratic) 0.19%Samuel J. Lewis (Negro Protection) 0.06%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=89775 OH Governor, 1897 Our Campaigns 1 August 2020 Rhode Island(held, 7 April 1897) Charles W. Lippitt Republican Retired, Republican victory Elisha Dyer Jr. (Republican) 58.11%Daniel T. Church (Democratic) 32.69%Thomas H. Peabody (Prohibition) 5.01%Franklin E. Burton (Socialist Labor) 3.31%John H. Larry (National Liberty) 0.88%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266724 RI Governor, 1897 Our Campaigns 1 August 2020 Virginia Charles Triplett O'Ferrall Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory James Hoge Tyler (Democratic) 64.43%Patrick H. McCaull (Republican) 33.40%L. A. Cutler (Prohibition) 1.61%John J. Quantz (Socialist Labor) 0.31%James Seldon Cowden (Independent) 0.24%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262817 VA Governor, 1897 Our Campaigns 1 August 2020 Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Session of 1897-98 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014926004&view=1up&seq=78 Richmond J. H. O'Bannon, Superintendent of Public Printing 70 1897 References 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, 1898 https://archive.org/details/worldalmanacency1898newy/ New York, NY The Press Publishing Co. 1898 World Almanac 1898 Rhoades Henry Eckford The Tribune Almanac for 1898 https://archive.org/details/vol1898tribuneal00unse/ New York, NY The Tribune Association 1898 Tribune Almanac 1898 collapsed Category:April 1897 in the United States Category:November 1897 in the United States