1889 Washington gubernatorial election

none related races 1889 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1889 Washington gubernatorial election Washington 1889 presidential no 1892 Washington gubernatorial election 1892 October 1, 1889 File:Elisha Peyre Ferry.jpg 150x150px Elisha P. Ferry Republican Party (United States) 33,711 57.67% File:Eugene Semple.jpg Eugene Semple Democratic Party (United States) 24,732 42.31% 1889 Washington gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 275px County resultsFerry: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Semple: #7996e2 50–60% #584cde 70–80% Governor of Washington Territory Miles Conway Moore Republican Party (United States) Governor of Washington Elisha P. Ferry Republican Party (United States) The 1889 Washington gubernatorial election took place on October 1, 1889, to elect the first Governor of Washington shortly before it was admitted as a U.S. state. Both candidates, Republican Elisha P. Ferry and Democrat Eugene Semple, previously served as Territorial Governor, a position appointed by the President of the United States.Wilma David September 20, 2003 Voters elect Washington's first state officials on October 1, 1889. http://www.historylink.org/File/5549 HistoryLink October 3, 2016 Ferry won the election by nearly 9,000 votes out of 58,000 cast,January 1890 The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1890. McPherson Edward New-York Tribune New York II 1 86–87 819535015 https://books.google.com/books?id=i8ROAQAAMAAJ Google Books October 3, 2016 and took office in Olympia on November 18, 1889, a week after President Benjamin Harrison signed Washington's statehood into law.McNerthney Casey February 1, 2011 P-I archive: Inauguration of Washington's first governor http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/02/01/p-i-archive-inauguration-of-washingtons-first-governor/ Seattle Post-Intelligencer October 3, 2016Gates Charles M. August 1940 Messages of the Governors of the Territory of Washington to the Legislative Assembly, 1854–1889 University of Washington Press 12 8990968 http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/13013/MessagesGovernorsTerritoryWA.pdf;sequence=1 Oregon State University October 3, 2016 October 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161003215250/http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/13013/MessagesGovernorsTerritoryWA.pdf;sequence=1 dead This was the only election in Washington's history in which King County did not cast the most votes of any county. General election Results 1889 Washington gubernatorial electionWashington State Archives, Election Returns of Washington Territory at a General Election held on the First day of October 1889 Washington Republican Party Elisha P. Ferry 33,711 57.67% Washington Democratic Party Eugene Semple 24,732 42.31% Scattering 11 0.02% 8,979 15.36% 58,454 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Results by county CountyElisha P. FerryRepublicanEugene SempleDemocraticScatteringWrite-inMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Adams26064.84%14135.16%00.00%11929.68%401Asotin17157.77%12542.23%00.00%4615.54%296Chehalis89759.33%61540.67%00.00%28218.65%1,512Clallam22248.90%23251.10%00.00%-10-2.20%454Clark1,21663.73%69236.27%00.00%52427.46%1,908Columbia66650.68%64849.32%00.00%181.37%1,314Cowlitz66365.13%35534.87%00.00%30830.26%1,018Douglas35357.12%26542.88%00.00%8814.24%618Franklin3829.92%8970.08%00.00%-51-40.16%127Garfield51755.29%41844.71%00.00%9910.59%935Island18064.29%10035.71%00.00%8028.57%280Jefferson86757.72%63342.14%20.13%23415.58%1,502King4,31955.96%3,39844.03%10.01%92111.93%7,718Kitsap61967.80%28931.65%50.55%33036.14%913Kittitas1,33953.62%1,15846.38%00.00%1817.25%2,497Klickitat68664.23%38235.77%00.00%30428.46%1,068Lewis1,21958.41%86841.59%00.00%35116.82%2,087Lincoln1,10456.13%86343.87%00.00%24112.25%1,967Mason32251.44%30448.56%00.00%182.88%626Okanogan32260.41%21139.59%00.00%11120.83%533Pacific49476.71%15023.29%00.00%34453.42%644Pierce4,36254.72%3,60845.26%10.01%7549.46%7,971San Juan26471.74%10428.26%00.00%16043.48%368Skagit94962.64%56637.36%00.00%38325.28%1,515Skamania6246.27%7253.73%00.00%-10-7.46%134Snohomish88057.18%65942.82%00.00%22114.36%1,539Spokane3,25658.88%2,27241.08%20.04%98417.79%5,530Stevens46056.79%35043.21%00.00%11013.58%810Thurston1,06759.54%72540.46%00.00%34219.08%1,792Wahkiakum28465.59%14934.41%00.00%13531.18%433Walla Walla1,43354.72%1,18645.28%00.00%2479.43%2,619Whatcom1,53467.40%74232.60%00.00%79234.80%2,276Whitman2,14953.82%1,84446.18%00.00%3057.64%3,993Yakima53750.85%51949.15%00.00%181.70%1,056Totals33,71157.67%24,73242.31%110.02%8,97915.36%58,454 References 1889 Category:1889 United States gubernatorial elections Gubernatorial Category:October 1889 in the United States