1875 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1875 Rhode Island gubernatorial election United States 1867 Presidential no 1874 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1874 1876 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1876 April 7, 1875 x150px Henry Lippitt Republican Party (United States) 70 8,368 37.60% x150px Rowland Hazard Independent Republican (United States) Prohibition Party 36 8,724 39.19% x150px Charles R. Cutler Democratic Party (United States) eliminated 5,166 23.21% 1875 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 225px County resultsLippitt: #FFC8CD 30–40%Hazard: #FFCCAA 40–50%Cutler: #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% Governor Henry Howard Republican Party (United States) Henry Lippitt Republican Party (United States) The 1875 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on April 7, 1875, to elect the governor of Rhode Island. No candidate won a majority of the votes cast, sending the election to the Rhode Island General Assembly, where Henry Lippitt defeated fellow Republican Rowland Hazard II and Democrat Charles R. Cutler.Henry Lippitt https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-lippitt/ 2024-04-08 National Governors Association General election The temperance movement divided Rhode Island Republicans ahead of the 1875 state elections. Lippitt was nominated by the "regular" Republican organization, but faced opposition from supporters of the state's temperance law. Pro-temperance independent Republicans and members of the Prohibition Party supported Hazard. On election day, Hazard received more votes than either of his rivals, but less than a majority. As stipulated by the Rhode Island Constitution, the election went to the General Assembly, which met on May 25 and elected Lippitt with 70 votes to 36 for Hazard.Meeting of the General Assembly https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014248/1875-05-26/ed-1/seq-3/ Daily Kennebec Journal May 26, 1875Election of State Officers in Rhode Island https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021205/1875-05-26/ed-1/seq-1 Worcester Daily Spy May 26, 1875 Results Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 1875Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 1998 Congressional Quarterly Washington, D. C. 77 https://archive.org/details/gubernatorialele0000unse/page/77/mode/2up Republican Party (United States) Henry Lippitt 8,368 37.60 Independent Republican (United States) Rowland Hazard II 8,724 39.19 Democratic Party (United States) Charles R. Cutler 5,166 23.21 22,258 100.00 Republican Party (United States) References Category:1875 Rhode Island elections Category:Rhode Island gubernatorial elections Category:1875 United States gubernatorial elections Category:April 1875 in the United States