1889 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1889 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1877 legislative no 1888 United States gubernatorial elections 1888 1890 United States gubernatorial elections 1890 Seats up Seats won 11 governorships November 5, 1889;April 3, 1889 (RI);October 1, 1889 (MT, ND, SD, WA) Democratic Party (United States) 19 22 3 3 6 Republican Party (United States) 19 20 1 4 5 1889 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 1889, in eleven states. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years. It abandoned this practice in 1949. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected their respective governors to a single-year term. They abandoned this practice in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year. Mississippi at this time held its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. This was the last election in which this was the case. Mississippi switched to four-year terms with elections in the year preceding the presidential election year, starting with the 1895 elections. Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Washington held their first gubernatorial elections on achieving statehood. Each of these states held early elections on October 1, 1889. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Iowa William Larrabee Republican Lost re-nomination, Iowa Republican Convention https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85032490/1889-08-15/ed-1/seq-2/ Wichita eagle Wichita, Kan. August 15, 1889 2 12 April 2021 Democratic victory Horace Boies (Democratic) 49.90%Joseph Hutchinson (Republican) 48.08%S. B. Downing (Union Labor) 1.60%Malcolm Smith (Prohibition) 0.38%Elias Doty (Greenback) 0.01%Scattering 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265245 IA Governor, 1889 Our Campaigns 12 April 2021 Journal of the Senate of the Twenty-Third General Assembly of the State of Iowa, which convened at the Capitol at Des Moines, January 13, 1890 Journal of the Senate of the ... General Assembly of the State of Iowa https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2883486&view=1up&seq=96 Des Moines G. H. Ragsdale, State Printer 56 1890 Massachusetts Oliver Ames Republican Retired, Republican victory John Q. A. Brackett (Republican) 48.40%William E. Russell (Democratic) 45.83%John Blackmer (Prohibition) 5.74%Scattering 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266532 MA Governor, 1889 Our Campaigns 12 April 2021Coolidge Henry D. McLaughlin Edward A. 1890 Manual for the use of the General Court, &c. https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge1890mass/page/312/mode/1up Boston Wright & Potter Printing Company, State Printers 312 Mississippi Robert Lowry Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory John Marshall Stone (Democratic) 99.98%Scattering 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263356 MS Governor, 1889 Our Campaigns 12 April 2021Rowland Dunbar 1908 The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, 1908 https://archive.org/details/officialstatisti00missuoft/page/245/mode/1up Nashville, Tenn. Press of the Brandon Printing Company 245 Montana(held, 1 October 1889) New state Joseph Toole (Democratic) 50.75%Thomas C. Power (Republican) 49.25%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262071 MT Governor, 1889 Our Campaigns 12 April 2021 New Jersey Robert Stockton Green Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Leon Abbett (Democratic) 51.37%Edward Burd Grubb Jr. (Republican) 46.08%George La Monte (Prohibition) 2.55%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264560 NJ Governor, 1889 Our Campaigns 12 April 2021 North Dakota(held, 1 October 1889) New state John Miller (Republican) 66.58%William N. Roach (Democratic) 33.42%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266476 ND Governor, 1889 Our Campaigns 12 April 2021 State of North Dakota. 1907 Legislative Manual https://www.ndconst.org/_media/laws/1907_legislative_manual.pdf Bismarck, N. D. Tribune, Printers and Binders 183 1907 Ohio Joseph B. Foraker Republican Defeated, 47.52% James E. Campbell (Democratic) 48.93%John B. Helwig (Prohibition) 3.42%John H. Rhodes (Union Labor) 0.14%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=90227 OH Governor, 1889 Our Campaigns 12 April 2021 Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio, for the Regular Session of the Sixty-Ninth General Assembly, commencing Monday, January 6, 1890 Ohio House Journal Journal of the House of Representatives of the ... General Assembly of the State of Ohio (1975) LXXXVI https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015067908619&view=1up&seq=38 Akron, Ohio The Werner Ptg. & Light. Co. 32 1890 Rhode Island(held, 3 April 1889) Royal C. Taft Republican Declined re-nomination, Quick Work https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059522/1889-03-22/ed-1/seq-1/ St. Paul daily globe Saint Paul, Minn. March 22, 1889 1 12 April 2021 Republican victory; since no candidate received an outright majority, the result was decided by the Rhode Island General Assembly John W. Davis (Democratic) 49.38%Herbert W. Ladd (Republican) 39.13%Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the state legislature decided the election. Ladd was elected.James H. Chace (Law Enforcement) 8.34%Harrison H. Richardson (Prohibition) 3.12%Scattering 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266716 RI Governor, 1889 Our Campaigns 12 April 2021Samuel H. Cross, Secretary of State 1889 Manual with Rules and Orders for the use of the General Assembly, of the State of Rhode Island. 1889-90 State of Rhode Island manual https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924106119567&view=1up&seq=133 Providence. R.I. E. L. Freeman & Son, State Printers 109 South Dakota(held, 1 October 1889) New state Arthur C. Mellette (Republican) 69.36%P. F. McClure (Democratic) 30.64%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266442 SD Governor, 1889 Our Campaigns 12 April 20211889–1900 Election Returns https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/1889-1900.pdf South Dakota Secretary of State 4 12 April 2021 Pierre, South Dakotahttps://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/ElectionsReturnsPre1972.pdf Elections 2005 South Dakota Legislative Manual 616 12 April 2021 http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/cspg/research/election_data_archive/pdf/SD_Governor_Election_Results.pdf South Dakota Gubernatorial Elections, 1889-2006 www.politicsandgovernance.org Historical Election Archive, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs https://web.archive.org/web/20140606231146/http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/cspg/research/election_data_archive/pdf/SD_Governor_Election_Results.pdf 12 April 2021 2014-06-06 Virginia Fitzhugh Lee Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Philip W. McKinney (Democratic) 57.33%William Mahone (Republican) 42.33%Thomas E. Taylor (Prohibition) 0.31%Scattering 0.03% Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Session of 1889-90 House Journal 1829/30-1940: House documents https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x030226621&view=1up&seq=54 Richmond J. H. O'Bannon, Superintendent of Public Printing 48 1889 Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia begun and held at the Capitol in the City of Richmond, on Wednesday, December 4, 1889, &c., &c. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x030201837&view=1up&seq=47 Richmond J. H. O'Bannon, Superintendent of Public Printing 41 1889 The result given (McKinney 164,212, Mahone 121,257, Taylor 897, Scattering 81) is that declared in joint assembly on December 7, 1889 and recorded in the journals of the two houses of the Virginia General Assembly.However, the various contemporary and later sources give three different results, as follows: McKinney 162,654, Mahone 120,477, Taylor 897; Virginia's Vote https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063034/1889-12-06/ed-1/seq-1/ The morning news Savannah, Ga. 6 December 1889 1 12 April 2021 The Official Vote https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85025007/1889-12-07/ed-1/seq-1/ Alexandria gazette Alexandria, Va. 7 December 1889 1 12 April 2021Tribune Almanac 1890 85-86World Almanac 1890 285Plumbe Geo. E. 1890 The Daily News and Political Register for 1890 https://archive.org/details/chicagodailynews1890chic/page/140/mode/1up Chicago, Ill. The Chicago Daily News Company 140 McBride Alexander 1890 The Evening Journal Almanac, 1890 https://archive.org/details/eveningjournalal1890slsn/page/92/mode/1up Albany, N.Y. Weed, Parsons & Co. 92–93 Piper 1895 133 McKinney 163,180, Mahone 121,240, Taylor 897;https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/84946/ 1889 Governor General Election 12 April 2021 Guide to U.S. Elections, Fifth Edition https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr/page/1535/mode/1up Washington, D.C. CQ Press II 1535 2005 978-1-56802-981-8 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262815 VA Governor, 1889 Our Campaigns 12 April 2021Glashan 1979 326-327Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I https://archive.org/details/americanstategov0000kall/page/616/mode/2up Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0 617 McKinney 164,212, Mahone 121,257, Taylor 897. The Warrock-Richardson Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina Almanack for the Year 1892, &c., &c. 1878 https://archive.org/details/warrockrichardso1892unse/page/n45/mode/2up Richmond James E. Goode, Publisher 40–41 Dubin 2014 15 Assessment is hindered because the sources which include tabulations of the city and county results do not agree, and the sums of the individual results in no case agree with the totals. It is most likely that the actual result was McKinney 163,180, Mahone 121,240, Taylor 897. Washington(held, 1 October 1889) New state Elisha Peyre Ferry (Republican) 57.68%Eugene Semple (Democratic) 42.32%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59232 WA Governor, 1889 Our Campaigns 12 April 2021 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, 1890 https://archive.org/details/worldalmanac1890unse New York, NY Press Publishing Co. 1890 World Almanac 1890 McPherson Edward The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1890 https://archive.org/details/vol1890tribuneal00unse/mode/2up New York, NY The Tribune Association 1890 Tribune Almanac 1890 J. A. Piper, Secretary of State 1895 Roster of Soldiers, Sailors and Marines of the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the War of the Rebellion, Residing in Nebraska, June 1, 1895. https://archive.org/details/rostersoldierss00statgoog/page/n142/mode/2up York, Nebraska Nebraska Newspaper Union Piper 1895 Category:April 1889 in the United States Category:October 1889 in the United States Category:November 1889 in the United States