1892 Illinois gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1892 Illinois gubernatorial election Illinois 1915 presidential No 1888 Illinois gubernatorial election 1888 1896 Illinois gubernatorial election 1896 1892 11 8 File:John Peter Altgeld Memorial Photo (cropped).png John Peter Altgeld Democratic Party (United States) 425,558 48.74% File:Governor Joseph W. Fifer (cropped).png Joseph W. Fifer Republican Party (United States) 402,676 46.12% 1892 Illinois gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 160px County results<br/ >Altgeld: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%Fifer: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Governor Joseph W. Fifer Republican Party (United States) John Peter Altgeld Democratic Party (United States) x150px The 1892 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1892. Republican incumbent Joseph W. Fifer ran for re-election to a second term and was defeated by Democratic nominee John Peter Altgeld, who won 48.74 percent of the vote. Altgeld was the first Democratic governor elected since 1852, before the foundation of the Illinois Republican Party. Republican nomination Candidates Horace S. Clark Joseph W. Fifer, incumbent governor of Illinois since 1889 George Hunt, Illinois attorney general Joel Minnick Longenecker, Cook County state's attorney Benjamin F. Marsh, former U.S. representative from Warsaw Results thumb|Sketch of the Republican station convention at which Fifer was re-nominated The Republican state convention was held on May 4 and 5, 1892 at Springfield. Republican gubernatorial nomination, 1st ballot, May 4, 1892Illinois Blue Book 1925 303https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=647739 IL Governor, 1892 - R Convention Our Campaigns 20 July 2021 Great Gatherings https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92053945/1892-05-06/ed-1/seq-1/ Rock Island Daily Argus Rock Island, Ill. May 6, 1892 1 20 July 2021 Second Day's Session https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99062034/1892-05-06/ed-1/seq-1/ The Madison daily leader Madison, S.D. May 6, 1892 1 20 July 2021 Illinois Goes Instructed https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1892-05-06/ed-1/seq-9/ Pittsburg dispatch Pittsburg, Pa. May 6, 1892 9 20 July 2021 Indorse Harrison https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89066695/1892-05-12/ed-1/seq-5/ Marble Hill press Marble Hill, Mo. May 12, 1892 5 20 July 2021Some sources give Hunt's vote as 31. Illinois Republicans https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020631/1892-05-06/ed-1/seq-1/ Santa Fe daily New Mexican Santa Fe, N.M. May 6, 1892 1 20 July 2021 Points in Politics https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/83338942/ The Evening Bulletin Maysville, Kentucky May 6, 1892 4 20 July 2021 Republican Party (United States) Joseph W. Fifer (incumbent) 941 76.19 Republican Party (United States) Joel Minnick Longenecker 120 9.72 Republican Party (United States) Horace S. Clark 93 7.53 Republican Party (United States) George Hunt 51 4.13 Republican Party (United States) Benjamin Franklin Marsh 30 2.43 1,235 100.00 Democratic nomination Candidates John Peter Altgeld, former justice of the Superior Court of Cook County John C. Black, former U.S. commissioner of pensions Andrew Jackson Hunter, judge of the Circuit Court of Edgar County William H. Neece, former U.S. representative from Macomb Delos P. Phelps, nominee for U.S. representative in 1878 Results The Democratic state convention was held on April 27, 1892, at Springfield. Democratic gubernatorial nomination, 1st ballot, April 27, 1892Illinois Blue Book 1925 303https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=647634 IL Governor, 1892 - D Convention Our Campaigns 20 July 2021 How Altgeld Was Chosen https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/349860953/ Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois April 28, 1892 2 20 July 2021 Altgeld Men Win The Point https://newspaperarchive.com/delphi-journal-may-05-1892-p-6/ Delphi Journal Delphi, Indiana May 5, 1892 6 20 July 2021 Democratic Party (United States) John Peter Altgeld 561 65.31 Democratic Party (United States) John C. Black 185 21.54 Democratic Party (United States) Andrew Jackson Hunter 53 6.17 Democratic Party (United States) William H. Neece 44 5.12 Democratic Party (United States) Delos P. Phelps 16 1.86 859 100.00 General election Candidates John Peter Altgeld, former justice of the Superior Court of Cook County (Democratic) Nathan M. Barnett, Union Labor nominee for Illinois treasurer in 1888 and son of Robert F. Barnett (Populist) Joseph W. Fifer, incumbent governor of Illinois since 1889 (Republican) Robert R. Link, nominee for Illinois treasurer in 1890 (Prohibition) Results Illinois gubernatorial election, 1892Illinois Official Vote 1892 5–6https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263299 IL Governor, 1892 Our Campaigns 20 July 2021 Journal of the Senate of the Thirty-Eighth General Assembly of the State of Illinois https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924112553080&view=1up&seq=22 Springfield, Ill. H. W. Rokker, State Printer and Binder 10 1893 Democratic Party (United States) John Peter Altgeld 425,558 48.74% Republican Party (United States) Joseph W. Fifer (incumbent) 402,676 46.12% Prohibition Party Robert R. Link 24,808 2.84% People's Party (United States) Nathan M. Barnett 20,103 2.30% 22,882 2.62% 873,145 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References Notes Bibliography Compiled and Printed by the Secretary of State 1893 Official vote of the State of Illinois cast at the General Election held November 8, 1892 https://archive.org/details/stateofillinoiso1888illi/page/n105/mode/2up Springfield, Ill. H. W. Rokker, State Printer and Binder Illinois Official Vote 1892 Louis L. Emmerson, Secretary of State 1925 Blue Book of the State of Illinois 1925-1926 http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/5853/ Springfield, Illinois Personal Reminiscenses of Joseph W. Fifer Illinois State Journal Co. 303 Illinois Blue Book 1925 See also 1892 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election Governor 1892 Illinois Category:November 1892 in the United States