1900 Indiana gubernatorial election

none related races 1900 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1900 Indiana gubernatorial election Indiana File:Flag of Indiana (1899–1917).png presidential no 1896 Indiana gubernatorial election 1896 1904 Indiana gubernatorial election 1904 1900 11 6 File:Indiana Governor Winfield T. Durbin.gif Winfield T. Durbin Republican Party (United States) 331,531 50.56% File:JohnWKern.jpg 150x150px John W. Kern Democratic Party (United States) 306,361 46.72% 1900 Indiana gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County results Durbin: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Kern: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor James A. Mount Republican Party (United States) Winfield T. Durbin Republican Party (United States) The 1900 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900, in all 92 counties in the state of Indiana. Governor James A. Mount could not succeed himself to a second term. Winfield T. Durbin was elected governor over his Democratic opponent, John W. Kern. Mount died from a heart-attack just 2 days after Durbin's inauguration. Nominations Durbin (member of the Indiana Republican Central Committee) was nominated to run for governor in 1900, and easily won the convention vote. Opinion was strongly against Democrats, and the leading members of the party refused to run for governor that year. The party fielded John Kern, a former state senator serving at the time as city solicitor of Indianapolis, to oppose Durbin. General election Durbin became the first governor to win by majority in twenty-five years. Durbin's primary goal as governor was to bring efficiency to the state, and reform the government to function more economically, and to enact progressive legislation. Indiana gubernatorial election, 1900Hunt 1900 258–59 Republican Party (United States) Winfield T. Durbin 331,531 50.56 Democratic Party (United States) John W. Kern 306,361 46.72 Prohibition Party Charles N. Eckhart 13,451 2.05 Social Democratic Party of America John W. Kelly 2,240 0.34 Populist Party (United States) Alonzo G. Burkhart 1,504 0.22 Socialist Labor Party of America Philip H. More 644 0.10 Union Reform #838996 M. A. Wilson 227 0.03 655,695 100.00 References Bibliography Hunt Union B. Biennial Report of Union B. Hunt, Secretary of State of the State of Indiana [...] 1900 none Indianapolis https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.74638276&seq=1 Category:1900 Indiana elections 1900 Indiana Category:November 1900 in the United States