1887 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1887 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1877 legislative no 1886 United States gubernatorial elections 1886 1888 United States gubernatorial elections 1888 6 state governorships November 1, 1887 (OH)November 8, 1887April 6, 1887 (RI)August 1, 1887 (KY) Democratic Party (United States) 22 governorships 21 22 1 Republican Party (United States) 16 governorships 17Robert Waterman (R) succeeded California Governor Washington Bartlett (D) who died in office in September 1887. 16 1 1887 United States gubernatorial elections.svg #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#F48882 Republican hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1887, in six states. Kentucky and Maryland held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected their respective governors to a single-year term. They would abandon this practice in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Iowa William Larrabee Republican Re-elected, 50.17% T. J. Anderson (Democratic) 45.47%M. J. Cain (Union Labor) 4.23%V. G. Farnham (Prohibition) 0.10%J. M. Anderson 0.01%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265244 IA Governor, 1887 Our Campaigns 2 August 2020 Journal of the Senate of the Twenty-Second General Assembly of the State of Iowa, which convened at the Capitol at Des Moines, January 9, 1888 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2883485&view=1up&seq=57 Des Moines Geo. E. Roberts, State Printer 49 1888 Kentucky(held, 1 August 1887) J. Proctor Knott Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Simon Bolivar Buckner (Democratic) 50.70%William O'Connell Bradley (Republican) 44.78%Fontaine T. Fox (Prohibition) 2.97%A. H. Cardin (Union Labor) 1.57%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264831 KY Governor, 1887 Our Campaigns 2 August 2020 Maryland Henry Lloyd Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Elihu Emory Jackson (Democratic) 51.12%Walter B. Brooks (Republican) 45.57%Summerfield Baldwin (Prohibition) 2.32%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=110883 MD Governor, 1887 Our Campaigns 2 August 2020 Massachusetts Oliver Ames Republican Re-elected, 51.12% Henry B. Lovering (Democratic) 44.50%William H. Earle (Prohibition) 4.11%Charles E. Marks (Union Labor) 0.22%Scattering 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266530 MA Governor, 1887 Our Campaigns 2 August 2020 Ohio(held, 1 November 1887) Joseph B. Foraker Republican Re-elected, 47.91% Thomas E. Powell (Democratic) 44.78%Morris Sharp (Prohibition) 3.99%John Seitz (Union Labor) 3.32%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=90229 OH Governor, 1887 Our Campaigns 2 August 2020 The Journal of the Senate of the State of Ohio, for the Regular Session of the Sixty-Eighth General Assembly, commencing on Monday, January 2, 1888 LXXXIV https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924093350597&view=1up&seq=28 Columbus Columbian Printing Company, State Printers 20–21 1888 Rhode Island(held, 6 April 1887) George Peabody Wetmore Republican Defeated, 43.01% John W. Davis (Democratic) 51.50%Thomas H. Peabody (Prohibition) 5.39%Scattering 0.10%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266714 RI Governor, 1887 Our Campaigns 2 August 2020 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 Tribune Almanac for 1888 https://archive.org/details/vol1888tribuneal00unse/ New York, NY The Tribune Association 1888 Tribune Almanac 1888 Category:April 1887 in the United States Category:August 1887 in the United States Category:November 1887 in the United States