1889 United States gubernatorial elections explained

Election Name:1889 United States gubernatorial elections
Country:United States
Flag Year:1877
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1888 United States gubernatorial elections
Previous Year:1888
Next Election:1890 United States gubernatorial elections
Next Year:1890
1Blank:Seats up
2Blank:Seats won
Seats For Election:11 governorships
Election Date:November 5, 1889;
April 3, 1889 (RI);
October 1, 1889 (MT, ND, SD, WA)
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Seats Before1:19
Seats After1:22
Seat Change1:3
1Data1:3
2Data1:6
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Seats Before2:19
Seats After2:20
Seat Change2:1
1Data2:4
2Data2:5
Map Size:324px

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
IowaWilliam LarrabeeRepublicanLost re-nomination,[1] Democratic victoryHorace 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%
[2] [3]
MassachusettsOliver AmesRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryJohn Q. A. Brackett (Republican) 48.40%
William E. Russell (Democratic) 45.83%
John Blackmer (Prohibition) 5.74%
Scattering 0.02%
[4] [5]
MississippiRobert LowryDemocratic Term-limited, Democratic victoryJohn Marshall Stone (Democratic) 99.98%
Scattering 0.02%
[6] [7]
Montana
(held, 1 October 1889)		New stateJoseph Toole (Democratic) 50.75%
Thomas C. Power (Republican) 49.25%
[8]
New JerseyDemocratic Term-limited, Democratic victoryLeon Abbett (Democratic) 51.37%
Edward Burd Grubb Jr. (Republican) 46.08%
George La Monte (Prohibition) 2.55%
[9]
North Dakota
(held, 1 October 1889)		New stateJohn Miller (Republican) 66.58%
William N. Roach (Democratic) 33.42%
[10] [11]
OhioJoseph B. ForakerRepublicanDefeated, 47.52%James E. Campbell (Democratic) 48.93%
John B. Helwig (Prohibition) 3.42%
John H. Rhodes (Union Labor) 0.14%
[12] [13]
Rhode Island
(held, 3 April 1889)		Royal C. TaftRepublicanDeclined re-nomination,[14] Republican victory; since no candidate received an outright majority, the result was decided by the Rhode Island General AssemblyJohn W. Davis (Democratic) 49.38%
Herbert W. Ladd (Republican) 39.13%
James H. Chace (Law Enforcement) 8.34%
Harrison H. Richardson (Prohibition) 3.12%
Scattering 0.02%
[15] [16]
South Dakota
(held, 1 October 1889)		New stateArthur C. Mellette (Republican) 69.36%
P. F. McClure (Democratic) 30.64%
[17] [18] [19] [20]
VirginiaFitzhugh LeeDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryPhilip W. McKinney (Democratic) 57.33%
William Mahone (Republican) 42.33%
Thomas E. Taylor (Prohibition) 0.31%
Scattering 0.03%
[21] [22]
Washington
(held, 1 October 1889)		New stateElisha Peyre Ferry (Republican) 57.68%
Eugene Semple (Democratic) 42.32%
[23]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. News: . Iowa Republican Convention . Wichita eagle . Wichita, Kan. . August 15, 1889 . 2 . 12 April 2021.
  2. Web site: IA Governor, 1889 . Our Campaigns . 12 April 2021.
  3. . 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 . Des Moines . G. H. Ragsdale, State Printer . 56 . 1890 .
  4. Web site: MA Governor, 1889 . Our Campaigns . 12 April 2021.
  5. Book: Coolidge . Henry D. . McLaughlin . Edward A. . 1890 . Manual for the use of the General Court, &c. . Boston . Wright & Potter Printing Company, State Printers . 312 .
  6. Web site: MS Governor, 1889 . Our Campaigns . 12 April 2021.
  7. Book: Rowland, Dunbar . 1908 . The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, 1908 . Nashville, Tenn. . Press of the Brandon Printing Company . 245 .
  8. Web site: MT Governor, 1889 . Our Campaigns . 12 April 2021.
  9. Web site: NJ Governor, 1889 . Our Campaigns . 12 April 2021.
  10. Web site: ND Governor, 1889 . Our Campaigns . 12 April 2021.
  11. Book: . State of North Dakota. 1907 Legislative Manual . Bismarck, N. D. . Tribune, Printers and Binders . 183 . 1907 .
  12. Web site: OH Governor, 1889 . Our Campaigns . 12 April 2021.
  13. . 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 . Akron, Ohio . The Werner Ptg. & Light. Co. . 32 . 1890 .
  14. News: . Quick Work . St. Paul daily globe . Saint Paul, Minn. . March 22, 1889 . 1 . 12 April 2021.
  15. Web site: RI Governor, 1889 . Our Campaigns . 12 April 2021.
  16. Book: Samuel 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 . Providence. R.I. . E. L. Freeman & Son, State Printers . 109 .
  17. Web site: SD Governor, 1889 . Our Campaigns . 12 April 2021.
  18. Web site: 1889–1900 Election Returns. South Dakota Secretary of State. 4. 12 April 2021. Pierre, South Dakota.
  19. Book: Elections . 2005 South Dakota Legislative Manual . 616 . 12 April 2021 .
  20. Web site: 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 .
  21. . Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Session of 1889-90 . House Journal . 1829/30-1940: House documents . Richmond . J. H. O'Bannon, Superintendent of Public Printing . 48 . 1889 .
  22. Book: . 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. . Richmond . J. H. O'Bannon, Superintendent of Public Printing . 41 . 1889 .
  23. Web site: WA Governor, 1889 . Our Campaigns . 12 April 2021.

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