| Election Name: | 1898 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1896 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1897 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1897 |
| Next Election: | 1899 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1899 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 28 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 8, 1898 |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 24 |
| Seats After1: | 25 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| 1Data1: | 15 |
| 2Data1: | 16 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 16 |
| Seats After2: | 16 |
| 1Data2: | 9 |
| 2Data2: | 9 |
| Party4: | Populist Party (United States) |
| Seats Before4: | 4 |
| Seats After4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| 1Data4: | 3 |
| 2Data4: | 2 |
| Party5: | Silver Party |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| 1Data5: | 1 |
| 2Data5: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1898, in 28 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 8, 1898 (except in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont, which held early elections).
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama (held, 1 August 1898) | Joseph F. Johnston | Democratic | Re-elected, 66.97% | Gilbert B. Deans (Populist) 30.32% Andrew J. Warner (Colored Republican) 1.90% W. B. Witherspoon (Prohibition) 0.80% [1] | |
| Arkansas (held, 5 September 1898) | Daniel Webster Jones | Democratic | Re-elected, 67.35% | H. F. Auten (Democratic) 24.60% W. S. Morgan (Populist) 7.45% Alexander McKnight (Prohibition) 0.61% [2] | |
| California | James Budd | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Henry Gage (Republican) 51.68% James G. Maguire (Democratic) 45.03% Job Harriman (Socialist Labor) 1.79% J. E. McComas (Prohibition) 1.50% [3] | |
| Colorado | Alva Adams | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Charles S. Thomas (Democratic) 62.89% Henry R. Wolcott (Republican) 34.17% Robert H. Rhodes (Prohibition) 1.81% Nixon Elliott (Socialist Labor) 1.14% [4] | |
| Connecticut | Lorrin A. Cooke | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | George E. Lounsbury (Republican) 54.17% Daniel N. Morgan (Democratic) 42.94% Charles Stodel (Socialist Labor) 1.92% Charles E. Steele (Prohibition) 0.98% [5] | |
| Georgia (held, 5 October 1898) | William Yates Atkinson | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Allen D. Candler (Democratic) 69.75% John R. Hogan (Populist) 30.25% [6] | |
| Idaho | Frank Steunenberg | Democratic | Re-elected, 48.83% | Albert B. Moss (Republican) 42.30% James H. Anderson (Populist) 13.51% Mary C. Johnson (Prohibition) 2.96% [7] | |
| Kansas | John W. Leedy | Populist | Defeated, 46.55% | William Eugene Stanley (Republican) 51.81% William A. Peffer (Prohibition) 1.42% Caleb Lipscomb (Socialist Labor) 0.22% [8] | |
| Maine (held, 12 September 1898) | Llewellyn Powers | Republican | Re-elected, 62.97% | Samuel L. Lord (Democratic) 33.16% Ammi S. Ladd (Prohibition) 2.71% Robert Gerry (Populist) 0.75% Erastus Lermond (National Democratic) 0.37% Scattering 0.05% [9] [10] | |
| Massachusetts | Roger Wolcott | Republican | Re-elected, 60.16% | Alexander B. Bruce (Democratic) 33.98% George R. Peare (Socialist Labor) 3.17% Samuel B. Shapleigh (Prohibition) 1.49% Winfield P. Porter (Social Democrat) 1.18% Scattering 0.03% [11] | |
| Michigan | Hazen S. Pingree | Republican | Re-elected, 57.75% | Justin R. Whiting (Democratic)[12] [13] 39.92% Noah W. Cheever (Prohibition) 1.66% Sullivan W. Cook (Midroad-Populist) 0.39% George Hasseler (Socialist Labor) 0.26% [14] | |
| Minnesota | David Marston Clough | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | John Lind (Democratic) 52.26% William Henry Eustis (Republican) 44.26% George W. Higgins (Prohibition) 2.10% Lionel C. Long (Midroad-Populist) 0.71% William B. Hammond (Socialist Labor) 0.67% [15] | |
| Nebraska | Silas A. Holcomb | Populist | Retired, Populist victory | William A. Poynter (Populist) 50.19% Monroe Leland Hayward (Republican) 48.77% R. V. Muir (Prohibition) 0.90% H. S. Aley (Socialist Labor) 0.13% Scattering 0.01% [16] | |
| Nevada | Reinhold Sadler (acting) | Silver | Re-elected, 35.67% | William McMillan (Republican) 35.45% George Russell (Democratic) 20.55% J. B. McCullough (Populist) 8.33% [17] | |
| New Hampshire | George A. Ramsdell | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Frank W. Rollins (Republican) 54.23% Charles F. Stone (Democratic) 43.23% Augustus G. Stevens (Prohibition) 1.62% Sumner F. Claflin (Social Democrat) 0.42% Benjamin F. Whitehouse (Socialist Labor) 0.32% Gardiner J. Greenleaf (Populist) 0.13% Scattering 0.05% [18] [19] | |
| New Jersey | David Ogden Watkins (acting) | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Foster McGowan Voorhees (Republican) 48.91% Elvin W. Crane (Democratic) 47.27% Thomas H. Landon (Prohibition) 2.05% Matthew Maguire (Socialist Labor) 1.63% Frederick Schrayshuen (Populist) 0.15% [20] | |
| New York | Frank S. Black | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) 49.02% Augustus Van Wyck (Democratic) 47.70% Ben Hanford (Socialist Labor) 1.77% John Kline (Prohibition) 1.36% Theodore Bacon (Citizens Union) 0.16% [21] | |
| North Dakota | Joseph M. Devine | Republican | Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota, Republican victory | Frederick B. Fancher (Republican) 59.22% David M. Holmes (Democratic) 40.78% [22] [23] [24] | |
| Oregon (held, 6 June 1898) | William Paine Lord | Republican | Lost re-nomination,[25] Republican victory | Theodore Thurston Geer (Republican) 53.22% W. R. King (Democratic) 40.77% John C. Luce (Midroad-Populist) 3.40% H. M. Clinton (Prohibition) 2.62% [26] | |
| Pennsylvania | Daniel H. Hastings | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | William A. Stone (Republican) 49.01% George A. Jenks (Democratic) 36.87% Silas C. Swallow (Prohibition) 13.68% J. Mahlon Barnes (Socialist Labor) 0.44% [27] | |
| Rhode Island (held, 6 April 1898) | Elisha Dyer Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 57.74% | Daniel T. Church (Democratic) 30.86% James P. Reid (Socialist Labor) 6.71% Edwin A. Lewis (Prohibition) 4.69% [28] | |
| South Carolina | William Haselden Ellerbe | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00%[29] | (Democratic primary run-off results) William Haselden Ellerbe 53.14% Claudius Cyprian Featherstone 46.86% [30] | |
| South Dakota | Andrew E. Lee | Populist[31] | Re-elected, 49.63% | Kirk G. Phillips (Republican) 49.18% Knute Lewis (Prohibition) 1.18% [32] | |
| Tennessee | Robert Love Taylor | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Benton McMillin (Democratic) 57.92% James Fowler (Republican) 39.81% W. D. Turnley (Populist) 1.33% R. N. Richardson (Prohibition) 0.94% [33] | |
| Texas | Charles Allen Culberson | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Joseph D. Sayers (Democratic) 71.19% Barnett Gibbs (Populist) 28.07% R. P. Bailey (Prohibition) 0.60% G. H. Royal (Socialist Labor) 0.13% Scattering 0.02% [34] | |
| Vermont (held, 6 September 1898) | Josiah Grout | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Edward Curtis Smith (Republican) 70.96% Thomas W. Moloney (Democratic) 27.03% Cyrus W. Wyman (Prohibition) 1.98% Scattering 0.04% [35] | |
| Wisconsin | Edward Scofield | Republican | Re-elected, 52.56% | Hiram Wilson Sawyer (Democratic) 41.09% Albinus A. Worsley (Populist) 2.59% Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) 2.45% Howard Tuttle (Social Democrat) 0.77% Henry Riese (Socialist Labor) 0.45% Scattering 0.10% [36] | |
| Wyoming | William A. Richards | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | DeForest Richards (Republican) 52.43% Horace C. Alger (Democratic) 45.39% E. B. Viall (Populist) 2.18% [37] |