| Election Name: | 1899 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1896 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1898 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1898 |
| Next Election: | 1900 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1900 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 7 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1899; April 5, 1899 (RI) |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 25 |
| Seats After1: | 24 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| 1Data1: | 6 |
| 2Data1: | 5 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 16 |
| Seats After2: | 17 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| 1Data2: | 1 |
| 2Data2: | 2 |
| Party4: | Populist Party (United States) |
| Seats Before4: | 3 |
| Seats After4: | 3 |
| 1Data4: | 0 |
| 2Data4: | 0 |
| Party5: | Silver Party |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| 1Data5: | 0 |
| 2Data5: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1899, in seven states.
Kentucky, Maryland and Mississippi 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 single-year terms. They would abandon this practice in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | Leslie M. Shaw | Republican | Re-elected, 55.26% | Frederick Edward White (Democratic) 42.30% Marshall W. Atwood (Prohibition) 1.76% Charles Lloyd (Populist) 0.39% M. J. Kremer (Socialist Labor) 0.18% C. C. Heacock (United Christian) 0.11% [1] | |
| Kentucky | William O'Connell Bradley | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | William S. Taylor (Republican) 47.82% William Goebel (Democratic) 47.23% John Y. Brown (Independent Democrat) 3.47% John G. Blair (Populist) 0.75% O. T. Wallace (Prohibition) 0.58% Alfred Schmitz (Socialist Labor) 0.15% [2] | |
| Maryland | Lloyd Lowndes Jr. | Republican | Defeated, 46.29% | John Walter Smith (Democratic) 51.12% James Swann (Prohibition) 2.10% Levin Thomas Jones (Social Democrat) 0.17% John A. Rugemer (Socialist Labor) 0.17% William Nevin Hill (Union Reform) 0.15% [3] | |
| Massachusetts | Roger Wolcott | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Winthrop M. Crane (Republican) 56.46% Robert Treat Paine (Democratic) 34.70% George R. Peare (Socialist Labor) 3.60% Winfield P. Porter (Social Democrat) 2.76% Albert B. Coats (Prohibition) 2.47% [4] | |
| Mississippi | Anselm J. McLaurin | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Andrew H. Longino (Democratic) 87.40% R. K. Prewitt (Populist) 12.60% [5] | |
| Ohio | Asa S. Bushnell | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | George K. Nash (Republican) 45.94% John Roll McLean (Democratic) 40.54% Samuel M. Jones (Independent) 11.75% Seth H. Ellis (Union Reform) 0.86% George M. Hanmell (Prohibition) 0.64% Robert Bondlow (Socialist Labor) 0.27% [6] | |
| Rhode Island (held, 5 April 1899) | Elisha Dyer Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 56.36% | George W. Greene (Democratic) 33.86% Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 6.82% Joseph A. Peckham (Prohibition) 2.97% [7] |