1888 United States gubernatorial elections

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1888 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1887 November 6, 1888[lower-alpha 1] 1889 →
26 state governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 22 governorships 16 governorships
Seats before 22 16
Seats after 19 19
Seat change Decrease3 Increase3

United States gubernatorial elections were held on Tuesday November 6, in 26 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 6, 1888 (except in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont, which held early elections).

In New Hampshire, the newly elected Governor's term began in the June following the election for the last time. Following an 1889 amendment to the State Constitution, the Governor's term would begin in the January following the election, beginning in 1890.

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Alabama
(held, 6 August 1888)		 Thomas Seay Democratic Re-elected, 77.60% W. T. Ewing (Republican) 22.24%
J. C. Orr (Prohibition) 0.15%
Scattering 0.01%
[1][2]
Arkansas
(held, 3 September 1888)		 Simon Pollard Hughes Jr. Democratic Lost re-nomination,[3][4] Democratic victory James Philip Eagle (Democratic) 54.09%
Charles M. Norwood (Union Labor) 45.91%
[5]
Colorado Alva Adams Democratic [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Job Adams Cooper (Republican) 53.87%
Thomas M. Patterson (Democratic) 42.67%
William C. Stover (Prohibition) 2.28%
Gilbert De La Matyr (Prohibition) 1.18%
[6][7][8]
Connecticut Phineas C. Lounsbury Republican Retired, Republican victory Morgan Bulkeley (Republican) 47.94%
Luzon B. Morris (Democratic) 48.86%
Hiram Camp (Prohibition) 3.01%
F. A. Andrews (Labor) 0.17%
Scattering 0.01%[9][10]
(Legislative election)[lower-alpha 2]
(held, 10 January 1889)
Morgan Bulkeley, 159 votes
Luzon B. Morris, 95 votes
[11]
Florida Edward A. Perry Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Francis P. Fleming (Democratic) 60.32%
V. J. Shipman (Republican) 39.68%
[12][13][14][15]
Georgia
(held, 3 October 1888)		 John Brown Gordon Democratic Re-elected, 100.00%
[16][17]
Illinois Richard J. Oglesby Republican Retired, Republican victory Joseph W. Fifer (Republican) 50.50%
John M. Palmer (Democratic) 46.03%
David H. Harts (Prohibition) 2.59%
Willis W. Jones (Union Labor) 0.88%
[18][19][20]
Indiana Isaac P. Gray Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory Alvin Peterson Hovey (Republican) 49.03%
Courtland C. Matson (Democratic) 48.62%
Jasper Hughes (Prohibition) 1.85%
John B. Milroy (Union Labor) 0.50%
[21][22]
Kansas John A. Martin Republican Retired,[23] Republican victory Lyman U. Humphrey (Republican) 54.70%
John Martin (Democratic) 32.51%
Peter Percival Elder (Union Labor) 10.84%
Jeremiah D. Botkin (Prohibition) 1.95%
[24][25][26][27]
Louisiana
(held, 17 April 1888)		 Samuel D. McEnery Democratic Lost renomination,[28][29] Democrat victory Francis T. Nicholls (Democratic) 72.73%
Henry C. Warmoth (Republican) 27.27%
[30][31][32][33]
Maine
(held, 10 September 1888)		 Sebastian Streeter Marble (acting) Republican Lost re-nomination,[34] Republican victory Edwin C. Burleigh (Republican) 52.12%
William LeBaron Putnam (Democratic) 42.19%
Volney B. Cushing (Prohibition) 2.14%
William H. Simmons (Union Labor) 1.05%
Scattering 0.01%
[35][36][37]
Massachusetts Oliver Ames Republican Re-elected, 52.71% William E. Russell (Democratic) 44.53%
William H. Earle (Prohibition) 2.73%
Scattering 0.03%
[38][39]
Michigan Cyrus G. Luce Republican Re-elected, 49.20% Wellington R. Burt (Democratic)[lower-alpha 3] 45.59%
Amherst B. Cheney (Prohibition) 4.57%
William Mills (Union Labor) 0.92%
[40][41]
Minnesota Andrew Ryan McGill Republican Lost re-nomination,[42][43] Republican victory William Rush Merriam (Republican) 51.28%
Eugene McLanahan Wilson (Democratic) 42.08%
Hugh G. Harrison (Prohibition) 6.50%
J. H. Paul (Labor) 0.15%
[44][45]
Missouri Albert P. Morehouse (acting) Democratic Lost renomination,[46] Democratic victory David R. Francis (Democratic) 49.36%
Elbert E. Kimball (Republican) 46.81%
Ahira Manning (Union Labor) 2.98%
Frank M. Lowe (Prohibition) 0.85%
[47][48]
Nebraska John Milton Thayer Republican Re-elected, 51.26% John A. McShane (Democratic) 42.11%
George Bigelow (Prohibition) 4.69%
David Butler (Labor) 1.94%
[49]
New Hampshire Charles H. Sawyer Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] David H. Goodell (Republican) 49.45%
Charles H. Amsden (Democratic) 48.79%
Edgar L. Carr (Prohibition) 1.73%
[50][51]
(Legislative election)[lower-alpha 4]
(held, 5 June 1889)
David H. Goodell, 168 votes
Charles H. Amsden, 114 votes
Edgar L. Carr, 1 vote
[51]
New York David B. Hill Democratic Re-elected, 49.44% Warner Miller (Republican)[lower-alpha 5] 47.98%
W. Martin Jones (Prohibition) 2.30%
J. Edward Hall (Socialist Labor) 0.25%
Lewis E. Page (Union Labor) 0.02%
Nathan Wardner (United Labor) 0.00%
[54][55][56]
North Carolina Alfred Moore Scales Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Daniel Gould Fowle (Democratic) 51.97%
Oliver H. Dockery (Republican) 46.93%
William T. Walker (Prohibition) 1.09%
[57][58]
Rhode Island
(held, 4 April 1888)		 John W. Davis Democratic Defeated, 44.29% Royal C. Taft (Republican) 52.33%
George W. Gould (Prohibition) 3.34%
Scattering 0.04%
[59][60]
South Carolina John Peter Richardson III Democratic Re-elected, 99.97% Scattering 0.03%
[61][62]
Tennessee Robert Love Taylor Democratic Re-elected, 51.80% Samuel W. Hawkins (Republican) 45.92%
J. C. Johnson (Prohibition) 2.28%
[63][64]
Texas Lawrence Sullivan Ross Democratic Re-elected, 71.77% Marion Martin (Fusion)[lower-alpha 6] 28.23%
[66][67][68]
Vermont
(held, 4 September 1888)		 Ebenezer J. Ormsbee Republican Retired, Republican victory William P. Dillingham (Republican) 69.89%
Stephen C. Shurtleff (Democratic) 28.13%
Henry M. Seeley (Prohibition) 1.98%
Scattering 0.01%
[69][70]
West Virginia Emanuel Willis Wilson Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory following disputed election (Original count)
Nathan Goff Jr. (Republican) 49.27%
Aretas B. Fleming (Democratic) 49.21%
Scattering 1.52%
[71][72]
(Revised count, conducted by legislature)
Aretas B. Fleming (Democratic) 49.31%
Nathan Goff Jr. (Republican) 49.16%
Scattering 1.53%
[72][73][74][lower-alpha 7]
Wisconsin Jeremiah McLain Rusk Republican Retired, Republican victory William D. Hoard (Republican) 49.53%
James Morgan (Democratic) 43.82%
E. G. Durant (Prohibition) 4.05%
David Frank Powell (Labor) 2.59%
Scattering 0.01%
[76][77]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont held early elections.
  2. ↑ Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the state legislature decided the election. Bulkeley was elected.
  3. ↑ Burt ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Greenback Party.
  4. ↑ Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the state legislature decided the election. Goodell was elected.
  5. ↑ Miller ran under a fusion ticket between the Republicans and the United Labor Party.[52][53]
  6. ↑ Martin ran under a fusion ticket between the Prohibition, Union Labor and Republican parties.[65]
  7. ↑ The election was disputed and was finally decided by the Democratic-controlled legislature in January 1890. As a result, Fleming did not assume the office until February 6, 1890.[75]

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