1892 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1892, in 32 states, concurrent with the House , Senate elections and presidential election , on November 8, 1892 (except in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont, which held early elections).
In Florida , the gubernatorial election was held in October for the first time, having previously been held on the same day as federal elections .[1]
Results
State
Incumbent
Party
Status
Opposing candidates
Alabama (held, 1 August 1892)
Thomas G. Jones
Democratic
Re-elected, 52.24%
Reuben F. Kolb (Independent Democrat) 47.53% Scattering 0.23%[2] [3]
Arkansas (held, 5 September 1892)
James Philip Eagle
Democratic
Retired, Democratic victory
William Meade Fishback (Democratic) 57.70% William G. Whipple (Republican) 21.53%Jacob P. Carnahan (Populist) 19.92% William J. Nelson (Prohibition) 0.84%[4]
Colorado
John Long Routt
Republican
Retired, Populist victory
Davis Hanson Waite (Populist)[d] 47.19%Joseph Helm (Republican) 41.39% Joseph H. Maupin (Democratic) 9.54% John Hipp (Prohibition) 1.88%[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Connecticut
Morgan Bulkeley
Republican
Retired, Democratic victory
Luzon B. Morris (Democratic) 50.31%Samuel E. Merwin (Republican) 46.64% E. P. Angin (Prohibition) 2.39% E. M. Ripley (Populist) 0.47% Moritz E. Ruther (Socialist Labor) 0.19%[10]
Florida (held, 4 October 1892)
Francis P. Fleming
Democratic
Term-limited, Democratic victory
Henry L. Mitchell (Democratic) 78.70% Alonzo P. Baskin (Populist) 20.56% N. J. Hawley (Prohibition) 0.74%[11] [12] [13]
Georgia (held, 5 October 1892)
William J. Northen
Democratic
Re-elected, 67.07%
W. L. Peck (Populist) 32.93%[14] [15]
Idaho
N. B. Willey (acting)
Republican
Defeated for renomination,[16] Republican victory
William J. McConnell (Republican) 40.74% John M. Burke (Democratic) 33,72% Abraham J. Crook (Populist) 24.23% J. A. Clark (Prohibition) 1.32%[17]
Illinois
Joseph W. Fifer
Republican
Defeated, 46.12%
John Peter Altgeld (Democratic) 48.74% Robert R. Link (Prohibition) 2.84% Nathan M. Barnett (Populist) 2.30%[18] [19]
Indiana
Ira Joy Chase (acting)
Republican
Defeated, 46.18%
Claude Matthews (Democratic) 47.45% Leroy Templeton (Populist) 4.01% Aaron Worth (Prohibition) 2.36%[20] [21]
Kansas
Lyman U. Humphrey
Republican
Retired to run for U.S. House , Populist victory
Lorenzo D. Lewelling (Populist)[e] 50.19% Abram W. Smith (Republican) 48.52% I. O. Pickering (Prohibition) 1.28%[22] [23] [24]
Louisiana '(held, 19 April 1892)
Francis T. Nicholls
Democratic
[data missing ] , Anti-Lottery Democrat victory
Murphy J. Foster (Anti-Lottery Democrat) 44.59%Samuel D. McEnery (Democratic) 26.42% Albert H. Leonard (Republican) 16.55% John E. Breaux (Independent Republican) 6.94% R. H. Tannehill (Populist) 5.50%[25] [26] [27]
Maine (held, 12 September 1892)
Edwin C. Burleigh
Republican
Retired, Republican victory
Henry B. Cleaves (Republican) 52.12%Charles F. Johnson (Democratic) 42.51% Timothy B. Hussey (Prohibition) 2.97% Luther C. Bateman (Populist) 2.22% Edgar F. Knowlton (Union Labor) 0.15% Scattering 0.03%[28] [29] [30]
Massachusetts
William E. Russell
Democratic
Re-elected, 49.03%
William H. Haile (Republican) 48.36% Wolcott Hamlin (Prohibition) 1.86% Henry Winn (Populist) 0.52% Squire E. Putney (Socialist Labor) 0.23%[31] [32]
Michigan
Edwin B. Winans
Democratic
Retired,[33] Republican victory
John Treadway Rich (Republican) 47.21%Allen Benton Morse (Democratic) 43.77% John W. Ewing (Populist) 4.57% John Russell (Prohibition) 4.43% Scattering 0.02%[34] [35]
Minnesota
William Rush Merriam
Republican
Retired, Republican victory
Knute Nelson (Republican) 42.68%Daniel W. Lawler (Democratic) 36.96%Ignatius L. Donnelly (Populist) 15.58% William J. Dean (Prohibition) 4.78%[36] [37]
Missouri
David R. Francis
Democratic
Term-limited, Democratic victory
William J. Stone (Democratic) 48.98%William Warner (Republican) 43.50% Leverett Leonard (Populist) 6.89% John Sobieski (Prohibition) 0.63%[38]
Montana
Joseph Toole
Democratic
Retired, Republican victory
John E. Rickards (Republican) 41.17% Timothy E. Collins (Democratic) 39.96% William Kennedy (Populist) 17.64% J. M. Waters (Prohibition) 1.23%[39]
Nebraska
James E. Boyd
Democratic
Retired, Republican victory
Lorenzo Crounse (Republican) 39.71%Charles Van Wyck (Populist) 34.75%Julius Sterling Morton (Democratic) 22.38%Charles Eugene Bentley (Prohibition) 3.16%[40]
New Hampshire
Hiram A. Tuttle
Republican
Retired, Republican victory
John Butler Smith (Republican) 50.17%Luther F. McKinney (Democratic) 47.67% Edgar L. Carr (Prohibition) 1.80% William O. Noyes (Populist) 0.37%[41] [42]
New Jersey
Leon Abbett
Democratic
Term-limited, Democratic victory
George Theodore Werts (Democratic) 49.65%John Kean, Jr. (Republican) 47.39% Thomas J. Kennedy (Prohibition) 2.30% George B. Keim (Socialist Labor) 0.40% Benjamin Bird (Populist) 0.27%[43]
North Carolina
Thomas Michael Holt (acting)
Democratic
Defeated for renomination,[44] Democratic victory
Elias Carr (Democratic) 48.31%David M. Furches (Republican) 33.75%Wyatt P. Exum (Populist) 17.05% James M. Templeton (Prohibition) 0.88%[45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50]
North Dakota
Andrew H. Burke
Republican
Defeated, 47.57%
Eli C. D. Shortridge (Populist)[f] 52.43%[51] [52]
Rhode Island (held, 6 April 1892)
Herbert W. Ladd
Republican
Retired, Republican victory
Daniel Russell Brown (Republican) 50.22% William T. C. Wardwell (Democratic) 46.51% Alexander Gilbert (Prohibition) 2.92% Franklin E. Burton (Populist) 0.34%[53] [54]
South Carolina
Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Democratic
Re-elected, 99.90%
Scattering 0.10%[55]
South Dakota
Arthur C. Mellette
Republican
Retired, Republican victory
Charles H. Sheldon (Republican) 47.46% A. L. Van Osdel (Independent) 31.99% Peter Couchman (Democratic) 20.55%[56] [57] [58] [59] [60]
Tennessee
John P. Buchanan
Democratic
Defeated as an Populist, 11.94%
Peter Turney (Democratic) 47.86% George W. Winstead (Republican) 38.14%Edward H. East (Prohibition) 2.06%[61]
Texas
Jim Hogg
Democratic
Re-elected, 43.74%
George Clark (Independent Democrat) 30.63% Thomas L. Nugent (Populist) 24.91% D. M. Prendergast (Prohibition) 0.37%Andrew Jackson Houston (Lily-White Republican) 0.30% Scattering 0.04%[62] [63]
Vermont (held, 6 September 1892)
Carroll S. Page
Republican
Retired, Republican victory
Levi K. Fuller (Republican) 64.99% Bradley B. Smalley (Democratic) 32.09% Edward L. Allen (Prohibition) 2.55% Scattering 0.37%[64] [65]
Washington
Elisha P. Ferry
Republican
Retired, Republican victory
John McGraw (Republican) 37.01% Henry J. Snively (Democratic) 32.20% Cyrus W. Young (Populist) 26.41%Roger Sherman Greene (Prohibition) 4.38%[66]
West Virginia
Aretas B. Fleming
Democratic
Term-limited, Democratic victory
William A. MacCorkle (Democratic) 49.37% Thomas E. Davis (Republican) 47.08% James Bassett (Populist) 2.36% Frank Burt (Prohibition) 1.19%[67]
Wisconsin
George W. Peck
Democratic
Re-elected, 47.93%
John Coit Spooner (Republican) 45.89% Thomas C. Richmond (Prohibition) 3.55%Cyrus M. Butt (Populist) 2.59% Scattering 0.04%[68]
Wyoming (special election)
Amos W. Barber (acting)
Republican
Retired, Democratic victory
John Eugene Osborne (Democratic) 53.95% Edward Ivinson (Republican) 43.61% William Brown (Prohibition) 2.44%[69] [70] [71]
See also
References
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Notes
^ Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont held early elections.
^ Including a a special election in Wyoming.
^ John Milton Thayer (R) had succeeded Nebraska Governor James E. Boyd (D) who was removed from office by the Nebraska Supreme Court in May 1891. Boyd's citizenship was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court and he was restored to office in February 1892.
^ Waite ran under a fusion ticket between the Populists and the Silver Democrat Party.
^ Lewelling ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party.
^ Shortridge ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party.
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