United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1887, in six states.
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Kentucky and Maryland 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 a single-year term. They would abandon this practice in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year.
Results
edit| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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| Iowa | William Larrabee | Republican | Re-elected, 50.17% | T. J. Anderson (Democratic) 45.47% M. J. Cain (Union Labor) 4.23% V. G. Farnham (Prohibition) 0.10% J. M. Anderson 0.01% Scattering 0.01% [1][2] |
| Kentucky (held, 1 August 1887) |
J. Proctor Knott | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Simon Bolivar Buckner (Democratic) 50.70% William O'Connell Bradley (Republican) 44.78% Fontaine T. Fox (Prohibition) 2.97% A. H. Cardin (Union Labor) 1.57% [3] |
| Maryland | Henry Lloyd | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Elihu Emory Jackson (Democratic) 51.12% Walter B. Brooks (Republican) 45.57% Summerfield Baldwin (Prohibition) 2.32% [4] |
| Massachusetts | Oliver Ames | Republican | Re-elected, 51.12% | Henry B. Lovering (Democratic) 44.50% William H. Earle (Prohibition) 4.11% Charles E. Marks (Union Labor) 0.22% Scattering 0.04% [5] |
| Ohio | Joseph B. Foraker | Republican | Re-elected, 47.91% | Thomas E. Powell (Democratic) 44.78% Morris Sharp (Prohibition) 3.99% John Seitz (Union Labor) 3.32% [6][7] |
| Rhode Island (held, 6 April 1887) |
George Peabody Wetmore | Republican | Defeated, 43.01% | John W. Davis (Democratic) 51.50% Thomas H. Peabody (Prohibition) 5.39% Scattering 0.10% [8] |
References
edit- ^ "IA Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Senate of the Twenty-Second General Assembly of the State of Iowa, which convened at the Capitol at Des Moines, January 9, 1888. Des Moines: Geo. E. Roberts, State Printer. 1888. p. 49.
- ^ "KY Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "MD Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "MA Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "OH Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ The Journal of the Senate of the State of Ohio, for the Regular Session of the Sixty-Eighth General Assembly, commencing on Monday, January 2, 1888. Vol. LXXXIV. Columbus: Columbian Printing Company, State Printers. 1888. pp. 20–21.
- ^ "RI Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
Notes
edit- ^ Robert Waterman (R) succeeded California Governor Washington Bartlett (D) who died in office in September 1887.
Bibliography
edit- Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
- Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
- The Tribune Almanac for 1888. New York, NY: The Tribune Association. 1888.