United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1888, 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).
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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
edit| 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 missing] | 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)[b] (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] |
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| 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)[c] 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 missing] | David H. Goodell (Republican) 49.45% Charles H. Amsden (Democratic) 48.79% Edgar L. Carr (Prohibition) 1.73% [50][51] (Legislative election)[d] (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)[e] 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)[f] 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][g] |
| 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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- ^ "Victory!". The weekly messenger. St. Martinville, La. January 21, 1888. p. 1. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "LA Governor, 1888". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Calhoun, Milburn, ed. (2008). Louisiana Almanac 2008-2009. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company. p. 510. ISBN 978-1-58980-542-2.
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- ^ "Missouri Democracy". Iron County register. Ironton, Iron County, Mo. August 30, 1888. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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Notes
edit- ^ Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont held early elections.
- ^ Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the state legislature decided the election. Bulkeley was elected.
- ^ Burt ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Greenback Party.
- ^ Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the state legislature decided the election. Goodell was elected.
- ^ Miller ran under a fusion ticket between the Republicans and the United Labor Party.[52][53]
- ^ Martin ran under a fusion ticket between the Prohibition, Union Labor and Republican parties.[65]
- ^ 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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