1900 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1900, in 34 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 6, 1900 (except in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Vermont, which held early elections).
Alabama held its last gubernatorial election in August, while Rhode Island held its last in April. In both cases the next gubernatorial election would be held on the same day as federal elections: in Alabama in 1902 and in Rhode Island in 1901. There was a change in Alabama's governorships in 1902, when governors served four-year terms instead of two-year terms.
In Florida, the gubernatorial election was held on the same day as federal elections, having been held in October since 1892.[1]
In North Carolina gubernatorial elections had been held on the same day as federal elections since 1876, but in 1900 the election was moved to August. It would revert to November from 1904.
Results[edit]
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama (held, 6 August 1900) | Joseph F. Johnston | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | William J. Samford (Democratic) 71.57% John A. Steele (Republican) 17.59% Grattan B. Crowe (Populist) 10.84% [2] |
| Arkansas (held, 3 September 1900) | Daniel Webster Jones | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | Jeff Davis (Democratic) 66.66% Harmon L. Remmel (Republican) 30.61% Abner W. Files[3] (Populist) 2.74% [4][5] |
| Colorado | Charles S. Thomas | Democratic | [data missing] | James Bradley Orman (Democratic)[d] 53.78% Frank C. Goudy (Republican) 43.53% James R. Wylie (Prohibition) 1.68% DeWitt Copley (Socialist Labor) 0.45% S. B. Hutchinson (Social Democrat) 0.38% James T. Pearson (Populist) 0.19% [6] |
| Connecticut | George E. Lounsbury | Republican | [data missing] | George P. McLean (Republican) 53.02% Samuel L. Bronson (Democratic) 45.05% Charles E. Steele (Prohibition) 0.86% George A. Sweetland (Social Democrat) 0.58% Adam Marx (Socialist Labor) 0.49% [7] |
| Delaware | Ebe W. Tunnell | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | John Hunn (Republican) 53.57% Peter J. Ford (Democratic) 44.93% Richard W. Cooper (Prohibition) 1.37% Gustave E. Reinicke (Socialist) 0.13% [8] |
| Florida | William D. Bloxham | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | William Sherman Jennings (Democratic) 80.98% Matthew B. MacFarlane (Republican) 17.27% A.M. Morton (Populist) 1.75% [9] |
| Georgia (held, 3 October 1900) | Allen D. Candler | Democratic | Re-elected, 78.57% | George W. Trayler[e] (Populist) 21.43% [10] |
| Idaho | Frank Steunenberg | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Frank W. Hunt (Democratic)[f] 50.87% D. W. Standrod (Republican) 47.04% Silas Luttrell (Prohibition) 1.84% Scattering 0.25% [13] |
| Illinois | John Riley Tanner | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Richard Yates Jr. (Republican) 51.49% Samuel Alschuler (Democratic) 46.06% Visscher Vare Barnes (Prohibition) 1.39% Herman C. Perry (Social Democrat) 0.76% Louis P. Hoffman (Socialist Labor) 0.12% Alfred Cheesbrough Van Tine (Populist) 0.10% Lloyd G. Spencer (Union Reform) 0.06% John Cordingly (United Christian) 0.03% [14] |
| Indiana | James A. Mount | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Winfield T. Durbin (Republican) 50.54% John W. Kern (Democratic) 46.70% Charles Eckhart (Prohibition) 2.05% John W. Kelly (Social Democrat) 0.34% A. G. Burkhart (Populist) 0.23% Philip H. More (Socialist Labor) 0.10% M. A. Wilson (Union Reform) 0.04% Scattering 0.00% [15] |
| Kansas | William Eugene Stanley | Republican | Re-elected, 52.25% | John W. Breidenthal (Populist) 47.33% G. C. Clemens (Social Democrat) 0.36% Frank Holsinger (Prohibition) 0.06% Scattering 0.00% [16] |
| Kentucky (special election) | J. C. W. Beckham | Democratic | Re-elected, 49.89% | John W. Yerkes (Republican) 49.09% John D. White (Prohibition) 0.49% A. H. Cardin (Populist) 0.36% Walter T. Roberts (Social Democrat) 0.10% James Doyle (Socialist Labor) 0.09% [17] |
| Louisiana (held, 17 April 1900) | Murphy J. Foster | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | William Wright Heard (Democratic) 78.32% Donaldson Caffery III (Fusion)[g] 18.49% Eugene S. Reems (Republican) 3.19% [18] |
| Maine (held, 10 September 1900) | Llewellyn Powers | Republican | [data missing] | John Fremont Hill (Republican) 62.33% Samuel L. Lord (Democratic) 34.01% Grant Rogers (Prohibition) 3.10% Norman Wallace Lermond (Socialist) 0.55% Scattering 0.02% [19] |
| Massachusetts | Winthrop M. Crane | Republican | Re-elected, 59.06% | Robert Treat Paine (Democratic) 33.69% Charles H. Bradley (Social Democrat) 3.43% Michael T. Berry (Socialist Labor) 2.28% John M. Fisher (Prohibition) 1.54% Scattering 0.00% [20] |
| Michigan | Hazen S. Pingree | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Aaron T. Bliss (Republican) 55.75% William C. Maybury (Democratic) 41.27% Frederic S. Goodrich (Prohibition) 2.16% Henry Ramsay (Social Democrat) 0.49% Henry Ulbricht (Socialist Labor) 0.18% Daniel Thompson (Populist) 0.16% Scattering 0.00% [21] |
| Minnesota | John Lind | Democratic[h] | Defeated, 47.95% | Samuel Rinnah Van Sant (Republican) 48.67% Bernt B. Haugan (Prohibition) 1.73% Thomas H. Lucas (Social Democrat) 1.13% Edward Kriz (Socialist Labor) 0.28% Sylvester M. Fairchild (Midroad-Populist) 0.24% [22] |
| Missouri | Lon Vest Stephens | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Alexander Monroe Dockery (Democratic) 51.15% Joseph Flory (Republican) 46.46% Caleb Lipscomb (Social Democrat) 0.82% Charles E. Stokes (Prohibition) 0.76% J. H. Hillis (People's Progressive) 0.64% Louis C. Fry (Socialist Labor) 0.18% [23] |
| Montana | Robert Burns Smith | Democratic[i] | Retired, Democratic victory | Joseph Toole (Democratic) 49.24% David S. Folsom (Republican) 35.56% Thomas S. Hogan (Independent Democrat) 14.40% J. F. Fox (Social Democrat) 0.79% [24] |
| Nebraska | William A. Poynter | Populist[j] | Defeated, 48.51% | Charles Henry Dietrich (Republican) 48.88% Lucius O. Jones (Prohibition) 1.85% Taylor Flick (Midroad-Populist) 0.47% Theodore Kharas (Socialist) 0.29% [25] |
| New Hampshire | Frank W. Rollins | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Chester B. Jordan (Republican) 59.36% Frederick E. Potter (Democratic) 38.50% Josiah M. Fletcher (Prohibition) 1.30% Sumner F. Claflin (Social Democrat) 0.83% Scattering 0.01% [26] |
| New York | Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Vice President, Republican victory | Benjamin Odell (Republican) 51.98% John B. Stanchfield (Democratic) 44.80% William T. Wardwell (Prohibition) 1.47% Charles Hunter Corregan (Socialist Labor) 0.89% Ben Hanford (Social Democrat) 0.87% [27] |
| North Carolina (held, 2 August 1900)[28][29] | Daniel Lindsay Russell | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Charles Brantley Aycock (Democratic) 59.57% Spencer B. Adams (Republican) 40.31% Henry Sheets (Prohibition) 0.11% Scattering 0.00% [30] |
| North Dakota | Frederick B. Fancher | Republican | Retired,[31] Republican victory | Frank White (Republican) 59.20% Max Wipperman (Democratic)[k] 38.72% Delevan Carlton (Prohibition) 0.97% George F. Poague (Socialist) 0.74% O. G. Major (Populist) 0.37% [32] |
| Rhode Island (held, 4 April 1900) | Elisha Dyer, Jr. | Republican | [data missing] | William Gregory (Republican) 54.33% Nathan W. Littlefield (Democratic) 35.85% James P. Reid (Socialist Labor) 5.96% Henry B. Metcalf (Prohibition) 3.86% [33] |
| South Carolina | Miles Benjamin McSweeney | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00%[34] | (Democratic primary run-off results) Miles Benjamin McSweeney 57.86% James A. Hoyt 42.14% [35] |
| South Dakota | Andrew E. Lee | Populist | Retired to run for U.S. House, Republican victory | Charles N. Herreid (Republican) 56.31% Burre H. Lien (Democratic)[l] 41.97% F. J. Carlisle (Prohibition) 1.39% L. E. Stair (Midroad-Populist) 0.33% [36] |
| Tennessee | Benton McMillin | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.86% | John E. McCall (Republican) 44.29% R. S. Cheves (Prohibition) 1.28% H. J. Mullens (Populist) 0.47% Charles H. Stockwell (Social Democrat) 0.10% [37] |
| Texas | Joseph D. Sayers | Democratic | Re-elected, 67.56% | R. E. Hanney (Republican) 25.12% T. J. McMinn (Populist) 5.92% G. H. Royal (Socialist Labor) 0.03% Scattering 1.37% [38] |
| Utah | Heber Manning Wells | Republican | Re-elected, 51.71% | James Henry Moyle (Democratic) 48.29% [39] |
| Vermont (held, 4 September 1902) | Edward Curtis Smith | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | William W. Stickney (Republican) 72.19% John H. Senter (Democratic) 25.53% Henry C. Barnes (Prohibition) 1.42% James Pirie (Social Democrat) 0.85% Scattering 0.02% [40] |
| Washington | John Rankin Rogers | Populist[m] | Re-elected as a Democrat, 48.86% | John M. Frink (Republican) 46.81% Robert E. Dunlap (Prohibition) 1.97% William C. B. Randolph (Social Democrat) 1.57% William McCormick (Socialist Labor) 0.79% [41] |
| West Virginia | George W. Atkinson | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Albert B. White (Republican) 53.84% John H. Holt (Democratic) 45.43% Thomas Carskadon (Prohibition) 0.60% H. T. Houston (Populist) 0.14% [42] |
| Wisconsin | Edward Scofield | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Robert M. LaFollette (Republican) 59.84% Louis G. Bomrich (Democratic) 36.36% J. Burritt Smith (Prohibition) 2.20% Howard Tuttle (Social Democrat) 1.49% Frank Wilke (Socialist Labor) 0.12% Scattering 0.00% [43] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ "AR Governor, 1900". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Russell, Marvin F. (Autumn 1977). "The Rise of a Republican Leader: Harmon L. Remmel". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 36 (3): 234–257. doi:10.2307/40018534. JSTOR 40018534. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
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- ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 48.
- ^ Tribune Almanac 1901, p. 323.
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- ^ "The campaign over". The semi-weekly messenger. Wilmington, N.C. 7 August 1900. p. 6. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "The majority 40,000". Goldsboro weekly argus. Goldsboro, N.C. 2 August 1900. p. 6. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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Notes[edit]
- ^ Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Vermont held early elections.
- ^ Including a special election in Kentucky.
- ^ Kentucky Governor William S. Taylor (R) was removed from office by the General Assembly in January 1900 and replaced by William Goebel (D)
- ^ Orman ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party
- ^ OurCampaigns names this candidate John W. Traylor
- ^ Some sources indicate Hunt ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party[11][12]
- ^ Caffery ran under a fusion ticket between the Populist Party and the Lily-White Republicans
- ^ Lind ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party
- ^ Smith ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party
- ^ Poynter ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party
- ^ Wipperman ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party
- ^ Lien ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party
- ^ Rogers ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party
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- 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 World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1901. New York, NY: The Press Publishing Co. 1901.
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