1898 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1897 November 8, 1898[a] 1899 →
28 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 24 16
Seats after 25 16
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Seats up 15 9
Seats won 16 9
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Populist Silver
Seats before 4 1
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Decrease1 Steady
Seats up 3 1
Seats won 2 1
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Populist hold      Silver hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1898, in 28 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 8, 1898 (except in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont, which held early elections).

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Alabama
(held, 1 August 1898) 		Joseph F. Johnston Democratic Re-elected, 66.97% Gilbert B. Deans (Populist) 30.32%
Andrew J. Warner (Colored Republican) 1.90%
W. B. Witherspoon (Prohibition) 0.80%
[1]
Arkansas
(held, 5 September 1898) 		Daniel Webster Jones Democratic Re-elected, 67.35% H. F. Auten (Democratic) 24.60%
W. S. Morgan (Populist) 7.45%
Alexander McKnight (Prohibition) 0.61%
[2]
California James Budd Democratic Retired, Republican victory Henry Gage (Republican)[b] 51.68%
James G. Maguire (Democratic)[c] 45.03%
Job Harriman (Socialist Labor) 1.79%
J. E. McComas (Prohibition) 1.50%
[5]
Colorado Alva Adams Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Charles S. Thomas (Democratic)[d] 62.89%
Henry R. Wolcott (Republican) 34.17%
Robert H. Rhodes (Prohibition) 1.81%
Nixon Elliott (Socialist Labor) 1.14%
[6]
Connecticut Lorrin A. Cooke Republican Retired, Republican victory George E. Lounsbury (Republican) 54.17%
Daniel N. Morgan (Democratic) 42.94%
Charles Stodel (Socialist Labor) 1.92%
Charles E. Steele (Prohibition) 0.98%
[7]
Georgia
(held, 5 October 1898) 		William Yates Atkinson Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Allen D. Candler (Democratic) 69.75%
John R. Hogan (Populist) 30.25%
[8]
Idaho Frank Steunenberg Democratic[e] Re-elected, 48.83% Albert B. Moss (Republican) 42.30%
James H. Anderson (Populist) 13.51%
Mary C. Johnson (Prohibition) 2.96%
[9]
Kansas John W. Leedy Populist[f] Defeated, 46.55% William Eugene Stanley (Republican) 51.81%
William A. Peffer (Prohibition) 1.42%
Caleb Lipscomb (Socialist Labor) 0.22%
[10]
Maine
(held, 12 September 1898) 		Llewellyn Powers Republican Re-elected, 62.97% Samuel L. Lord (Democratic) 33.16%
Ammi S. Ladd (Prohibition) 2.71%
Robert Gerry (Populist) 0.75%
Erastus Lermond (National Democratic) 0.37%
Scattering 0.05%
[11][12]
Massachusetts Roger Wolcott Republican Re-elected, 60.16% Alexander B. Bruce (Democratic) 33.98%
George R. Peare (Socialist Labor) 3.17%
Samuel B. Shapleigh (Prohibition) 1.49%
Winfield P. Porter (Social Democrat) 1.18%
Scattering 0.03%
[13]
Michigan Hazen S. Pingree Republican Re-elected, 57.75% Justin R. Whiting (Democratic)[g][14][15] 39.92%
Noah W. Cheever (Prohibition) 1.66%
Sullivan W. Cook (Midroad-Populist) 0.39%
George Hasseler (Socialist Labor) 0.26%
[16]
Minnesota David Marston Clough Republican Retired, Democratic victory John Lind (Democratic)[h] 52.26%
William Henry Eustis (Republican) 44.26%
George W. Higgins (Prohibition) 2.10%
Lionel C. Long (Midroad-Populist) 0.71%
William B. Hammond (Socialist Labor) 0.67%
[17]
Nebraska Silas A. Holcomb Populist Retired, Populist victory William A. Poynter (Populist)[i] 50.19%
Monroe Leland Hayward (Republican) 48.77%
R. V. Muir (Prohibition) 0.90%
H. S. Aley (Socialist Labor) 0.13%
Scattering 0.01%
[19]
Nevada Reinhold Sadler (acting) Silver Re-elected, 35.67% William McMillan (Republican) 35.45%
George Russell (Democratic) 20.55%
J. B. McCullough (Populist) 8.33%
[20]
New Hampshire George A. Ramsdell Republican Retired, Republican victory Frank W. Rollins (Republican) 54.23%
Charles F. Stone (Democratic) 43.23%
Augustus G. Stevens (Prohibition) 1.62%
Sumner F. Claflin (Social Democrat) 0.42%
Benjamin F. Whitehouse (Socialist Labor) 0.32%
Gardiner J. Greenleaf (Populist) 0.13%
Scattering 0.05%
[21][22]
New Jersey David Ogden Watkins (acting) Republican Retired, Republican victory Foster McGowan Voorhees (Republican) 48.91%
Elvin W. Crane (Democratic) 47.27%
Thomas H. Landon (Prohibition) 2.05%
Matthew Maguire (Socialist Labor) 1.63%
Frederick Schrayshuen (Populist) 0.15%
[23]
New York Frank S. Black Republican Lost re-nomination, Republican victory Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) 49.02%
Augustus Van Wyck (Democratic) 47.70%
Ben Hanford (Socialist Labor) 1.77%
John Kline (Prohibition) 1.36%
Theodore Bacon (Citizens Union) 0.16%
[24]
North Dakota Joseph M. Devine Republican Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota, Republican victory Frederick B. Fancher (Republican) 59.22%
David M. Holmes (Democratic)[j] 40.78%
[25][26][27]
Oregon
(held, 6 June 1898) 		William Paine Lord Republican Lost re-nomination,[28] Republican victory Theodore Thurston Geer (Republican) 53.22%
W. R. King (Democratic)[k] 40.77%
John C. Luce (Midroad-Populist) 3.40%
H. M. Clinton (Prohibition) 2.62%
[29]
Pennsylvania Daniel H. Hastings Republican Term-limited, Republican victory William A. Stone (Republican) 49.01%
George A. Jenks (Democratic) 36.87%
Silas C. Swallow (Prohibition)[l] 13.68%
J. Mahlon Barnes (Socialist Labor) 0.44%
[30]
Rhode Island
(held, 6 April 1898) 		Elisha Dyer Jr. Republican Re-elected, 57.74% Daniel T. Church (Democratic) 30.86%
James P. Reid (Socialist Labor) 6.71%
Edwin A. Lewis (Prohibition) 4.69%
[31]
South Carolina William Haselden Ellerbe Democratic Re-elected, 100.00%[32] (Democratic primary run-off results)
William Haselden Ellerbe 53.14%
Claudius Cyprian Featherstone 46.86%
[33]
South Dakota Andrew E. Lee Populist[m][34] Re-elected, 49.63% Kirk G. Phillips (Republican) 49.18%
Knute Lewis (Prohibition) 1.18%
[35]
Tennessee Robert Love Taylor Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Benton McMillin (Democratic) 57.92%
James Fowler (Republican) 39.81%
W. D. Turnley (Populist) 1.33%
R. N. Richardson (Prohibition) 0.94%
[36]
Texas Charles Allen Culberson Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Joseph D. Sayers (Democratic) 71.19%
Barnett Gibbs (Populist) 28.07%
R. P. Bailey (Prohibition) 0.60%
G. H. Royal (Socialist Labor) 0.13%
Scattering 0.02%
[37]
Vermont
(held, 6 September 1898) 		Josiah Grout Republican Retired, Republican victory Edward Curtis Smith (Republican) 70.96%
Thomas W. Moloney (Democratic) 27.03%
Cyrus W. Wyman (Prohibition) 1.98%
Scattering 0.04%
[38]
Wisconsin Edward Scofield Republican Re-elected, 52.56% Hiram Wilson Sawyer (Democratic) 41.09%
Albinus A. Worsley (Populist) 2.59%
Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) 2.45%
Howard Tuttle (Social Democrat) 0.77%
Henry Riese (Socialist Labor) 0.45%
Scattering 0.10%
[39]
Wyoming William A. Richards Republican Retired, Republican victory DeForest Richards (Republican) 52.43%
Horace C. Alger (Democratic) 45.39%
E. B. Viall (Populist) 2.18%
[40]

See also

References

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  3. ^ Dubin 2014, p. 21.
  4. ^ World Almanac 1899, p. 431.
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  12. ^ Journal of the Senate of Maine. 1899. Sixty-Ninth Legislature. Augusta: Kennebec Journal Print. 1899. p. 17.
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  14. ^ "Free Silver Fusion Ticket". The Yale expositor. Yale, St. Clair County, MI. July 1, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
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  18. ^ "Poynter is the nominee". Omaha daily bee. Omaha, NE. August 4, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
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  22. ^ Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire. January Session, 1899. Manchester, N. H.: Arthur E. Clarke, Public Printer. 1899. p. 255.
  23. ^ "NJ Governor, 1898". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
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  25. ^ "ND Governor, 1898". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
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  36. ^ "TN Governor, 1898". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
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  38. ^ "VT Governor, 1898". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  39. ^ "WI Governor, 1898". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  40. ^ "WY Governor, 1898". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

Notes

  1. ^ Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont held early elections.
  2. ^ Some sources indicate Gage ran under a fusion ticket between the Republicans and the Union Labor Party.[3][4]
  3. ^ Maguire ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats, the Populists and the Silver Republican Party.
  4. ^ Thomas ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party.
  5. ^ Steunenberg ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Silver Republican Party.
  6. ^ Leedy ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party.
  7. ^ Whiting ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats, the Populists and the Silver Republican Party.
  8. ^ Lind ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party.
  9. ^ Poynter ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats, the Populists and the Silver Republican Party.[18]
  10. ^ Holmes ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party.
  11. ^ King ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party.
  12. ^ Swallow also stood on the Honest Government, Populist and Liberty tickets.
  13. ^ Lee ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats, the Populists and the Silver Republican Party.

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