1899 United States gubernatorial elections

1899 United States gubernatorial elections

←  1898 November 7, 1899; April 5, 1899 (RI) 1900  →
7 governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 25 16 Seats after 24 17 Seat change 1 1 Seats up 6 1 Seats won 5 2   Third party Fourth party   Party Populist Silver Seats before 3 1 Seats after 3 1 Seat change Seats up 0 0 Seats won 0 0
Democratic gain     Democratic hold      Republican gain     Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1899, in seven states.

Kentucky, Maryland and Mississippi 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 single-year terms. 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

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Iowa	Leslie M. Shaw	Republican	Re-elected, 55.26%	Frederick Edward White (Democratic) [lower-alpha 1] 42.30% Marshall W. Atwood (Prohibition) 1.76% Charles Lloyd (Populist) 0.39% M. J. Kremer (Socialist Labor) 0.18% C. C. Heacock (United Christian) 0.11% [3]
Kentucky	William O'Connell Bradley [lower-alpha 2]	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	William S. Taylor (Republican) 47.82% [lower-alpha 3] William Goebel (Democratic) 47.23% John Y. Brown (Independent Democrat) 3.47% John G. Blair (Populist) 0.75% O. T. Wallace (Prohibition) 0.58% Alfred Schmitz (Socialist Labor) 0.15% [4]
Maryland	Lloyd Lowndes Jr.	Republican	Defeated, 46.29%	John Walter Smith (Democratic) 51.12% James Swann (Prohibition) 2.10% Levin Thomas Jones (Social Democrat) 0.17% John A. Rugemer (Socialist Labor) 0.17% William Nevin Hill (Union Reform) 0.15% [5]
Massachusetts	Roger Wolcott	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Winthrop M. Crane (Republican) 56.46% Robert Treat Paine (Democratic) 34.70% George R. Peare (Socialist Labor) 3.60% Winfield P. Porter (Social Democrat) 2.76% Albert B. Coats (Prohibition) 2.47% [6]
Mississippi	Anselm J. McLaurin	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Andrew H. Longino (Democratic) 87.40% R. K. Prewitt (Populist) 12.60% [7]
Ohio	Asa S. Bushnell	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	George K. Nash (Republican) 45.94% John Roll McLean (Democratic) 40.54% Samuel M. Jones (Independent) 11.75% Seth H. Ellis (Union Reform) 0.86% George M. Hanmell (Prohibition) 0.64% Robert Bondlow (Socialist Labor) 0.27% [8]
Rhode Island (held, 5 April 1899)	Elisha Dyer Jr.	Republican	Re-elected, 56.36%	George W. Greene (Democratic) 33.86% Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 6.82% Joseph A. Peckham (Prohibition) 2.97% [9]

References

1. Glashan 1979, pp. 92–93.
2. Tribune Almanac 1900, p. 316.
3. "IA Governor, 1899". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
4. "KY Governor, 1899". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
5. "MD Governor, 1899". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
6. "MA Governor, 1899". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
7. "MS Governor, 1899". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
8. "OH Governor, 1899". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
9. "RI Governor, 1899". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

Notes

1. Some sources indicate White ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party ^{[1] [2]}
2. Glashan, pp.104-105, and OurCampaigns claim that Bradley resigned on 4 March 1899 and was succeeded by Taylor. Both state that Taylor was Lieutenant Governor at the time whereas in fact he was Attorney General. No other sources support this suggested course of events.
3. Disputed election. Taylor was inaugurated on 12 December 1899 but the Democratic-dominated General Assembly overturned the result. Goebel, who was shot on 30 January 1900, was sworn into office on his deathbed the next day. On Goebel's death on 3 February, the Lieutenant Governor, J. C. W. Beckham became Governor.

Bibliography

• 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 World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1900. New York, NY: The Press Publishing Co. 1900.
• Rhoades, Henry Eckford, ed. (1900). The Tribune Almanac and Political Register, 1900. New York, NY: The Tribune Association.