1889 Washington gubernatorial election
The 1889 gubernatorial election in Washington took place on October 1, 1889, to elect the first Governor of Washington shortly before it was admitted as a U.S. state. Both candidates, Republican Elisha P. Ferry and Democrat Eugene Semple, previously served as Territorial Governor, a position appointed by the President of the United States.[1]
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Ferry won the election by nearly 9,000 votes out of 58,000 cast,[2] and took office in Olympia on November 18, 1889, a week after President Benjamin Harrison signed Washington's statehood into law.[3][4]
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Elisha P. Ferry | 33,711 | 57.67 | |
Democratic | Eugene Semple | 24,732 | 42.31 |
County results
County[2] | Ferry | Semple | Total votes |
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Adams | 261 | 141 | 402 |
Asotin | 171 | 125 | 296 |
Chehalis | 879 | 615 | 1,494 |
Clallam | 222 | 232 | 454 |
Clark | 1,216 | 692 | 1,908 |
Columbia | 666 | 648 | 1,314 |
Cowlitz | 663 | 355 | 1,018 |
Douglas | 353 | 265 | 618 |
Franklin | 88 | 89 | 177 |
Garfield | 517 | 418 | 935 |
Island | 180 | 100 | 280 |
Jefferson | 867 | 633 | 1,500 |
King | 4,318 | 3,398 | 7,716 |
Kitsap | 619 | 289 | 908 |
Kittitas | 1,339 | 1,158 | 2,497 |
Klickitat | 686 | 382 | 1,068 |
Lewis | 1,219 | 868 | 2,087 |
Lincoln | 1,104 | 863 | 1,967 |
Mason | 322 | 304 | 626 |
Okanogan | 322 | 211 | 533 |
Pacific | 494 | 150 | 644 |
Pierce | 4,362 | 3,608 | 7,970 |
San Juan | 204 | 104 | 308 |
Skagit | 949 | 566 | 1,515 |
Skamania | 62 | 72 | 134 |
Snohomish | 880 | 659 | 1,539 |
Spokane | 3,256 | 2,272 | 5,528 |
Stevens | 460 | 350 | 810 |
Thurston | 1,067 | 725 | 1,792 |
Wahkiakum | 284 | 149 | 433 |
Walla Walla | 1,433 | 1,186 | 2,619 |
Whatcom | 1,534 | 742 | 2,276 |
Whitman | 2,149 | 1,844 | 3,993 |
Yakima | 537 | 519 | 1,056 |
Total | 33,711 | 24,732 | 58,443 |
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References
- Wilma, David (September 20, 2003). "Voters elect Washington's first state officials on October 1, 1889". HistoryLink. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- McPherson, Edward, ed. (January 1890). The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1890. II. New York: New-York Tribune. pp. 86–87. OCLC 819535015. Retrieved October 3, 2016 – via Google Books.
- McNerthney, Casey (February 1, 2011). "P-I archive: Inauguration of Washington's first governor". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- Gates, Charles M., ed. (August 1940). Messages of the Governors of the Territory of Washington to the Legislative Assembly, 1854–1889. 12. University of Washington Press. OCLC 8990968. Retrieved October 3, 2016 – via Oregon State University.
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