1893 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1893, in five states.

1893 United States gubernatorial elections
November 7, 1893
April 5, 1893 (RI)
5 state governorships
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Democratic Republican Populist
Last election 27 governorships 14 governorships 3 governorships
Seats before 27 14 3
Seats after 25 16 3
Seat change 2 2

Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts and Rhode Island at this time held gubernatorial elections every year, which they would abandon in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year.

Results
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing Candidates
Iowa Horace Boies Democratic Defeated, 42.00% Frank D. Jackson (Republican) 49.74%
J. M. Joseph (Populist) 5.77%
Bennett Mitchell (Prohibition) 2.49%
[1]
Massachusetts William E. Russell Democratic Retired, Republican victory Frederic T. Greenhalge (Republican) 52.77%
John E. Russell (Democratic) 42.99%
Louis Albert Banks (Prohibition) 2.34%
George H. Cary (Populist) 1.34%
Patrick F. O'Neil (Socialist Labor) 0.56%
[2]
Ohio William McKinley Republican Re-elected, 52.61% Lawrence T. Neal (Democratic) 42.78%
Gideon P. Macklin (Prohibition) 2.72%
Edward J. Bracken (Populist) 1.89%
[3][4]
Rhode Island
(held, 5 April 1893)		 Daniel Russell Brown Republican No election[lower-alpha 1], 46.24% David Sherman Baker, Jr. (Democratic) 46.63%
Henry B. Metcalf (Prohibition) 6.92%
Scattering 0.22%
[10][11][12]
Virginia Philip W. McKinney Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Charles Triplett O'Ferrall (Democratic) 59.19%
Edmund R. Cocke (Populist) 37.58%
James R, Miller (Prohibition) 3.22%
Scattering 0.01%
[13][14]
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gollark: And ones which require some retroactive change like "let's all have become better at hygiene and gotten masks for everyone" or something obviously can't actually work.
gollark: If you have a better idea I'm sure someone will listen.
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References
  1. "IA Governor, 1893". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. "MA Governor, 1893". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. "OH Governor, 1893". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  4. The Journal of the Senate of the State of Ohio, for the Regular Session of the Seventy-First General Assembly commencing on Monday, January 1, 1894. XCI. Norwalk, Ohio: The Laning Ptg. Co., State Printers. 1894. p. 24.
  5. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 30. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  6. DeSimone, Russell (2 November 2018). "Rhode Island in the 1800s Failed to Elect a Governor in Eleven General Elections". smallstatebighistory.com. The Online Review of Rhode Island History. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  7. "With cool contempt". The morning call. San Francisco, CA. 3 June 1893. p. 1. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  8. "A "Majority" Muddle". The Salt Lake herald. Salt Lake City, UT. 6 June 1893. p. 4. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  9. "Abbreviated telegrams". Rock Island Daily Argus. Rock Island, IL. 14 August 1893. p. 4. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  10. "RI Governor, 1893". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  11. "Newsy notes". Virginia free press. Charleston, WV. 12 April 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  12. "Personal and political". The enterprise. Wellington, OH. 12 April 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  13. "VA Governor, 1893". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  14. Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia: begun and held at the Capitol in the City of Richmond, on Wednesday, December 6, 1893, &c., &c. Richmond: J. H. O'Bannon, Superintendent of Public Printing. 1893. p. 60.

Notes
  1. No candidate received a majority of the vote, and under the law the Legislature was required to elect the governor. However, the two houses refused to meet in Grand Committee and no choice was made. Governor Brown continued in office for the term.[5][6][7][8][9]

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, 1894. New York, NY: The Press Publishing Co. 1894.
  • The Tribune Almanac for 1894. New York, NY: The Tribune Association. 1894.
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