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1887 United States gubernatorial elections

← 1886 November 8, 1887
April 6, 1887 (RI)
August 1, 1887 (KY)
1888 →

6 state governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 22 governorships 16 governorships
Seats before 21 17[a]
Seats after 22 16
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1887, in six states.

Kentucky and Maryland 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 a single-year term. 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[edit]

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Iowa William Larrabee Republican Re-elected, 50.17% T. J. Anderson (Democratic) 45.47%
M. J. Cain (Union Labor) 4.23%
V. G. Farnham (Prohibition) 0.10%
J. M. Anderson 0.01%
Scattering 0.01%
[1][2]
Kentucky
(held, 1 August 1887)
J. Proctor Knott Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Simon Bolivar Buckner (Democratic) 50.70%
William O'Connell Bradley (Republican) 44.78%
Fontaine T. Fox (Prohibition) 2.97%
A. H. Cardin (Union Labor) 1.57%
[3]
Maryland Henry Lloyd Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Elihu Emory Jackson (Democratic) 51.12%
Walter B. Brooks (Republican) 45.57%
Summerfield Baldwin (Prohibition) 2.32%
[4]
Massachusetts Oliver Ames Republican Re-elected, 51.12% Henry B. Lovering (Democratic) 44.50%
William H. Earle (Prohibition) 4.11%
Charles E. Marks (Union Labor) 0.22%
Scattering 0.04%
[5]
Ohio Joseph B. Foraker Republican Re-elected, 47.91% Thomas E. Powell (Democratic) 44.78%
Morris Sharp (Prohibition) 3.99%
John Seitz (Union Labor) 3.32%
[6][7]
Rhode Island
(held, 6 April 1887)
George Peabody Wetmore Republican Defeated, 43.01% John W. Davis (Democratic) 51.50%
Thomas H. Peabody (Prohibition) 5.39%
Scattering 0.10%
[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IA Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Senate of the Twenty-Second General Assembly of the State of Iowa, which convened at the Capitol at Des Moines, January 9, 1888. Des Moines: Geo. E. Roberts, State Printer. 1888. p. 49.
  3. ^ "KY Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. ^ "MD Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ^ "MA Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. ^ "OH Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. ^ The Journal of the Senate of the State of Ohio, for the Regular Session of the Sixty-Eighth General Assembly, commencing on Monday, January 2, 1888. Vol. LXXXIV. Columbus: Columbian Printing Company, State Printers. 1888. pp. 20–21.
  8. ^ "RI Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Robert Waterman (R) succeeded California Governor Washington Bartlett (D) who died in office in September 1887.

Bibliography[edit]

  • 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 Tribune Almanac for 1888. New York, NY: The Tribune Association. 1888.