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1897 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1896 November 2, 1897;
April 7, 1897 (RI)		 1898 →
5 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 24 16
Seats after 24 16
Seat change Steady Steady
Seats up 4 1
Seats won 4 1
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Populist Silver
Seats before 4 1
Seats after 4 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Seats up 0 0
Seats won 0 0
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1897, in five states.

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. 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 Francis M. Drake Republican Retired, Republican victory Leslie M. Shaw (Republican) 51.27%
Frederick Edward White (Democratic)[a] 44.46%
S. P. Leland (Prohibition) 1.88%
Charles A. Lloyd (Midroad-Populist) 1.21%
John Cliggett (National Democratic) 0.98%
M. J. Kremer (Socialist Labor) 0.20%
[1]
Massachusetts Roger Wolcott Republican Re-elected, 61.19% George F. Williams (Democratic) 29.49%
William Everett (National Democratic) 5.14%
Thomas C. Brophy (Socialist Labor) 2.34%
John A. Bascom (Prohibition) 1.83%
Scattering 0.01%
[2]
Ohio Asa S. Bushnell Republican Re-elected, 50.28% Horace L. Chapman (Democratic) 46.99%
John C. Holiday (Prohibition) 0.88%
Jacob S. Coxey Sr. (Populist) 0.73%
William Watkins (Socialist Labor) 0.50%
John Richardson (Liberty) 0.36%
Julius Dexter (National Democratic) 0.19%
Samuel J. Lewis (Negro Protection) 0.06%
[3]
Rhode Island
(held, 7 April 1897) 		Charles W. Lippitt Republican Retired, Republican victory Elisha Dyer Jr. (Republican) 58.11%
Daniel T. Church (Democratic) 32.69%
Thomas H. Peabody (Prohibition) 5.01%
Franklin E. Burton (Socialist Labor) 3.31%
John H. Larry (National Liberty) 0.88%
[4]
Virginia Charles Triplett O'Ferrall Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory James Hoge Tyler (Democratic) 64.43%
Patrick H. McCaull (Republican) 33.40%
L. A. Cutler (Prohibition) 1.61%
John J. Quantz (Socialist Labor) 0.31%
James Seldon Cowden (Independent) 0.24%
[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IA Governor, 1897". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. ^ "MA Governor, 1897". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ "OH Governor, 1897". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. ^ "RI Governor, 1897". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. ^ "VA Governor, 1897". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  6. ^ Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Session of 1897-98. Richmond: J. H. O'Bannon, Superintendent of Public Printing. 1897. p. 70.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ White ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats, the Populists, and the Silver Republican Party

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 World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1898. New York, NY: The Press Publishing Co. 1898.
  • Rhoades, Henry Eckford, ed. (1898). The Tribune Almanac for 1898. New York, NY: The Tribune Association.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1897_United_States_gubernatorial_elections