1899 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1899, in seven states.
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November 7, 1899;
April 5, 1899 (RI) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 governorships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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| Iowa | Leslie M. Shaw | Republican | Re-elected, 55.26% | Frederick Edward White (Democratic)[a] 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[b] | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | William S. Taylor (Republican) 47.82%[c] 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] |