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1888 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1888 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Election?

Royal C. Taft won the 1888 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Election. Royal C. Taft received 20,744 popular votes (52.33%). The main challenger was John W. Davis (44.29%).

See the full head-to-head between Taft and Davis

Taft +8.0 pts · won by 3,188 votes
Royal C. TaftRepublicanWINNER52.33%
20,744 votes
John W. DavisDemocratic44.29%
17,556 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.4% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.