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1888 Governor election results

24 races · 24 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1888 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1888 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaThomas SeayD155,973 votes · +111,266 over W. T. Ewing
ArkansasJames Philip EagleD99,229 votes · +15,006 over Charles M. Norwood
ColoradoJob Adams CooperR49,490 votes · +10,293 over Thomas M. Patterson
ConnecticutLuzon B. MorrisD75,074 votes · +1,415 over Morgan Bulkeley
FloridaFrancis P. FlemingD40,195 votes · +13,810 over V. J. Shipman
GeorgiaJohn B. GordonD121,999 votes
IllinoisJoseph W. FiferR367,860 votes · +12,547 over John M Palmer
IndianaAlvin Peterson HoveyR263,194 votes · +2,200 over Courtland C. Matson
KansasLyman U. HumphreyR180,841 votes · +73,259 over John W. Martin
LouisianaFrancis T. NichollsD137,257 votes · +85,786 over Henry C. Warmoth
MaineEdwin C BurleighR79,401 votes · +18,053 over William LeBaron Putnam
MassachusettsOliver AmesR180,849 votes · +28,069 over William Russell
MichiganCyrus G. LuceR233,595 votes · +17,145 over Wellington R Burt
MinnesotaWilliam Rush MerriamR134,355 votes · +24,104 over Eugene McLanahan Wilson
MissouriDavid R. FrancisD255,764 votes · +13,233 over Elbert Kimball
NebraskaJohn Milton ThayerR103,983 votes · +18,563 over John A. McShane
New HampshireDavid H. GoodellR44,809 votes · +592 over Charles H. Amsden
North CarolinaDaniel Gould FowleD148,405 votes · +14,370 over Oliver H Dockery
Rhode IslandRoyal C. TaftR20,744 votes · +3,188 over John W. Davis
TennesseeRobert Love TaylorD156,799 votes · +17,785 over Samuel W. Hawkins
TexasLawrence Sullivan RossD250,338 votes · +151,891 over Francis Marion Martin
VermontWilliam P. DillinghamR48,522 votes · +28,995 over Stephen C Shurtleff
West VirginiaNathan Goff Jr.R78,904 votes · +106 over Aretas B. Fleming
WisconsinWilliam D HoardR175,696 votes · +20,273 over James Morgan