1889 Iowa Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1889 Iowa Gubernatorial Election?

Horace Boies won the 1889 Iowa Gubernatorial Election. Horace Boies received 180,106 popular votes (49.9%). The main challenger was Joseph Hutchison (48.05%).

See the full head-to-head between Boies and Hutchison

Boies +1.9 pts · won by 6,656 votes
180,106 votes
173,450 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.1% 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.