1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election

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1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election
  1880 November 7, 1882 1884  
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Nominee William B. Bate Alvin Hawkins
Party Low Tax Democrat Republican
Popular vote120,63793,168
Percentage52.85%40.81%

1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Bate:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Hawkins:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

Governor before election

Alvin Hawkins
Republican

Elected Governor

William B. Bate
Low Tax Democrat

The 1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1882, to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican Governor Alvin Hawkins lost re-election against Democratic nominee and former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives William B. Bate. [1] [2]

Contents

William B. Bate was sworn in as the 23rd Governor of Tennessee on 15 January 1883. [3]

Aftermath

Although Hawkins failed to win re-election, he was praised by members of both parties for running an honest government, helping to erase the stigma attached to the Republican Party as a result of the Brownlow administration's radical post-war policies. [4] Hawkins also enacted several judicial and educational reforms. [4]

General election

Tennessee gubernatorial election, 1882 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic William B. Bate 120,637 52.85
Republican Alvin Hawkins (incumbent)93,16840.81
Greenback J. R. Beasley 9,6604.23
Debt-Paying Democrat J. H. Fussell 4,8142.11
Total votes228,279 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

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References

  1. Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 207-210.
  2. "Our Campaigns - TN Governor Race - Nov 07, 1882". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  3. "TN Governor". ourcampaigns.com. February 1, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Russell Fowler, Alvin Hawkins, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 3 November 2012.
  5. Tennessee Blue Book (1890), p. 170.