1884 Tennessee gubernatorial election

1884 Tennessee gubernatorial election

←  1882 November 4, 1884 1886  →

Nominee William B. Bate Frank T. Reid Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 132,201 125,246 Percentage 51.24% 48.55%

County results Bate:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Reid:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% No data:

Governor before election William B. Bate Democratic Elected Governor William B. Bate Democratic

The 1884 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884. Incumbent Democratic governor William B. Bate defeated Republican nominee Frank T. Reid with 51.24% of the vote. ^[1]

Background

After Governor Bate's inauguration, he signed his debt plan into law, finally resolving the debt issue that had dogged the state for over a decade. ^[2] There was still considerable anger over how the crisis was resolved, however, which threatened Bate's re-election chances in 1884. The Republican candidate, Nashville judge Frank T. Reid, mounted a strong campaign, but Bate won re-election by a vote of 132,201 to 125,246. ^[3]

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

• William B. Bate, Democratic
• Frank T. Reid, Republican

Other candidates

• (FNU) Buchanan, Greenback

Results

1884 Tennessee gubernatorial election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	William B. Bate (incumbent)	132,201	51.24%
	Republican	Frank T. Reid	125,246	48.55%
	Greenback	(FNU) Buchanan	549	0.21%
Majority			6,955
Turnout			257,996
	Democratic hold		Swing

See also

• 1884 United States presidential election in Tennessee

References

1. Guide to U.S. elections - CQ Press, Congressional Quarterly, inc. CQ Press. 2005. ISBN   9781568029818 . Retrieved September 17, 2020.
2. John Thweatt, William B. Bate, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 6 November 2012.
3. Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 211-213.
4. Tennessee Blue Book (1890), p. 170.