1887 United States gubernatorial elections

1887 United States gubernatorial elections

← 1886 November 8, 1887 April 6, 1887 (RI) August 1, 1887 (KY) 1888  →
6 state governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 22 governorships 16 governorships Seats before 21 17 [a] Seats after 22 16 Seat change 1 1
Democratic gain     Democratic hold      Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1887, in six states.

Kentucky and Maryland held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected their respective governors to a single-year term. They would abandon this practice in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year.

Results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Iowa	William Larrabee	Republican	Re-elected, 50.17%	T. J. Anderson (Democratic) 45.47% M. J. Cain (Union Labor) 4.23% V. G. Farnham (Prohibition) 0.10% J. M. Anderson 0.01% Scattering 0.01% [1] [2]
Kentucky (held, 1 August 1887)	J. Proctor Knott	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Simon Bolivar Buckner (Democratic) 50.70% William O'Connell Bradley (Republican) 44.78% Fontaine T. Fox (Prohibition) 2.97% A. H. Cardin (Union Labor) 1.57% [3]
Maryland	Henry Lloyd	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Elihu Emory Jackson (Democratic) 51.12% Walter B. Brooks (Republican) 45.57% Summerfield Baldwin (Prohibition) 2.32% [4]
Massachusetts	Oliver Ames	Republican	Re-elected, 51.12%	Henry B. Lovering (Democratic) 44.50% William H. Earle (Prohibition) 4.11% Charles E. Marks (Union Labor) 0.22% Scattering 0.04% [5]
Ohio	Joseph B. Foraker	Republican	Re-elected, 47.91%	Thomas E. Powell (Democratic) 44.78% Morris Sharp (Prohibition) 3.99% John Seitz (Union Labor) 3.32% [6] [7]
Rhode Island (held, 6 April 1887)	George Peabody Wetmore	Republican	Defeated, 43.01%	John W. Davis (Democratic) 51.50% Thomas H. Peabody (Prohibition) 5.39% Scattering 0.10% [8]

References

1. "IA Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
2. Journal of the Senate of the Twenty-Second General Assembly of the State of Iowa, which convened at the Capitol at Des Moines, January 9, 1888. Des Moines: Geo. E. Roberts, State Printer. 1888. p. 49.
3. "KY Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
4. "MD Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
5. "MA Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
6. "OH Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
7. The Journal of the Senate of the State of Ohio, for the Regular Session of the Sixty-Eighth General Assembly, commencing on Monday, January 2, 1888. Vol. LXXXIV. Columbus: Columbian Printing Company, State Printers. 1888. pp. 20–21.
8. "RI Governor, 1887". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

Notes

1. Robert Waterman (R) succeeded California Governor Washington Bartlett (D) who died in office in September 1887.

Bibliography

• Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
• Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
• Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-4722-0.
• The Tribune Almanac for 1888. New York, NY: The Tribune Association. 1888.