1890 Wyoming gubernatorial election

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1890 Wyoming gubernatorial election
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September 11, 1890 (1890-09-11) 1892  
Turnout26.41% of Total Population
  Francis E. Warren.jpg George White Baxter.jpg
Nominee Francis E. Warren George W. Baxter
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote8,8797,153
Percentage55.38%44.62%

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County Results

Governor before election

Francis E. Warren
Republican

Elected Governor

Francis E. Warren
Republican

The 1890 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on September 11, 1890, as the first gubernatorial election for the newly admitted state of Wyoming. Incumbent Territorial Governor Francis E. Warren ran for re-election as the Republican nominee against former Territorial Governor George W. Baxter, the Democratic nominee. Warren defeated Baxter by a decisive margin and became the first popularly elected Governor of Wyoming.

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However, shortly after Warren's term began as governor, he was elected to the U.S. Senate by the newly constituted state legislature, and he resigned on November 24, 1890. Accordingly, Secretary of State Amos W. Barber became governor, and a special gubernatorial election was held in 1892.

Party conventions

Prior to the adoption of Wyoming's primary law in 1911, the political parties nominated their candidates for office by convention. Prior to the start of the Republican convention, incumbent Territorial Governor Francis E. Warren was seen as the likeliest, and the strongest, candidate. [1] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Warren, though his poor health at the time raised the possibility that he might need to be replaced on the ticket. [2]

Prior to the Democratic convention, speculation swirled around three names: former Territorial Governor George W. Baxter; banker T. B. Hicks; and Evanston businessman A. C. Beckwith. [1] Baxter was ultimately nominated by the Democratic convention by acclamation, queueing up a contest between two different territorial governors. [3]

General election

Results

1890 Wyoming gubernatorial election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Francis E. Warren (inc.) 8,879 55.38%
Democratic George W. Baxter 7,15344.62%
Majority1,72610.77%
Total votes16,032 100.00%
Republican hold

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References

  1. 1 2 "Politics in Wyoming: Both Parties Will Hold Their First State Conventions in Cheyenne To-Day". Independent Record . Helena, Mont. August 11, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  2. "The Forty-Third State: Francis E. Warren, Republican Nominee for Governor of Wyoming". Fort Worth Daily Gazette. Fort Worth, Tex. August 17, 1890. p. 3. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  3. "In the New State: The First Republican and Democratic Conventions Were Held The Same Day in Wyoming". Fort Worth Daily Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pa. August 12, 1890. p. 6. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  4. Erwin, Marie (1974). Trenholm, Virginia Cole (ed.). Wyoming Blue Book (PDF). Vol. 2. Cheyenne, Wyo.: Pioneer Printing & Stationery Co. pp. 534–35.