1898 Wyoming gubernatorial election

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1898 Wyoming gubernatorial election
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  1894 November 8, 1898 1902  
Turnout32.62% of Total Population Increase2.svg 0.84
  DeForest Richards.jpg
Nominee DeForest Richards Horace C. Alger
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote10,3838,989
Percentage52.43%45.39%

Governor before election

William A. Richards
Republican

Elected Governor

DeForest Richards
Republican

The 1898 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898. Incumbent Republican Governor William A. Richards was a candidate for re-election, but he was defeated for renomination at the Republican convention, which instead nominated DeForest Richards. The Democratic Party joined forces with the Free Silver Republicans to jointly nominate former State Representative Horace C. Alger for Governor. The Populist Party, though reduced in influence from earlier elections, nominated E. B. Viall as its candidate. Though the election was closer than 1894, owing in large part to a dramatic reduction in the share of vote received by the Populist nominee, Roberts defeated Alger by a wide margin.

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Party conventions

Governor Richards announced that he would seek re-election, and prior to the Republican convention, he was seen as one of three frontrunners, along with banker DeForest Richards and State Senator John McGill of Albany County. [1] However, Governor Richards was ultimately not re-nominated by the Republican Party; instead, DeForest Richards was nominated by acclamation. The Republican platform repudiated its 1894 support for free silver, instead adopting the national Republican platform from the 1896 Republican National Convention in St. Louis. [2]

The Democratic convention occurred as a joint affair with Free Silver Republicans, and the coalition split up the statewide candidates among the two members of the coalition; the Democrats nominated candidates for Governor, Secretary of State, and Treasurer, and Free Silver Republicans chose candidates for State Auditor and Superintendent of Public Instruction. Former State Representative Horace C. Alger was nominated by acclamation. [3]

General election

Results

1898 Wyoming gubernatorial election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican DeForest Richards 10,383 52.43% -0.18%
Democratic Horace C. Alger8,98945.39%+9.29%
Populist E. B. Viall4312.18%-9.10%
Majority1,3947.04%-9.47%
Turnout 19,803100.00%
Republican hold

Results by county

County Richards VotesAlgerVotesViallVotes
Uinta 49.91%1,42749.35%1,4110.73%21
Big Horn 57.83%58641.48%4212.13%118
Fremont 56.13%58643.49%4541.40%213
Sweetwater 53.86%81044.48%6691.66%25
Sheridan 36.33%60753.86%9009.81%164
Johnson 49.79%36348.70%3551.51%11
Natrona 57.81%41842.19%3050.00%0
Carbon 57.75%1,22141.91%8860.33%7
Crook 51.39%59134.09%39214.52%167
Weston 64.99%52934.52%2810.49%4
Converse 55.63%58344.27%4640.10%1
Albany 56.18%1,13643.37%8770.45%9
Laramie 49.07%1,52650.61%1,5740.32%10

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References

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  2. "Stand by Goldites: Wyoming Republicans Reaffirm St. Louis Platform". The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City, Utah. August 12, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  3. "Fusion in Wyoming: Alger, Democrat, Nominated ForGovernor By Acclamation". Salt Lake Herald . Salt Lake City, Utah. August 4, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
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