Alabama gubernatorial election, 1898

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Alabama gubernatorial election, 1898
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  1896 August 1, 1898 1900  

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Nominee Joseph F. Johnston Gilbert B. Dean
Party Democratic Populist
Popular vote110,55150,052
Percentage66.98%30.32%

Governor before election

Joseph F. Johnston
Democratic

Elected Governor

Joseph F. Johnston
Democratic

The 1898 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 1, 1898, in order to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat Joseph F. Johnston ran for a second term in office. [1]

Joseph F. Johnston Democratic governor of and U.S. Senator from Alabama

Joseph Forney Johnston was an American Democratic politician and businessman who was the 30th Governor of Alabama from 1896 to 1900. He later served in the U.S. Senate from August 6, 1907 to his death on August 8, 1913. During his time as a senator, he served as a chairman of the Committee to Establish a University of the United States.

Results

Alabama gubernatorial election, 1898 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joseph F. Johnston 110,55166.98
Populist Gilbert B. Dean50,05230.32
Colored Republican Andrew J. Warner3,0841.90
Prohibition W. B. Witherspoon1,3270.80
Total votes165,014100.00
Democratic hold

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References

  1. Alabama. Legislature. Senate (1900). Journal of the Senate of the State of Alabama.
  2. "AL Governor 1898". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 26, 2016.