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The 1890 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert Love Taylor did not seek re-election. Democratic nominee John P. Buchanan defeated Republican nominee Lewis T. Baxter and Prohibition nominee D. C. Kelley with 56.57% of the vote.
Nominations[edit]
Nominations were made by party conventions.
Democratic nomination[edit]
The Democratic convention was held on July 15 to 18 at Nashville. John P. Buchanan was nominated by acclamation on the twenty-sixth ballot.[1]
Candidate[edit]
Withdrew[edit]
Results[edit]
Partial results of the balloting were as follows (excluding fractions).[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
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Gubernatorial Ballot
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
11th |
15th |
19th |
20th |
21st |
22nd |
23rd |
24th |
25th |
26th
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Buchanan
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759
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749
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749
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754
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735
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738
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729
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749
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764
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749
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719
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720
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734
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751
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789
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801
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acclamation
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Patterson
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370
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370
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371
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385
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364
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382
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375
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360
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374
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401
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374
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379
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374
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349
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448
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433
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withdrew
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Baxter
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297
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312
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310
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298
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314
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306
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307
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306
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294
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306
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355
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349
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353
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360
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360
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370
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withdrew
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Taylor
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177
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170
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172
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168
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158
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178
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198
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169
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129
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147
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144
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158
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146
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141
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withdrew
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Turney
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7
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Republican nomination[edit]
The Republican convention was held on July 30 at Nashville. Lewis T. Baxter was nominated by acclamation.[10][11]
Candidate[edit]
- Lewis T. Baxter, banker[2]
General election[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Results[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Buchanan Nominated". Asheville daily citizen. Asheville, N.C. 19 July 1890. p. 1. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ a b Langsdon, Phillip (2000). Tennessee: A Political History. Franklin, Tennessee: Hillsboro Press. p. 221. ISBN 1-57736-125-3.
- ^ "Buchanan Leads The Vote" (PDF). New York Times. New York, NY. 16 July 1890. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Casting Ballots". Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. Clarksville, Tenn. 16 July 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Convention Echoes". Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. Clarksville, Tenn. 17 July 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Tennessee's Democrats". The morning news. Savannah, Ga. 18 July 1890. p. 1. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Buchanan For Governor" (PDF). New York Times. New York, NY. 19 July 1890. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "The Farmers' Man Wins". The evening world. New York, N.Y. 19 July 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "The Convention". Southern standard. McMinnville, Tenn. 19 July 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "His Name Is Baxter". St. Paul daily globe. Saint Paul, Minn. 31 July 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Tennessee's Republicans". The morning news. Savannah, Ga. 31 July 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Editorial Items". The Southern herald. Liberty, Miss. 25 July 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "TN Governor, 1890". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ Miller, Chas. A. (1890). The Official and Political Manual of the State of Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: Marshall & Bruce, Stationers. p. 280.
- ^ Tennessee, The Volunteer State 1769-1923. Vol. II. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. 1923. p. 75.
Bibliography[edit]
- Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.