Washington gubernatorial election, 1889

Washington gubernatorial election, 1889
Washington (state)
October 1, 1889

 
Nominee Elisha P. Ferry Eugene Semple
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 33,711 24,732
Percentage 57.67% 42.31%
Governor of Washington Territory before election

Miles Conway Moore
Republican

 Governor of Washington

Elisha P. Ferry
Republican

The 1889 gubernatorial election in Washington took place on October 1, 1889, to elect the first Governor of Washington shortly before it was admitted as a U.S. state. Both candidates, Republican Elisha P. Ferry and Democrat Eugene Semple, previously served as Territorial Governor, a position appointed by the President of the United States.[1]

Ferry won the election by nearly 9,000 votes out of 58,000 cast,[2] and took office in Olympia on November 18, 1889, a week after President Benjamin Harrison signed Washington's statehood into law.[3][4]

General election

Results

Governor of Washington election, 1889[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Elisha P. Ferry 33,711 57.67
Democratic Eugene Semple 24,732 42.31

County results

County[2] Ferry Semple Total
votes
Adams 261 141 402
Asotin 171 125 296
Chehalis 879 615 1,494
Clallam 222 232 454
Clark 1,216 692 1,908
Columbia 666 648 1,314
Cowlitz 663 355 1,018
Douglas 353 265 618
Franklin 88 89 177
Garfield 517 418 935
Island 180 100 280
Jefferson 867 633 1,500
King 4,318 3,398 7,716
Kitsap 619 289 908
Kittitas 1,339 1,158 2,497
Klickitat 686 382 2,497
Lewis 1,219 868 2,087
Lincoln 1,104 863 1,967
Mason 322 304 626
Okanogan 322 211 533
Pacific 494 150 644
Pierce 4,362 3,608 7,970
San Juan 204 104 308
Skagit 949 566 1,515
Skamania 62 72 134
Snohomish 880 659 1,539
Spokane 3,256 2,272 5,528
Stevens 460 350 810
Thurston 1,067 725 1,792
Wahkiakum 284 149 433
Walla Walla 1,433 1,186 2,619
Whatcom 1,534 742 2,276
Whitman 2,149 1,844 3,993
Yakima 537 519 1,056
Total 33,711 24,732 58,443

References

  1. ↑ Wilma, David (September 20, 2003). "Voters elect Washington's first state officials on October 1, 1889.". HistoryLink. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 McPherson, Edward, ed. (January 1890). The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1890. II. New York: New-York Tribune. pp. 86–87. OCLC 819535015. Retrieved October 3, 2016 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ McNerthney, Casey (February 1, 2011). "P-I archive: Inauguration of Washington’s first governor". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ Gates, Charles M., ed. (August 1940). Messages of the Governors of the Territory of Washington to the Legislative Assembly, 1854–1889 (PDF). 12. University of Washington Press. OCLC 8990968. Retrieved October 3, 2016 – via Oregon State University.
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