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1900 Indiana gubernatorial election

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1900 Indiana gubernatorial election

← 1896 November 6, 1900 (1900-11-06) 1904 →
 
Nominee Winfield T. Durbin John W. Kern
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 331,531 306,272
Percentage 50.5% 46.7%

County results
Durbin:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Kern:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

James A. Mount
Republican

Elected Governor

Winfield T. Durbin
Republican

The 1900 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900 in all 92 counties in the state of Indiana. Governor James A. Mount could not succeed himself to a second term. Winfield T. Durbin was elected governor over his Democratic opponent, John W. Kern. Mount died from a heart-attack just 2 days after Durbin's inauguration.

Nominations

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Durbin (member of the Indiana Republican Central Committee) was nominated to run for governor in 1900, and easily won the convention vote.

Opinion was strongly against Democrats, and the leading members of the party refused to run for governor that year. The party fielded John Kern, a former state senator serving at the time as city solicitor of Indianapolis, to oppose Durbin.

General election

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Durbin became the first governor to win by majority in twenty-five years. Durbin's primary goal as governor was to bring efficiency to the state, and reform the government to function more economically, and to enact progressive legislation.

Indiana gubernatorial election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Winfield T. Durbin 331,531 50.5
Democratic John W. Kern 306,272 46.7
Prohibition Charles N. Eckhart 13,453 2.1
Populist A.G. Burkhart 1,504 0.2

References

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