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1889 Washington gubernatorial election

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1889 Washington gubernatorial election

October 1, 1889 1892 →
 
Nominee Elisha P. Ferry Eugene Semple
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 33,711 24,732
Percentage 57.67% 42.31%

County results
Ferry:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Semple:      50–60%      70–80%

Governor of Washington Territory before election

Miles Conway Moore
Republican

Governor of Washington

Elisha P. Ferry
Republican

The 1889 Washington gubernatorial election 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] This was the only election in Washington's history in which King County did not cast the most votes of any county.

General election

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Results

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1889 Washington gubernatorial election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Elisha P. Ferry 33,711 57.67%
Democratic Eugene Semple 24,732 42.31%
Scattering 11 0.02%
Majority 8,979 15.36%
Total votes 58,454 100.00%
Republican hold

Results by county

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County[5] Elisha P. Ferry
Republican
Eugene Semple
Democratic
Scattering
Write-in
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 260 64.84% 141 35.16% 0 0.00% 119 29.68% 401
Asotin 171 57.77% 125 42.23% 0 0.00% 46 15.54% 296
Chehalis 897 59.33% 615 40.67% 0 0.00% 282 18.65% 1,512
Clallam 222 48.90% 232 51.10% 0 0.00% -10 -2.20% 454
Clark 1,216 63.73% 692 36.27% 0 0.00% 524 27.46% 1,908
Columbia 666 50.68% 648 49.32% 0 0.00% 18 1.37% 1,314
Cowlitz 663 65.13% 355 34.87% 0 0.00% 308 30.26% 1,018
Douglas 353 57.12% 265 42.88% 0 0.00% 88 14.24% 618
Franklin 38 29.92% 89 70.08% 0 0.00% -51 -40.16% 127
Garfield 517 55.29% 418 44.71% 0 0.00% 99 10.59% 935
Island 180 64.29% 100 35.71% 0 0.00% 80 28.57% 280
Jefferson 867 57.72% 633 42.14% 2 0.13% 234 15.58% 1,502
King 4,319 55.96% 3,398 44.03% 1 0.01% 921 11.93% 7,718
Kitsap 619 67.80% 289 31.65% 5 0.55% 330 36.14% 913
Kittitas 1,339 53.62% 1,158 46.38% 0 0.00% 181 7.25% 2,497
Klickitat 686 64.23% 382 35.77% 0 0.00% 304 28.46% 1,068
Lewis 1,219 58.41% 868 41.59% 0 0.00% 351 16.82% 2,087
Lincoln 1,104 56.13% 863 43.87% 0 0.00% 241 12.25% 1,967
Mason 322 51.44% 304 48.56% 0 0.00% 18 2.88% 626
Okanogan 322 60.41% 211 39.59% 0 0.00% 111 20.83% 533
Pacific 494 76.71% 150 23.29% 0 0.00% 344 53.42% 644
Pierce 4,362 54.72% 3,608 45.26% 1 0.01% 754 9.46% 7,971
San Juan 264 71.74% 104 28.26% 0 0.00% 160 43.48% 368
Skagit 949 62.64% 566 37.36% 0 0.00% 383 25.28% 1,515
Skamania 62 46.27% 72 53.73% 0 0.00% -10 -7.46% 134
Snohomish 880 57.18% 659 42.82% 0 0.00% 221 14.36% 1,539
Spokane 3,256 58.88% 2,272 41.08% 2 0.04% 984 17.79% 5,530
Stevens 460 56.79% 350 43.21% 0 0.00% 110 13.58% 810
Thurston 1,067 59.54% 725 40.46% 0 0.00% 342 19.08% 1,792
Wahkiakum 284 65.59% 149 34.41% 0 0.00% 135 31.18% 433
Walla Walla 1,433 54.72% 1,186 45.28% 0 0.00% 247 9.43% 2,619
Whatcom 1,534 67.40% 742 32.60% 0 0.00% 792 34.80% 2,276
Whitman 2,149 53.82% 1,844 46.18% 0 0.00% 305 7.64% 3,993
Yakima 537 50.85% 519 49.15% 0 0.00% 18 1.70% 1,056
Totals 33,711 57.67% 24,732 42.31% 11 0.02% 8,979 15.36% 58,454

References

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  1. ^ Wilma, David (September 20, 2003). "Voters elect Washington's first state officials on October 1, 1889". HistoryLink. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  2. ^ McPherson, Edward, ed. (January 1890). The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1890. Vol. 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. Vol. 12. University of Washington Press. OCLC 8990968. Retrieved October 3, 2016 – via Oregon State University.
  5. ^ a b Washington State Archives, Election Returns of Washington Territory at a General Election held on the First day of October 1889