1889 Washington gubernatorial election
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October 1, 1889
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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
[edit | edit source]Results
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]| 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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- ^ a b Washington State Archives, Election Returns of Washington Territory at a General Election held on the First day of October 1889