1900 Washington gubernatorial election

The 1900 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900.

1900 Washington gubernatorial election

← 1896 November 6, 1900 1904 →
 
Nominee John Rankin Rogers John M. Frink
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Populist
Silver Republican
Popular vote 52,048 49,860
Percentage 48.86% 46.81%

County results
Rogers:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Frink:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

John Rankin Rogers
Populist

Elected Governor

John Rankin Rogers
Democratic

Incumbent Governor John Rankin Rogers won re-election as the Democratic nominee. He defeated Republican nominee John M. Frink with 48.86% of the vote.

In 1896, Rogers was the fusion candidate of the Democratic, Populist and Silver Republican parties. In 1900, he was nominated by a unity convention which merged the three parties in the state and took the name of the Democratic Party.[1]

General election

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Candidates

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Major party candidates

Other candidates

  • Robert E. Dunlap, Prohibition, Prohibition nominee for Governor in 1896
  • William C.B. Randolph, Social Democrat, carpenter[2][3]
  • William McCormick, Socialist Labor

Results

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1900 Washington gubernatorial election[4][5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Rankin Rogers (incumbent) 52,048 48.86% −6.69%
Republican John M. Frink 49,860 46.81% +5.13%
Prohibition Robert E. Dunlap 2,103 1.97% −0.80%
Social Democratic William C. B. Randolph 1,670 1.57%
Socialist Labor William McCormick 843 0.79%
Majority 2,188 2.05%
Total votes 106,524 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing -11.81%

Results by county

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County John R. Rogers
Democratic
John M. Frink
Republican
Robert E. Dunlap
Prohibition
William C. B. Randolph
Social Democratic
William McCormick
Socialist Labor
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 597 58.88% 383 37.77% 25 2.47% 6 0.59% 3 0.30% 214 21.10% 1,014
Asotin 363 48.92% 350 47.17% 22 2.96% 6 0.81% 1 0.13% 13 1.75% 742
Chehalis 1,284 41.02% 1,648 52.65% 71 2.27% 103 3.29% 24 0.77% -364 -11.63% 3,130
Chelan 652 55.73% 485 41.45% 17 1.45% 11 0.94% 5 0.43% 167 14.27% 1,170
Clallam 509 42.95% 622 52.49% 7 0.59% 40 3.38% 7 0.59% -113 -9.54% 1,185
Clark 1,168 40.84% 1,517 53.04% 81 2.83% 73 2.55% 21 0.73% -349 -12.20% 2,860
Columbia 760 46.54% 835 51.13% 25 1.53% 7 0.43% 6 0.37% -75 -4.59% 1,633
Cowlitz 681 37.09% 1,104 60.13% 34[a][8] 1.85% 13 0.71% 7 0.38% -423 -23.04% 1,839
Douglas 673 58.83% 444 38.81% 19 1.66% 7 0.61% 1 0.09% 229 20.02% 1,144
Ferry 894 70.56% 350 27.62% 10 0.79% 8 0.63% 5 0.39% 544 42.94% 1,267
Franklin 90 66.67% 39 28.89% 3 2.22% 0 0.00% 3 2.22% 51 37.78% 135
Garfield 501 50.71% 452 45.75% 10 1.01% 19 1.92% 6 0.61% 49 4.96% 988
Island 157 37.56% 240 57.42% 7 1.67% 10 2.39% 4 0.96% -83 -19.86% 418
Jefferson 482 43.66% 599 54.26% 14 1.27% 4 0.36% 5 0.45% -117 -10.60% 1,104
King 9,178 49.05% 8,801 47.03% 268 1.43% 243 1.30% 223 1.19% 377 2.01% 18,713
Kitsap 565 38.07% 807 54.38% 61 4.11% 37 2.49% 14 0.94% -242 -16.31% 1,484
Kittitas 1,125 52.87% 946 44.45% 34 1.60% 13 0.61% 10 0.47% 179 8.41% 2,128
Klickitat 544 37.16% 850 58.06% 52 3.55% 12 0.82% 6 0.41% -306 -20.90% 1,464
Lewis 1,546 45.10% 1,762 51.40% 77 2.25% 32 0.93% 11 0.32% -216 -6.30% 3,428
Lincoln 1,851 60.18% 1,130 36.74% 62 2.02% 27 0.88% 6 0.20% 721 23.44% 3,076
Mason 476 48.32% 483 49.04% 8 0.81% 10 1.02% 8 0.81% -7 -0.71% 985
Okanogan 730 62.34% 412 35.18% 13 1.11% 12 1.02% 4 0.34% 318 27.16% 1,171
Pacific 488 37.34% 787 60.21% 16 1.22% 9 0.69% 7 0.54% -299 -22.88% 1,307
Pierce 5,153 49.70% 4,734 45.66% 139 1.34% 235 2.27% 108 1.04% 419 4.04% 10,369
San Juan 260 37.57% 410 59.25% 9 1.30% 6 0.87% 7 1.01% -150 -21.68% 692
Skagit 1,434 44.15% 1,611 49.60% 64 1.97% 115 3.54% 24 0.74% -177 -5.45% 3,248
Skamania 202 53.44% 165 43.65% 4 1.06% 2 0.53% 5 1.32% 37 9.79% 378
Snohomish 2,875 50.33% 2,609 45.68% 158 2.77% 49 0.86% 21 0.37% 266 4.66% 5,712
Spokane 5,955 54.19% 4,613 41.98% 309 2.81% 64 0.58% 48 0.44% 1,342 12.21% 10,989
Stevens 1,743 62.43% 987 35.35% 29 1.04% 23 0.82% 10 0.36% 756 27.08% 2,792
Thurston 895 37.99% 1,347 57.17% 51 2.16% 48 2.04% 15 0.64% -452 -19.19% 2,356
Wahkiakum 236 37.94% 355 57.07% 8 1.29% 15 2.41% 8 1.29% -119 -19.13% 622
Walla Walla 1,676 45.75% 1,907 52.06% 55 1.50% 14 0.38% 11 0.30% -231 -6.31% 3,663
Whatcom 1,982 38.67% 2,652 51.74% 133 2.59% 231 4.51% 128 2.50% -670 -13.07% 5,126
Whitman 3,123 56.58% 2,060 37.32% 168 3.04% 111 2.01% 58 1.05% 1,063 19.26% 5,520
Yakima 1,200 44.91% 1,364 51.05% 40 1.50% 55 2.06% 13 0.49% -164 -6.14% 2,672
Totals 52,048 48.86% 49,860 46.81% 2,103 1.97% 1,670 1.57% 843 0.79% 2,188 2.05% 106,524

Counties that flipped from Populist to Republican

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Secretary of State's data dashboard gives this figure as 31, but this causes Dunlap's county figures to not add up to the stated total. The digitized version of the 1900 abstract of votes is of below average quality and some numbers are cut off. For scans of older printed documents, it is very easy to mistake 4s for 1s if the scan is of low quality. The actual figure being 34 is backed up by newspaper reports from late November 1900.

References

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  1. ^ "John R. Rogers nominated by the union convention". The Seattle post-intelligencer. Seattle, Wash. August 30, 1900. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "A. G. Seibert up for Mayor". The Seattle post-intelligencer. Seattle, Wash. February 27, 1900. p. 12. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Socialists put up full ticket". The Seattle star. Seattle, Wash. February 8, 1902. p. 4. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  4. ^ Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the General Election held November 6, 1900.
  5. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 85.
  6. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 330–331.
  7. ^ "Elections Search Results: November 1900 General". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "Official Vote For State Officers". Washington Digital Newspapers. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. November 22, 1900. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

Bibliography

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  • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  • Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.