Gubernatorial election in Washington state
1889 Washington gubernatorial election
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]
General election [ ]
Results [ ]
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
1,068
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 [ ]
^ Wilma, David (September 20, 2003). "Voters elect Washington's first state officials on October 1, 1889" . HistoryLink . Retrieved October 3, 2016 .
^ a b c 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 .
^ McNerthney, Casey (February 1, 2011). "P-I archive: Inauguration of Washington's first governor" . Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Retrieved October 3, 2016 .
^ Gates, Charles M., ed. (August 1940). Messages of the Governors of the Territory of Washington to the Legislative Assembly, 1854–1889 . 12 . University of Washington Press . OCLC 8990968 . Retrieved October 3, 2016 – via Oregon State University .