1898 Oregon gubernatorial election
June 6, 1898
 
Nominee Theodore Thurston Geer W. R. King
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 45,094 34,542
Percentage 53.2% 40.8%
Governor before election

William Paine Lord
Republican

 Elected Governor

T. T. Geer
Republican

The 1898 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on June 6, 1898 to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched Republican Theodore Thurston Geer against Democratic State Senator W. R. King.[1]

Geer was the tenth governor since statehood, but the first native Oregonian to hold that position.[2]

Results

Oregon gubernatorial election, 1898[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Theodore Thurston Geer 45,094 53.22
Democratic W. R. King 34,452 40.77
Populist John C. Luce 2,878 3.4
Prohibition H. M. Clinton 2,219 2.62
Total votes 84,643 100
Republican hold

References

  1. ↑ Fifty Years in Oregon
  2. ↑ Corning, Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.
  3. ↑ "Our Campaigns - OR Governor Race - Jun 06, 1898". Retrieved April 16, 2016.


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