1890 Colorado gubernatorial election
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{{for|related races|1890 United States gubernatorial elections}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1890 Colorado gubernatorial election
| country = Colorado
| type = Presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1888 Colorado gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1888
| next_election = 1892 Colorado gubernatorial election
| next_year = 1892
| election_date = November 4, 1890
| image_size = x150px
| image1 = File:John Long Routt (cropped).jpg
| nominee1 = John Long Routt
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 41,827
| percentage1 = 50.11%
| image2 = File:3x4.svg
| nominee2 = Caldwell Yeaman
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 35,359
| percentage2 = 42.36%
| image3 = File:3x4.svg
| nominee3 = John G. Coy
| party3 = Labor Party (United States, 19th century)
| popular_vote3 = 5,199
| percentage3 = 6.23%
| map_image = 1890 Colorado gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
| map_size = 250px
| map_caption = County results
Routt:{{legend0|#ffc8cd|30–40%}} {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70–80%}}
Yeaman: {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}}
Coy: {{legend0|#e6e6e6|30-40%}} {{legend0|#d9d9d9|40-50%}}
| title = Governor
| before_election = Job Adams Cooper
| before_party = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = John Long Routt
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{ElectionsCO}}
The 1890 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890. Republican nominee John Long Routt defeated Democratic nominee Caldwell Yeaman with 50.11% of the vote.
General election
=Candidates=
Democratic
John Long Routt, former governor
Republican
Caldwell Yeaman, former judge
Union Labor
John G. Coy, activist and journalist
Prohibition
John A. Elett, prohibitionist
=Results=
{{Election box begin | title=1890 Colorado gubernatorial election{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqAaAQAAMAAJ |title=Guide to U.S. elections |year=2005 |publisher=CQ Press |isbn=9781568029818 |access-date=June 16, 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = John Long Routt
| votes = 41,827
| percentage = 50.11%
| change = -3.73%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Caldwell Yeaman
| votes = 35,359
| percentage = 42.36%
| change = -0.28%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Labor Party (United States, 19th century)
| candidate = John G. Coy
| votes = 5,199
| percentage = 6.23%
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Prohibition Party
| candidate = John A. Elett
| votes = 1,058
| percentage = 1.27%
| change = -1.01%
}}
{{Election box majority|
| votes = 6,468
| percentage = 7.75%
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
| votes = 83,443
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| loser =
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
!County !Routt % !Routt # !Yeaman % !Yeaman # !Coy % !Coy # !Ellett % !Ellett # !Total |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Arapahoe
|53.81% |11,331 |42.30% |8,907 |2.71% |572 |1.16% |246 |21,056 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Archuleta
|43.20% |70 |56.79% |92 |0.00% |0 |0.00% |0 |162 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Baca
|52.24% |163 |47.75% |149 |0.00% |0 |0.00% |0 |312 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Bent
|48.08% |163 |46.60% |158 |4.71% |16 |0.58% |2 |339 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Boulder
|47.92% |1,486 |44.43% |1,378 |3.54% |110 |4.09% |127 |3,101 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Chaffee
|51.50% |977 |46.28% |878 |1.58% |30 |0.63% |12 |1,897 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Cheyenne
|63.35% |83 |36.64% |48 |0.00% |0 |0.00% |0 |131 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Clear Creek
|58.95% |1,024 |38.16% |663 |0.46% |8 |2.41% |42 |1,737 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Conejos
|71.67% |1,144 |24.18% |386 |4.07% |65 |0.06% |1 |1,596 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Costilla
|64.95% |467 |22.80% |164 |12.23% |88 |0.00% |0 |719 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Custer
|55.34% |440 |43.27% |344 |1.13% |9 |0.25% |2 |795 |
| {{Party shading/Labor}} |Delta
|32.06% |177 |25.36% |140 |42.39% |234 |0.18% |1 |552 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Dolores
|61.27% |318 |38.72% |201 |0.00% |0 |0.00% |0 |519 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Douglas
|54.30% |410 |45.56% |344 |0.13% |1 |0.00% |0 |755 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Eagle
|46.98% |397 |51.47% |435 |1.53% |13 |0.00% |0 |845 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |El Paso
|61.05% |2,162 |36.31% |1,286 |0.16% |6 |2.45% |87 |3,541 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Elbert
|55.50% |232 |44.49% |186 |0.00% |0 |0.00% |0 |418 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Fremont
|44.07% |852 |33.05% |639 |20.12% |389 |2.74% |53 |1,933 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Garfield
|58.15% |720 |39.17% |485 |2.10% |26 |0.56% |7 |1,238 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Gilpin
|49.10% |716 |47.05% |686 |0.00% |0 |3.84% |56 |1,458 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Grand
|65.76% |146 |34.23% |76 |0.00% |0 |0.00% |0 |222 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Gunnison
|54.07% |856 |39.86% |631 |5.62% |89 |0.44% |7 |1,583 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Hinsdale
|51.47% |175 |39.41% |134 |8.82% |30 |0.29% |1 |340 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Huerfano
|44.50% |623 |43.50% |609 |12.00% |168 |0.00% |0 |1,400 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Jefferson
|50.66% |918 |41.94% |760 |2.59% |47 |4.80% |87 |1,812 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Kiowa
|53.87% |146 |42.06% |114 |4.05% |11 |0.00% |0 |271 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Kit Carson
|62.44% |266 |35.68% |152 |1.87% |8 |0.00% |0 |426 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |La Plata
|47.20% |575 |45.32% |552 |7.22% |88 |0.24% |3 |1,218 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Lake
|21.42% |858 |63.03% |2,524 |15.53% |622 |0.00% |0 |4,004 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Larimer
|48.95% |1,031 |33.52% |706 |12.63% |266 |4.89% |103 |2,106 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Las Animas
|34.70% |1,038 |49.41% |1,478 |15.88% |475 |0.00% |0 |2,991 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Lincoln
|51.24% |82 |48.75% |78 |0.00% |0 |0.00% |0 |160 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Logan
|50.09% |265 |28.16% |149 |19.09% |101 |2.64% |14 |529 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Mesa
|47.02% |537 |45.53% |520 |2.62% |30 |4.81% |55 |1,142 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Montezuma
|41.95% |185 |49.88% |220 |8.16% |36 |0.00% |0 |441 |
| {{Party shading/Labor}} |Montrose
|31.46% |270 |32.40% |278 |36.13% |310 |0.00% |0 |858 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Morgan
|53.82% |218 |18.51% |75 |27.40% |111 |0.24% |1 |405 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Otero
|48.45% |393 |51.04% |414 |0.49% |4 |0.00% |0 |811 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Ouray
|48.63% |959 |47.10% |929 |4.20% |83 |0.05% |1 |1,972 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Park
|48.55% |589 |51.45% |624 |0.00% |0 |0.00% |0 |1,213 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Phillips
|36.46% |171 |29.85% |140 |33.68% |158 |0.00% |0 |469 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Pitkin
|47.21% |1,298 |52.38% |1,440 |0.25% |7 |0.14% |4 |2,749 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Prowers
|59.72% |264 |38.00% |168 |2.26% |10 |0.00% |0 |442 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Pueblo
|48.32% |2,159 |41.38% |1,849 |9.08% |406 |1.20% |54 |4,468 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Rio Blanco
|48.38% |165 |49.56% |169 |2.05% |7 |0.00% |0 |341 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rio Grande
|65.61% |456 |23.45% |163 |10.35% |72 |0.57% |4 |695 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Routt
|59.85% |404 |40.00% |270 |0.14% |1 |0.00% |0 |675 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Saguache
|57.70% |837 |42.05% |352 |0.11% |1 |0.11% |1 |837 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |San Juan
|57.88% |481 |42.11% |350 |0.00% |0 |0.00% |0 |831 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |San Miguel
|49.09% |489 |50.50% |503 |0.00% |0 |0.40% |4 |996 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Sedgwick
|64.20% |165 |33.46% |86 |2.33% |6 |0.00% |0 |257 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Summit
|48.19% |454 |51.80% |489 |0.00% |0 |0.00% |0 |942 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Washington
|66.81% |298 |29.82% |133 |1.79% |8 |1.56% |7 |446 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Weld
|47.77% |1,040 |34.35% |748 |14.74% |321 |3.12% |68 |2,177 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Yuma
|37.84% |165 |25.00% |109 |36.69% |160 |0.45% |2 |436 |