1890 Tennessee gubernatorial election

Nominations were made by party conventions.

The Democratic convention was held on July 15 to 18 at Nashville. John P. Buchanan was nominated by acclamation on the twenty-sixth ballot.{{cite news |author= |title=Buchanan Nominated |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91068076/1890-07-19/ed-1/seq-1/ |work=Asheville daily citizen |location=Asheville, N.C. |date=19 July 1890 |page=1 |access-date=3 December 2020 }}

• John P. Buchanan, President of the Tennessee Farmers' Alliance{{cite book |last=Langsdon |first=Phillip |date=2000 |title=Tennessee: A Political History |url=https://archive.org/details/tennesseepolitic0000lang_s0q1/page/220/mode/2up |location=Franklin, Tennessee |publisher=Hillsboro Press |page=221 |isbn=1-57736-125-3 }}

• Jere Baxter, businessman (withdrew during 26th ballot)
• Josiah Patterson, former State Representative (withdrew during 26th ballot)
• John May Taylor, former U.S. Representative (withdrew after 23rd ballot)

Partial results of the balloting were as follows (excluding fractions).{{cite news |author= |title=Buchanan Leads The Vote |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1890/07/16/103252991.pdf |work=New York Times |location=New York, NY |date=16 July 1890 |access-date=3 December 2020}}{{cite news |author= |title=Casting Ballots |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88061072/1890-07-16/ed-1/seq-4/ |work=Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle |location=Clarksville, Tenn. |date=16 July 1890 |page=4 |access-date=3 December 2020 }}{{cite news |author= |title=Convention Echoes |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88061072/1890-07-17/ed-1/seq-4/ |work=Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle |location=Clarksville, Tenn. |date=17 July 1890 |page=4 |access-date=3 December 2020 }}{{cite news |author= |title=Tennessee's Democrats |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063034/1890-07-18/ed-1/seq-1/ |work=The morning news |location=Savannah, Ga. |date=18 July 1890 |page=1 |access-date=3 December 2020 }}{{cite news |author= |title=Buchanan For Governor |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1890/07/19/106039903.pdf |work=New York Times |location=New York, NY |date=19 July 1890 |access-date=3 December 2020}}{{cite news |author= |title=The Farmers' Man Wins |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1890-07-19/ed-1/seq-4/ |work=The evening world |location=New York, N.Y. |date=19 July 1890 |page=4 |access-date=3 December 2020}}{{cite news |author= |title=The Convention |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86090474/1890-07-19/ed-1/seq-5/ |work=Southern standard |location=McMinnville, Tenn. |date=19 July 1890 |page=5 |access-date=3 December 2020 }}

The Republican convention was held on July 30 at Nashville. Lewis T. Baxter was nominated by acclamation.{{cite news |author= |title=His Name Is Baxter |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059522/1890-07-31/ed-1/seq-5/ |work=St. Paul daily globe |location=Saint Paul, Minn. |date=31 July 1890 |page=5 |access-date=3 December 2020 }}{{cite news |author= |title=Tennessee's Republicans |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063034/1890-07-31/ed-1/seq-2/ |work=The morning news |location=Savannah, Ga. |date=31 July 1890 |page=2 |access-date=3 December 2020 }}

• Lewis T. Baxter, banker

• Lewis T. Baxter, Republican
• John P. Buchanan, Democratic
• Rev. David C. Kelley, Prohibition{{cite news |author= |title=Editorial Items |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87007277/1890-07-25/ed-1/seq-2/ |work=The Southern herald |location=Liberty, Miss. |date=25 July 1890 |page=2 |access-date=3 December 2020 }}

{{Election box begin | title=1890 Tennessee gubernatorial election{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264750 |title=TN Governor, 1890 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=3 December 2020}}{{sfn|Glashan|1979|pp=296–297}}{{cite book |last=Miller |first=Chas. A. |date=1890 |title=The Official and Political Manual of the State of Tennessee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2NEGAQAAIAAJ |location=Nashville, Tenn. |publisher=Marshall & Bruce, Stationers |page=280 }}{{cite book |author= |date=1923 |title=Tennessee, The Volunteer State 1769-1923 |volume=II |url=https://archive.org/details/tennesseevolunte02moor/page/74/mode/2up |location=Chicago |publisher=The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company |page=75 }}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = John P. Buchanan

| votes = 113,549

| percentage = 56.57%

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Lewis T. Baxter

| votes = 76,081

| percentage = 37.91%

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| party = Prohibition Party

| candidate = D. C. Kelley

| votes = 11,082

| percentage = 5.52%

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{{Election box majority|

| votes = 37,468

| percentage = 18.66%

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{{Election box turnout|

| votes = 200,712

| percentage = 100.00%

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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

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{{Reflist}}

• {{cite book |last = Glashan | first = Roy R. | title = American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 | publisher = Meckler Books | year = 1979 | isbn = 0-930466-17-9 }}

1890

Tennessee

Gubernatorial

Category:November 1890