1890 Wyoming gubernatorial election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1890 Wyoming gubernatorial election

| country = Wyoming

| type = presidential

| election_date = {{Start date|1890|9|11}}

| turnout = 26.41% of Total Population

| ongoing = no

| previous_election =

| previous_year =

| next_election = 1892 Wyoming gubernatorial special election

| next_year = 1892

| image1 = File:Francis E. Warren.jpg

| image_size = 150x150px

| nominee1 = Francis E. Warren

| party1 = Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 8,879

| percentage1 = 55.38%

| image2 = File:George White Baxter.jpg

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| nominee2 = George W. Baxter

| popular_vote2 = 7,153

| percentage2 = 44.62%

| map_image = 1890 Wyoming gubernatorial election results map by county.svg

| map_size = 250px

| map_caption = County results
Warren: {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#D75D5D|60–70%}}
No Data/Vote: {{legend0|#808080}}

| title = Governor

| before_election = Francis E. Warren

| before_party = Republican Party (United States)

| after_election = Francis E. Warren

| after_party = Republican Party (United States)

}}

The 1890 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on September 11, 1890, as the first gubernatorial election for the newly admitted state of Wyoming. Incumbent Territorial Governor Francis E. Warren ran for re-election as the Republican nominee against former Territorial Governor George W. Baxter, the Democratic nominee. Warren defeated Baxter by a decisive margin and became the first popularly elected Governor of Wyoming.

However, shortly after Warren's term began as governor, he was elected to the U.S. Senate by the newly constituted state legislature, and he resigned on November 24, 1890. Accordingly, Secretary of State Amos W. Barber became governor, and a special gubernatorial election was held in 1892.

Party conventions

Prior to the adoption of Wyoming's primary law in 1911, the political parties nominated their candidates for office by convention. Prior to the start of the Republican convention, incumbent Territorial Governor Francis E. Warren was seen as the likeliest, and the strongest, candidate.{{cite news|date=August 11, 1890|title=Politics in Wyoming: Both Parties Will Hold Their First State Conventions in Cheyenne To-Day|work=Independent Record|location=Helena, Mont.|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168564329/|access-date=June 6, 2021}} The Republican Party ultimately nominated Warren, though his poor health at the time raised the possibility that he might need to be replaced on the ticket.{{cite news|date=August 17, 1890|title=The Forty-Third State: Francis E. Warren, Republican Nominee for Governor of Wyoming|work=Fort Worth Daily Gazette|location=Fort Worth, Tex.|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/84403416/|access-date=June 6, 2021}}

Prior to the Democratic convention, speculation swirled around three names: former Territorial Governor George W. Baxter; banker T. B. Hicks; and Evanston businessman A. C. Beckwith. Baxter was ultimately nominated by the Democratic convention by acclamation, queueing up a contest between two different territorial governors.{{cite news|date=August 12, 1890|title=In the New State: The First Republican and Democratic Conventions Were Held The Same Day in Wyoming|work=Fort Worth Daily Gazette|location=Pittsburgh, Pa.|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/76226284/|access-date=June 6, 2021}}

General election

=Results=

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Francis E. Warren (inc.)

|votes = 8,879

|percentage = 55.38%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = George W. Baxter

|votes = 7,153

|percentage = 44.62%