Gubernatorial election in Tennessee
1890 Tennessee gubernatorial election|
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The 1890 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert Love Taylor did not seek re-election. Democratic nominee John P. Buchanan defeated Republican nominee Lewis T. Baxter and Prohibition nominee D. C. Kelley with 56.57% of the vote.
Nominations
Nominations were made by party conventions.
Democratic nomination
The Democratic convention was held on July 15 to 18 at Nashville. John P. Buchanan was nominated by acclamation on the twenty-sixth ballot.[1]
Candidate
Withdrew
Results
Partial results of the balloting were as follows (excluding fractions).[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
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Gubernatorial Ballot
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
11th |
15th |
19th |
20th |
21st |
22nd |
23rd |
24th |
25th |
26th
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Buchanan
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759
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749
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749
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754
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735
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738
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729
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749
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764
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749
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719
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720
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734
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751
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789
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801
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acclamation
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Patterson
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370
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370
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371
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385
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364
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382
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375
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360
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374
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401
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374
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379
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374
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349
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448
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433
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withdrew
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Baxter
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297
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312
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310
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298
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314
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306
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307
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306
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294
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306
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355
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349
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353
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360
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360
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370
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withdrew
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Taylor
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177
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170
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172
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168
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158
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178
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198
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169
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129
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147
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144
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158
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146
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141
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withdrew
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Turney
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7
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Republican nomination
The Republican convention was held on July 30 at Nashville. Lewis T. Baxter was nominated by acclamation.[10][11]
Candidate
- Lewis T. Baxter, banker[2]