1892 Idaho gubernatorial election

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Nominee William J. McConnell John M. Burke Abraham J. Crook Party Republican Democratic Populist Popular vote 8,178 6,769 4,865 Percentage 40.74% 33.72% 24.23%

Results by county McConnell:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Burke:      40–50%      50–60% Crook:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election Norman Bushnell Willey (acting) Republican Elected Governor William J. McConnell Republican

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The 1892 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1892.

Acting Governor Norman Bushnell Willey was defeated for renomination at the Republican convention.

Republican nominee William J. McConnell defeated Democratic nominee John M. Burke and Populist nominee Abraham J. Crook with 40.74% of the vote.

Nominations

Nominations were made by party conventions.

Democratic nomination

The Democratic convention was held on August 25 and 26 at Boise. ^[1] John M. Burke was nominated on the tenth ballot. ^{[2] [3]}

Candidates

• John M. Ballentine ^[a]
• John M. Burke
• Edward A. Stevenson, former Territorial Governor

Results

Results of the balloting were as follows:

	Gubernatorial Ballot
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Burke	34	36	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	49
Stevenson	46	47	47	47	46	44	41	41	42	46
Ballentine	15	12	15	15	15	17	20	20	19	0

Republican nomination

The Republican convention was held on August 18 and 19 at Moscow. William J. McConnell was nominated on the second ballot. ^{[5] [6]}

Candidates

• William J. McConnell, former U.S. Senator
• A. B. Moss
• Wells
• N. B. Willey, acting Governor

Results

Results of the balloting were as follows:

	Gubernatorial Ballot
	1st	2nd
McConnell	60	66
Willey	43	38
Moss	25	25
Wells	2	1

People's Party nomination

The People's Party convention was held on August 18 at Boise. A. J. Crook was nominated on the first ballot.

Candidates

• A. J. Crook

Results

People's Party convention results ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Populist	A. J. Crook	45	76.3
	Populist	Scattering	14	23.7
Total votes			59	100.00

General election

Candidates

• William J. McConnell, Republican
• John M. Burke, Democratic
• Abraham J. Crook, People's ^[b]
• Joseph A. Clark, Prohibition

Results

1892 Idaho gubernatorial election ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William J. McConnell	8,178	40.74%	-15.61%
	Democratic	John M. Burke	6,769	33.72%	-9.93%
	Populist	Abraham J. Crook	4,865	24.23%	N/A
	Prohibition	Joseph A. Clark	264	1.32%	N/A
Majority			1,409	7.02%
Turnout			20,076	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN  978-0-7864-4722-0.
• Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN  0-930466-17-9.