1900 Washington gubernatorial election

1900 Washington gubernatorial election

← 1896 November 6, 1900 1904 →
 
Nominee John Rankin Rogers John M. Frink
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Populist
Silver Republican
Popular vote 52,048 49,860
Percentage 48.9% 46.8%

County results
Rogers:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Frink:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

John Rankin Rogers
Populist

Elected Governor

John Rankin Rogers
Democratic

The 1900 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900.

Incumbent Governor John Rankin Rogers won re-election as the Democratic nominee. He defeated Republican nominee John M. Frink with 48.86% of the vote.

In 1896, Rogers was the fusion candidate of the Democratic, Populist and Silver Republican parties. In 1900, he was nominated by a unity convention which merged the three parties in the state and took the name of the Democratic Party.[1]

  1. ^ "John R. Rogers nominated by the union convention". The Seattle post-intelligencer. Seattle, Wash. August 30, 1900. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2021.

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