1900 North Carolina gubernatorial election

1900 North Carolina gubernatorial election

← 1896 August 2, 1900 1904 →
 
Nominee Charles Brantley Aycock Spencer B. Adams
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 186,650 126,296
Percentage 59.6% 40.3%

Governor before election

Daniel Lindsay Russell
Republican

Elected Governor

Charles Brantley Aycock
Democratic

The 1900 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1900. Democratic nominee Charles Brantley Aycock defeated Republican nominee Spencer B. Adams with 59.57% of the vote. The election started a string of 18 consecutive elections in which the Democratic nominee won the Governor's office. The state would not elect another Republican as governor until James E. Holshouser, Jr. won in 1972.[1]


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