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US gubernatorial election
1892 Illinois gubernatorial election
County results
Altgeld: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
Fifer: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
The 1892 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1892.
Incumbent Republican Governor Joseph W. Fifer was defeated by Democratic nominee John Peter Altgeld who won 48.74% of the vote. Altgeld was the first Democratic Governor of Illinois elected since 1852, before the foundation of the Republican Party.
Democratic nomination [ edit ]
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The Democratic state convention was held on April 27, 1892, at Springfield .
Republican nomination [ edit ]
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The Republican state convention was held on May 4 and 5, 1892 at Springfield .
General election [ edit ]
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References [ edit ]
^ "IL Governor, 1892 - D Convention" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 20, 2021 .
^ "How Altgeld Was Chosen" . Chicago Tribune . Chicago, Illinois. April 28, 1892. p. 2. Retrieved July 20, 2021 .
^ "Altgeld Men Win The Point" . Delphi Journal . Delphi, Indiana. May 5, 1892. p. 6. Retrieved July 20, 2021 .
^ "IL Governor, 1892 - R Convention" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 20, 2021 .
^ "Great Gatherings" . Rock Island Daily Argus . Rock Island, Ill. May 6, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved July 20, 2021 .
^ "Second Day's Session" . The Madison daily leader . Madison, S.D. May 6, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved July 20, 2021 .
^ "Illinois Goes Instructed" . Pittsburg dispatch . Pittsburg, Pa. May 6, 1892. p. 9. Retrieved July 20, 2021 .
^ "Indorse Harrison" . Marble Hill press . Marble Hill, Mo. May 12, 1892. p. 5. Retrieved July 20, 2021 .
^ "Illinois Republicans" . Santa Fe daily New Mexican . Santa Fe, N.M. May 6, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved July 20, 2021 .
^ "Points in Politics" . The Evening Bulletin . Maysville, Kentucky. May 6, 1892. p. 4. Retrieved July 20, 2021 .
^ "IL Governor, 1892" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 20, 2021 .
^ Journal of the Senate of the Thirty-Eighth General Assembly of the State of Illinois . Springfield, Ill.: H. W. Rokker, State Printer and Binder. 1893. p. 10.
^ Some sources give Hunt's vote as 31.[10] [11]
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