1891 United States gubernatorial elections

1891 United States gubernatorial elections

← 1890 November 3, 1891;
August 3, 1891 (KY);
April 1, 1891 (RI)
1892 →

7 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 27 17[a]
Seats after 25 19
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2
Seats up 7 0
Seats won 5 2

     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1891, in seven states.

Kentucky and Maryland held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected their respective governors to a single-year term. They would abandon this practice in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year.

New York at this time elected its governors to a three-year term. This was the last election in which this was the case. The state switched to two-year terms from the 1894 elections.

In Kentucky, the gubernatorial election was held in August for the last time; the next gubernatorial election would be held on the same day as federal elections.
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