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Election 1889 Results

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1889 South Dakota governor election

Arthur C. Mellette (Republican) beat P. F. McClure (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1889, 69.4% to 30.6%, a margin of 38.7 points and 30,124 votes.

Republicans led in 48 of the 50 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 4,773 votes and went to the Republican by 52.5 points. The closest was Hughes, where 25 votes separated the two parties.

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Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arthur C. Mellette won Republican 53,964 69.4%
P. F. McClure Democratic 23,840 30.6%
Total77,804

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 1,133 23.7% 3,640 76.3% 4,773 R+52.5
Brown 1,399 30.4% 3,208 69.6% 4,607 R+39.3
Lawrence 1,227 34.3% 2,355 65.7% 3,582 R+31.5
Spink 664 22.5% 2,293 77.5% 2,957 R+55.1
Beadle 943 32.6% 1,949 67.4% 2,892 R+34.8
Brookings 438 19.7% 1,791 80.3% 2,229 R+60.7
Yankton 941 45.0% 1,148 55.0% 2,089 R+9.9
Codington 540 26.4% 1,507 73.6% 2,047 R+47.2
Kingsbury 470 23.4% 1,539 76.6% 2,009 R+53.2
Turner 513 25.6% 1,494 74.4% 2,007 R+48.9
Lincoln 419 21.3% 1,548 78.7% 1,967 R+57.4
Hand 634 33.1% 1,283 66.9% 1,917 R+33.9
Day 471 25.0% 1,412 75.0% 1,883 R+50.0
Clark 405 21.6% 1,471 78.4% 1,876 R+56.8
Union 748 40.0% 1,124 60.0% 1,872 R+20.1
Bon Homme 808 46.5% 929 53.5% 1,737 R+7.0
Lake 334 19.7% 1,365 80.3% 1,699 R+60.7
Hutchinson 977 59.3% 670 40.7% 1,647 D+18.6
Pennington 545 33.5% 1,080 66.5% 1,625 R+32.9
Brule 757 48.0% 819 52.0% 1,576 R+3.9
Clay 249 16.0% 1,311 84.0% 1,560 R+68.1
McCook 680 45.0% 831 55.0% 1,511 R+10.0
Davison 470 31.3% 1,032 68.7% 1,502 R+37.4
Grant 571 38.9% 896 61.1% 1,467 R+22.2
Moody 230 16.5% 1,166 83.5% 1,396 R+67.0
Hughes 704 50.9% 679 49.1% 1,383 D+1.8
Aurora 553 41.5% 781 58.5% 1,334 R+17.1
Edmunds 474 36.3% 830 63.7% 1,304 R+27.3
Marshall 387 29.9% 906 70.1% 1,293 R+40.1
Miner 399 32.3% 835 67.7% 1,234 R+35.3
Sanborn 240 19.8% 972 80.2% 1,212 R+60.4
Hamlin 298 26.3% 837 73.7% 1,135 R+47.5
Faulk 315 27.9% 814 72.1% 1,129 R+44.2
Meade 479 42.7% 642 57.3% 1,121 R+14.5
Hanson 405 37.3% 681 62.7% 1,086 R+25.4
Douglas 397 37.0% 675 63.0% 1,072 R+25.9
Charles Mix 305 28.6% 762 71.4% 1,067 R+42.8
Deuel 92 9.1% 917 90.9% 1,009 R+81.8
McPherson 228 23.5% 741 76.5% 969 R+52.9
Jerauld 237 25.2% 705 74.8% 942 R+49.7
Custer 337 36.5% 587 63.5% 924 R+27.1
Potter 286 31.5% 622 68.5% 908 R+37.0
Sully 207 27.6% 543 72.4% 750 R+44.8
Campbell 129 18.4% 572 81.6% 701 R+63.2
Fall River 261 38.0% 425 62.0% 686 R+23.9
Walworth 172 29.9% 404 70.1% 576 R+40.3
Hyde 166 30.4% 380 69.6% 546 R+39.2
Roberts 45 10.9% 366 89.1% 411 R+78.1
Butte 102 31.3% 224 68.7% 326 R+37.4
Buffalo 56 21.6% 203 78.4% 259 R+56.8

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Dakota governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kristi Noem (R) R+26.8
2018 Kristi Noem (R) R+3.4
2014 Dennis Daugaard (R) R+45.0
2010 Dennis Daugaard (R) R+23.0
2006 Mike Rounds (R) R+25.6
2002 Mike Rounds (R) R+14.8
1998 William J. Janklow (R) R+31.2
1994 William J. Janklow (R) R+14.8
1990 George S. Mickelson (R) R+17.8
1986 George S. Mickelson (R) R+3.6
1982 William J. Janklow (R) R+41.7
1978 William J. Janklow (R) R+13.3
1974 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+7.2
1972 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+20.1
1970 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+9.7
1968 Frank Farrar (R) R+15.3
1966 Nils Boe (R) R+15.4
1964 Nils A. Boe (R) R+3.3
1962 Archie M. Gubbrud (R) R+12.2
1960 Archie M. Gubbrud (R) R+1.5
1958 Ralph Herseth (D) D+2.8
1956 Joe Foss (R) R+8.8
1954 Joe Foss (R) R+13.3
1952 Sigurd Anderson (R) R+40.3
1950 Sigurd Anderson (R) R+21.8
1948 George T. Mickelson (R) R+22.2
1946 George T. Mickelson (R) R+34.3
1944 Merrell Q. Sharpe (R) R+31.0
1942 Merrell Q. Sharpe (R) R+23.0
1940 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+10.3
1938 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+7.9
1936 Leslie Jensen (R) R+3.2
1934 Tom Berry (D) D+17.9
1932 Tom Berry (D) D+13.2
1930 Warren E. Green (R) R+6.7
1928 William J. Bulow (D) D+5.5
1926 William J. Bulow (D) D+7.1
1924 Carl Gunderson (R) R+31.0
1922 William H. McMaster (R) R+16.3
1920 William H. McMaster (R) R+39.0
1918 Peter Norbeck (R) R+34.6
1916 Peter Norbeck (R) R+17.3
1914 Frank M. Byrne (R) R+14.9
1912 Frank M. Byrne (R) R+2.8
1910 Robert S. Vessey (R) R+22.5
1908 Robert S. Vessey (R) R+15.9
1906 Coe I. Crawford (R) R+38.6
1904 Samuel H. Elrod (R) R+43.6
1902 Charles N. Herreid (R) R+36.0
1900 Charles N. Herreid (R) R+14.4
1898 Andrew E. Lee (other)
1896 Andrew E. Lee (other)
1894 Charles H. Sheldon (R) R+41.2
1892 Charles H. Sheldon (R) R+26.9
1890 Arthur C. Mellette (R) R+20.6
1889 Arthur C. Mellette (R) R+38.7