- Source: 1892 Illinois gubernatorial election
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
= Candidates
=John Peter Altgeld, former Justice of the Superior Court of Cook County
John C. Black, former United States Commissioner of Pensions
Andrew Jackson Hunter, judge of the Edgar County court
William H. Neece, former U.S. Congressman for Illinois's 11th congressional district
Delos P. Phelps, Democratic nominee for Illinois's 10th congressional district in 1878
= Results
=The Democratic state convention was held on April 27, 1892, at Springfield.
Republican nomination
= Candidates
=Joseph W. Fifer, incumbent Governor
Joel Minnick Longenecker, state’s attorney in Chicago, Cook County
Horace S. Clark
George Hunt, incumbent Illinois Attorney General
Benjamin Franklin Marsh, former U.S. Congressman for Illinois's 10th congressional district
= Results
=The Republican state convention was held on May 4 and 5, 1892 at Springfield.
General election
= Candidates
=John Peter Altgeld, Democratic
Joseph W. Fifer, Republican
Nathan M. Barnett, People's Party, Union Labor nominee for Illinois State Treasurer in 1888
Robert R. Link, Prohibition, Prohibition nominee for Illinois State Treasurer in 1890
= Results
=References
Notes
Bibliography
Compiled and Printed by the Secretary of State (1893). Official vote of the State of Illinois cast at the General Election held November 8, 1892. Springfield, Ill.: H. W. Rokker, State Printer and Binder.
Louis L. Emmerson, Secretary of State, ed. (1925). "Personal Reminiscenses of Joseph W. Fifer". Blue Book of the State of Illinois 1925-1926. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Journal Co. p. 303.
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