1900_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election
1900 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election
Election for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
The 1900 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900. It saw the reelection of incumbent Republican William Northcott.
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Candidates
- Elmer A. Perry, member of the Illinois General Assembly[1]
Results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Elmer A. Perry | acclaimed | ||
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Candidates
- William Northcott, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
Results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | William Northcott (incumbent) | acclaimed | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | William Northcott (incumbent) | 584,717 | 52.06% | ||
| Democratic | Elmer A. Perry | 509,686 | 45.38% | ||
| Prohibition | Joseph A. Harris | 16,452 | 1.47% | ||
| Social Democratic | Azel Pierson | 8,891 | 0.79% | ||
| Socialist Labor | William W. Cox | 1,313 | 0.12% | ||
| Populist | James Ferris | 1,146 | 0.10% | ||
| Union Reform Party | L. A. Quellmalz | 651 | 0.06% | ||
| United Christian Party | C. H. Thomas | 310 | 0.03% | ||
| Majority | 75,031 | 27.78% | |||
| Turnout | 1,123,166 | 6.68% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
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- "The Democratic Nominees". Rock Island Argus. Rock Island, Ill. June 30, 1900. p. 4. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- Illinois Blue Book 1901, p. 144.
- Illinois Blue Book 1901, p. 142.
- Illinois Official Vote 1900, pp. 5–6.
- J. L. Pickering (1901). Official Directory of the Forty-Second General Assembly of Illinois. Session of 1901. Springfield, Illinois: Press of Talbott & Hamann.
- Compiled by James A. Rose, Secretary of State (1900). Official vote of the State of Illinois cast at the General Election, November 6, 1900. Springfield, Illinois: Phillips Bros., State Printers.