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Gubernatorial Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote |
| William S. Taylor | Republican |
193,714 |
48.07% |
| William Goebel | Democratic |
191,331 |
47.48% |
| John Y. Brown | Honest Election Democrat |
12,140 |
3.01% |
| John G. Blair | Populist |
2,936 |
0.73% |
| O.T. Wallace | Prohibition |
2,346 |
0.58% |
| Alfred Schmitz | Socialist Labor |
510 |
0.13% |
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| Election Notes:
- Secondary source used to correct county vote errors in main source: Chicago Daily News Almanac and Yearbook 1900, pp. 332-333.
Alfred Schmitz (Socialist Labor) stated total shows as 510 (county-by-county is 605) in Official Manual of Kentucky, and stated as 615 (no county-by-county numbers) in the Chicago Daily News Alamanac 1900.
- The results were reversed by the General Assembly, leading to Goebel being Governor from January 31, 1900 until he died on February 3, 1900.
| Demographic Data
1900 Population: | 2,147,174 | Enum. | 1900 Population Density: | 20.9 | persons/km2 | 1890 Population: | 0 | Enum. | 1890 Population Density: | 0.0 | persons/km2 | Land Area (2000): | 102,896 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 0 | % |
| Election Data and Statistics:
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Kentucky State Library, comp, "Vote of Elections in 1896, 1897, and 1899," Official Manual of Kentucky (Louisville: Geo G. Fetter Printing Co., 1900)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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