Governors [ edit ] Governor of Alabama : Thomas G. Jones (Democratic ) Governor of Arkansas : James Philip Eagle (Democratic ) (until January 10), William Meade Fishback (Democratic ) (starting January 10) Governor of California : Henry Markham (Republican ) Governor of Colorado : John Long Routt (Republican ) (until January 10), Davis Hanson Waite (People's) (starting January 10) Governor of Connecticut : Morgan G. Bulkeley (Republican ) (until January 4), Luzon B. Morris (Democratic ) (starting January 4) Governor of Delaware : Robert J. Reynolds (Democratic ) Governor of Florida : Francis P. Fleming (Democratic ) (until January 3), Henry L. Mitchell (Democratic ) (starting January 3) Governor of Georgia : William J. Northen (Democratic ) Governor of Idaho : N. B. Willey (Republican ) (until January 2), William J. McConnell (Republican ) (starting January 2) Governor of Illinois : Joseph W. Fifer (Republican ) (until January 10), John Peter Altgeld (Democratic ) (starting January 10) Governor of Indiana : Ira Joy Chase (Republican ) (until January 9), Claude Matthews (Democratic ) (starting January 9) Governor of Iowa : Horace Boies (Democratic ) Governor of Kansas : Lyman U. Humphrey (Republican ) (until January 8), Lorenzo D. Lewelling (Populist ) (starting January 8) Governor of Kentucky : John Y. Brown (Democratic ) Governor of Louisiana : Murphy James Foster, Sr. (Democratic ) Governor of Maine : Edwin C. Burleigh (Republican ) (until January 4), Henry B. Cleaves (Republican ) (starting January 4) Governor of Maryland : Frank Brown (Democratic ) Governor of Massachusetts : William E. Russell (Democratic ) Governor of Michigan : Edwin B. Winans (Democratic ) (until January 1), John T. Rich (Republican ) (starting January 1) Governor of Minnesota : William R. Merriam (Republican ) (until January 9), Knute Nelson (Republican ) (starting January 9) Governor of Mississippi : John M. Stone (Democratic ) Governor of Missouri : David R. Francis (Democratic ) (until January 9), William Joel Stone (Democratic ) (starting January 9) Governor of Montana : Joseph Toole (Democratic ) (until January 1), John E. Rickards (Republican ) (starting January 1) Governor of Nebraska : James E. Boyd (Democratic ) (until January 13), Lorenzo Crounse (Republican ) (starting January 13) Governor of Nevada : Roswell K. Colcord (Republican ) Governor of New Hampshire : Hiram A. Tuttle (Republican ) (until January 5), John Butler Smith (Republican ) (starting January 5) Governor of New Jersey : Leon Abbett (Democratic ) (until January 17), George Theodore Werts (Democratic ) (starting January 17) Governor of New York : Roswell P. Flower (Democratic ) Governor of North Carolina : Thomas Michael Holt (Democratic ) (until January 18), Elias Carr (Democratic ) (starting January 18) Governor of North Dakota : Andrew H. Burke (Republican ) (until January 3), Eli C. D. Shortridge (Democratic )/(Independent ) (starting January 3) Governor of Ohio : William McKinley (Republican ) Governor of Oregon : Sylvester Pennoyer (Democratic ) Governor of Pennsylvania : Robert E. Pattison (Democratic ) Governor of Rhode Island : D. Russell Brown (Republican ) Governor of South Carolina : Benjamin Ryan Tillman (Democratic ) Governor of South Dakota : Arthur C. Mellette (Republican ) (until January 3), Charles H. Sheldon (Republican ) (starting January 3) Governor of Tennessee : John P. Buchanan (Democratic ) (until January 16), Peter Turney (Democratic ) (starting January 16) Governor of Texas : James Stephen Hogg (Democratic ) Governor of Vermont : Levi K. Fuller (Republican ) Governor of Virginia : Philip W. McKinney (Democratic ) Governor of Washington : Elisha Peyre Ferry (Republican ) (until January 4), John McGraw (Republican ) (starting January 4) Governor of West Virginia : Aretas B. Fleming (Democratic ) (until March 4), William A. MacCorkle (Democratic ) (starting March 4) Governor of Wisconsin : George W. Peck (Democratic ) Governor of Wyoming : Amos W. Barber (Republican ) (until January 2), John E. Osborne (Democratic ) (starting January 2) Lieutenant governors [ edit ] Lieutenant Governor of California : John B. Reddick (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : William Story (Republican ) (until January 10), David Hopkinson Nichols (Democratic ) (starting January 10) Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Samuel E. Merwin (Republican ) (until January 4), Ernest Cady (Democratic ) (starting January 4) Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : John S. Gray (Republican ) (until January 2), F. B. Willis (Republican ) (starting January 2) Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : Lyman Ray (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Joseph B. Gill (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown) Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : Francis M. Griffith (Republican ) (until January 9), Mortimer Nye (Democratic ) (starting January 9) Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : Samuel L. Bestow (Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : Andrew J. Felt (Republican ) (until January 8), Percy Daniels (Populist) (starting January 8) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : Mitchell Cary Alford (Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : Charles Parlange (Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), Hiram R. Lott (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : William H. Haile (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Roger Wolcott (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : John Strong (Democratic ) (until January 1), J. Wight Giddings (Republican ) (starting January 1) Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : Gideon S. Ives (Republican ) (until January 3), David M. Clough (Republican ) (starting January 3) Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : M. M. Evans (Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : Stephen Hugh Claycomb (Democratic ) (until January 9), John B. O'Meara (Democratic ) (starting January 9) Lieutenant Governor of Montana : John E. Rickards (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Alexander Campbell Botkin (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown) Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : Thomas J. Majors (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Joseph Poujade (political party unknown) Lieutenant Governor of New York : William F. Sheehan (Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : vacant (until January 18), Rufus A. Doughton (Democratic ) (starting January 18) Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : Roger Allin (Republican ) (until January 3), Elmer D. Wallace (Democratic ) (starting January 3) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : Andrew L. Harris (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : Louis Arthur Watres (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : Melville Bull (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : Eugene B. Gary (Democratic ) (until December 22), Washington H. Timmerman (Democratic ) (starting December 22) Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : George H. Hoffman (Republican ) (until January 3), Charles N. Herreid (Republican ) (starting January 3) Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : William C. Dismukes (Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Texas : George Cassety Pendleton (Democratic ) (until January 17), Martin McNulty Crane (Democratic ) (starting January 17) Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : F. Stewart Stranahan (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : James Hoge Tyler (Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Washington : Charles E. Laughton (Republican ) (until January 9), F. H. Luce (Republican ) (starting January 9) Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : Charles Jonas (Democratic )