Events from the year 1891 in the United States .
Incumbents
Governors and Lieutenant Governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama : Thomas G. Jones (Democratic )
Governor of Arkansas : James Philip Eagle (Democratic )
Governor of California : Robert Waterman (Republican ) (until January 8), Henry Markham (Republican ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Colorado : Job Adams Cooper (Republican ) (until January 13), John Long Routt (Republican ) (starting January 13)
Governor of Connecticut : Morgan G. Bulkeley (Republican )
Governor of Delaware : Benjamin T. Biggs (Democratic ) (until January 20), Robert J. Reynolds (Democratic ) (starting January 20)
Governor of Florida : Francis P. Fleming (Democratic )
Governor of Georgia : William J. Northen (Democratic )
Governor of Idaho : N. B. Willey (Republican )
Governor of Illinois : Joseph W. Fifer (Republican )
Governor of Indiana : Alvin P. Hovey (Republican ) (until November 23), Ira Joy Chase (Republican ) (starting November 23)
Governor of Iowa : Horace Boies (Democratic )
Governor of Kansas : Lyman U. Humphrey (Republican )
Governor of Kentucky : Simon B. Buckner (Democratic ) (until September 2), John Y. Brown (Democratic ) (starting September 2)
Governor of Louisiana : Francis T. Nicholls (Democratic )
Governor of Maine : Edwin C. Burleigh (Republican )
Governor of Maryland : Elihu Emory Jackson (Democratic )
Governor of Massachusetts : John Q. A. Brackett (Republican ) (until January 8), William E. Russell (Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Michigan : Cyrus G. Luce (Republican ) (until January 1), Edwin B. Winans (Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Governor of Minnesota : William R. Merriam (Republican )
Governor of Mississippi : John M. Stone (Democratic )
Governor of Missouri : David R. Francis (Democratic )
Governor of Montana : Joseph Toole (Democratic )
Governor of Nebraska : John Milton Thayer (Republican )
Governor of Nevada : Frank Bell (Republican ) (until January 5), Roswell K. Colcord (Republican ) (starting January 5)
Governor of New Hampshire : David H. Goodell (Republican ) (until January 8), Hiram A. Tuttle (Republican ) (starting January 8)
Governor of New Jersey : Leon Abbett (Democratic )
Governor of New York : David B. Hill (Democratic ) (until end of December 31)
Governor of North Carolina : Daniel Gould Fowle (Democratic ) (until April 7), Thomas Michael Holt (Democratic ) (starting April 7)
Governor of North Dakota : John Miller (Republican ) (until January 7), Andrew H. Burke (Republican ) (starting January 7)
Governor of Ohio : James E. Campbell (Democratic )
Governor of Oregon : Sylvester Pennoyer (Democratic )
Governor of Pennsylvania : James A. Beaver (Republican ) (until January 20), Robert E. Pattison (Democratic ) (starting January 20)
Governor of Rhode Island : John W. Davis (Democratic ) (until May 26), Herbert W. Ladd (Republican ) (starting May 26)
Governor of South Carolina : Benjamin Ryan Tillman (Democratic )
Governor of South Dakota : Arthur C. Mellette (Republican )
Governor of Tennessee : Robert Love Taylor (Democratic ) (until January 19), John P. Buchanan (Farm-Labor) (starting January 19)
Governor of Texas : Lawrence Sullivan Ross (Democratic ) (until January 20), James Stephen Hogg (Democratic ) (starting January 20)
Governor of Vermont : Carroll S. Page (Republican )
Governor of Virginia : Philip W. McKinney (Democratic )
Governor of Washington : Elisha Peyre Ferry (Republican )
Governor of West Virginia : Aretas B. Fleming (Democratic )
Governor of Wisconsin : William D. Hoard (Republican ) (until January 5), George W. Peck (Democratic ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Wyoming : Amos W. Barber (Republican )
Lieutenant Governors
Lieutenant Governor of California : Stephen M. White (Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), John B. Reddick (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : William Grover Smith (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), William Story (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Samuel E. Merwin (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : John S. Gray (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : Lyman Ray (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : Ira Joy Chase (Republican ) (until November 24), Francis M. Griffith (Republican ) (starting November 23)
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : Alfred N. Poyneer (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : Andrew J. Felt (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : James William Bryan (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), Mitchell Cary Alford (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : James Jeffries (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : William H. Haile (political party unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : vacant (until month and day unknown), John Strong (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : Albert E. Rice (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Gideon S. Ives (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : M. M. Evans (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : Stephen H. Claycomb (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Montana : John E. Rickards (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : George D. Meiklejohn (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Thomas J. Majors (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Frank Bell (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown), Joseph Poujade (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of New York : Edward F. Jones (Democratic ) (until end of December 31)
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : Thomas M. Holt (Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), vacant (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : Alfred Dickey (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Roger Allin (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : William V. Marquis (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : William T. Davies (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Louis Arthur Watres (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : William T. C. Wardwell (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), Henry A. Stearns (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : Eugene Cary (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : James H. Fletcher (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), George H. Hoffman (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : Benjamin J. Lea (Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), William C. Dismukes (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Texas : Thomas B. Wheeler (Democratic ) (until January 19), George Cassety Pendleton (Democratic ) (starting January 19)
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : Henry A. Fletcher (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : James Hoge Tyler (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington : Charles E. Laughton (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : George W. Ryland (Republican ) (until January 5), Charles Jonas (Democratic ) (starting January 5)
Events
Undated
Ongoing
Births
February 12 – Eugene Millikin , United States Senator from Colorado from 1941 till 1957. (died 1958 )
Deaths
External links
1891 in North America
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