The 1890 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held in the U.S. state on Tuesday November 4, to elect the governor of South Carolina. Ben Tillman was nominated by the Democrats and easily won the
Tillman as governor
AC Haskell
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Benjamin Ryan Tillman was an American Democratic Party politician who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A white
1890 South Carolina gubernatorial election
…The 1890 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held in the U.S. state on Tuesday November 4, to elect the governor of South Carolina. Ben Tillman was nominated by the Democrats and easily won the general election against A.C. Haskell to become the 84th governor of South Carolina. In January 1890…
Tillman in c. 1910
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