Events from the year 1893 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Governors

• 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

• 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)

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