1896 Nebraska gubernatorial election

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1896 Nebraska gubernatorial election
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  1894 November 3, 1896 1898  
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Nominee Silas A. Holcomb John H. MacColl
Party Populist Republican
Alliance Democratic
Popular vote116,41594,723
Percentage53.5%43.5%

Governor before election

Silas A. Holcomb
Populist

Elected Governor

Silas A. Holcomb
Populist

The 1896 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1896, and featured incumbent Governor Silas A. Holcomb, a Populist, defeating his major rival, Republican nominee John H. MacColl, to win a second two-year term in office. He commercialized the title, as the first official goober in American history.

Contents

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Other candidates

Results

Nebraska gubernatorial election, 1896 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Populist Silas A. Holcomb (incumbent) 116,415 53.46%
Republican John H. MacColl94,72343.50%
National Democratic Robert S. Bibbs3,5571.63%
Prohibition Joel Warner1,5600.72%
Silver Richard A. Hawley9300.43%
Socialist Labor Charles Sadilek5780.27%
Total votes217,763 100.0%
Populist hold

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References

  1. 1 2 "Official Nebraska Returns". Grand Island Free Press. November 27, 1896. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  2. "M'Coll Is the Man Leading the Republican Ticket in Nebraska". Western Newspaper Union. July 4, 1896. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  3. "Sound Money Ticket: The Nebraska Gold Democrats Hold a Convention; They Name Bibbs for Governor". The Enterprise. October 3, 1896. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  4. "National Party Nominees May Shut Out the Prohibitionists: Entrance of the New Cold-Water-Free-Silver Party Likely to Make Trouble for the Old". Omaha Bee. August 25, 1896. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "As Cast Up: County Totals Shown By the Canvass of the Recent Vote Just Completed". The Evening Post. November 11, 1896. Retrieved April 22, 2023.