1898 Nebraska gubernatorial election

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1898 Nebraska gubernatorial election
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  1896 November 8, 1898 1900  
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Nominee William A. Poynter Monroe Hayward
Party Populist Republican
Alliance Democratic
Popular vote95,70392,982
Percentage50.19%48.77%

1898 Nebraska gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Poynter:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Hayward:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Governor before election

Silas A. Holcomb
Populist

Elected Governor

William A. Poynter
Populist

The 1898 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898. Incumbent Populist Governor Silas A. Holcomb did not stand for re-election. Populist and Democratic fusion nominee William A. Poynter defeated Republican nominee Monroe Hayward with 50.19% of the vote.

Contents

A party calling itself the Liberty Party held a convention on August 2, 1898, and had originally nominated candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. The nominees were Richard A. Hawley for governor, who had previously run for governor with the so-called National Party in the election of 1896, and J. Phipps Roe, of Omaha, Nebraska, for lieutenant governor. However, on September 22, both candidates withdrew their names and the Liberty Party decided to endorse the Populist/Democratic fusion candidates, William A. Poynter and Edward A. Gilbert, for governor and lieutenant governor respectively. [1]

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Other candidates

Results

1898 Nebraska gubernatorial election [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Populist William A. Poynter [a] 95,703 50.19%
Republican Monroe Hayward 92,98248.77%
Prohibition Robert V. Muir1,7240.90%
Socialist Labor H. S. Aley2480.13%
Scattering110.01%
Majority2,7211.43%
Turnout 190,668
Populist hold
  1. Cross-endorsed by a party calling itself the Liberty Party

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