1902 Nevada gubernatorial election

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1902 Nevada gubernatorial election
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  1898 November 4, 1902 1906  
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Nominee John Sparks A. C. Cleveland
Party Silver Republican
Popular vote6,5404,778
Percentage57.78%42.22%

1902 Nevada gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Sparks:     50–60%     60–70%
Cleveland:     50–60%     60–70%
No Returns:     

Governor before election

Reinhold Sadler
Silver

Elected Governor

John Sparks
Silver

The 1902 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902. The Silver Party nominee "Honest" John Sparks defeated Republican nominee Abner Coburn Cleveland, with 6,540 votes to his opponents 4,778. He succeeded fellow Silver Party Governor Reinhold Sadler in office.

Contents

General election

Unlike in 1898, when Silver Party Governor Reinhold Sadler faced off against Republican, Democratic, and Populist candidates, the state Democratic Party, the Populists, and the state Silver Party had essentially merged into one electoral vehicle (reflected in William Jennings Bryan's landslide victory in the state two years prior in the 1896 Presidential election, only four years after a Populist landslide). Cattleman John Sparks won and become the third of four Silver Party governor in a row.

Republican nominee A. C. Cleveland would die the following year, in 1903, and Sparks himself would die a year before his second term ended, in 1908.

Candidates

Results

1902 Nevada gubernatorial election [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Silver John Sparks 6,540 57.78% +22.11%
Republican Abner Coburn Cleveland4,77842.22%+6.76%
Majority1,76215.56%
Total votes11,318 100.00%
Silver hold Swing +15.35%

Results by county

CountyJohn Sparks
Silver & Democratic
Abner C. Cleveland
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast [3] [4]
# %# %# %
Churchill 13862.73%8237.27%5625.45%220
Douglas 19744.77%24355.23%-46-10.45%440
Elko 76554.76%63245.24%1339.52%1,397
Esmeralda 25053.08%22146.92%296.16%471
Eureka 28361.79%17538.21%10823.58%458
Humboldt 66261.18%42038.82%24222.37%1,082
Lander 28066.35%14233.65%13832.70%422
Lincoln 32149.84%32350.16%-2-0.31%644
Lyon 33556.88%25443.12%8113.75%589
Nye 60367.68%28832.32%31535.35%891
Ormsby 38551.06%36948.94%162.12%754
Storey 56756.76%43243.24%13513.51%999
Washoe 1,53664.70%83835.30%69829.40%2,374
White Pine 21837.78%35962.22%-141-24.44%577
Totals6,54057.78%4,77842.22%1,76215.57%11,318

Counties that flipped from Republican to Silver

Counties that flipped from Silver to Republican

Notes

  1. Lincoln County was carried by the Democratic candidate in 1898; the Silver and Democratic parties were not fused in 1898

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References

  1. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Cleveland".
  2. "Our Campaigns - Candidate - A.C. Cleveland".
  3. 1 2 Nevada State Archives, Election Returns of General Election held on the Fourth day of November A.D. 1902 in the State of Nevada, as certified to by the County Clerks to the Secretary of State at Carson City, Nevada
  4. 1 2 Nevada Secretary of State. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State 1901-1902. Carson City, Nevada. p. 84.