1896 Nebraska gubernatorial election
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.
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General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
- Silas A. Holcomb, People's Independent and Democratic fusion candidate, incumbent Governor of Nebraska[1]
- John H. MacColl, Republican candidate[2]
- Robert S. Bibbs, Nebraska Gold Democratic candidate[3]
Other candidates
- Richard A. Hawley, National Silver Party[4]
- Joel Warner, Prohibition Party[5]
- Charles Sadilek, Socialist Labor[5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Populist | Silas A. Holcomb (incumbent) | 116,415 | 53.46% | ||
| Republican | John H. MacColl | 94,723 | 43.50% | ||
| National Democratic | Robert S. Bibbs | 3,557 | 1.63% | ||
| Prohibition | Joel Warner | 1,560 | 0.72% | ||
| Silver | Richard A. Hawley | 930 | 0.43% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Charles Sadilek | 578 | 0.27% | ||
| Total votes | 217,763 | 100.0% | |||
| Populist hold | |||||
References
- "Official Nebraska Returns". Grand Island Free Press. November 27, 1896. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- "M'Coll Is the Man Leading the Republican Ticket in Nebraska". Western Newspaper Union. July 4, 1896. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- "Sound Money Ticket: The Nebraska Gold Democrats Hold a Convention; They Name Bibbs for Governor". The Enterprise. October 3, 1896. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- "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.
- "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.
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