1894 Nebraska gubernatorial election

Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Nebraska

← 1892

November 6, 1894

1896 →


Nominee	Silas A. Holcomb	Thomas Jefferson Majors
Party	Populist	Republican
Alliance	Democratic
Popular vote	97,815	94,623
Percentage	48.0%	46.4%

Governor before election

Lorenzo Crounse
Republican

Elected Governor

Silas A. Holcomb
Populist

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The 1894 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1894. Incumbent Republican Governor Lorenzo Crounse did not stand for re-election. Populist and Democratic fusion nominee Silas A. Holcomb defeated the Republican nominee, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska Thomas Jefferson Majors.

General election

Candidates

Silas A. Holcomb, People's Independent and Democratic fusion candidate, district court judge^[1]^[2]
Thomas Jefferson Majors, Republican candidate, Nebraska Lieutenant Governor^[3]
Phelps D. Sturdevant, Straight Democratic Party (anti-populist) candidate, Nebraska State Treasurer from 1883 to 1885^[2]^[4]^[5]
E. A. Gerrard, Prohibition Party candidate, publisher of a prohibition newspaper called The Looking Glass from Monroe, Nebraska^[6]

Results

Nebraska gubernatorial election, 1894^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Populist	Silas A. Holcomb	97,815	47.98%
	Republican	Thomas Jefferson Majors	94,623	46.41%
	Democratic	Phelps D. Sturdevant	6,989	3.43%
	Prohibition	E. A. Gerrard	4,439	2.18%
Total votes			203,866	100.0%
	Populist gain from Republican

References

^ "Silas Alexander Holcomb". National Governors Association. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Silas A. Holcomb Reads His Title Clear". Omaha Daily Bee. November 17, 1894. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
^ "Talking Politics: A Trio of Republican Orators Address a Fremont Audience". Fremont Weekly Herald. September 25, 1894. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Nebraska Official Returns". Golden Belt of Red Cloud, Nebraska. November 23, 1894. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
^ "Chairman Smythe Denounces Bolters". Grand Island Daily Independent. November 1, 1894. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
^ "Jumps On Gerrard: Columbus Saloon Keeper Goes After the Defeated Candidate". Nebraska State Journal. November 19, 1894. Retrieved April 22, 2023.

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