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.

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

Nebraska gubernatorial election, 1896^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.

[results-1] "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.

[names-5] "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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General election

Candidates

Results

See also

References