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1896 Illinois Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1896 Illinois Gubernatorial Election?

John Riley Tanner won the 1896 Illinois Gubernatorial Election. John Riley Tanner received 587,637 popular votes (54.1%). The main challenger was John Peter Altgeld (43.66%).

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Tanner +10.4 pts · won by 113,381 votes
John Riley TannerRepublicanWINNER54.1%
587,637 votes
John Peter AltgeldDemocratic43.66%
474,256 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.2% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.