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1896 Governor election results

31 races · 31 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1896 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1896 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaJoseph F. JohnstonD128,549 votes · +39,259 over Albert Taylor Goodwyn
ArkansasDaniel W. JonesD91,114 votes · +55,278 over Harmon L. Remmel
ColoradoAlva AdamsD87,387 votes · +15,579 over Morton Shelley Bailey
ConnecticutLorrin A. CookeR108,807 votes · +52,283 over Joseph B. Sargent
DelawareEbe W. TunnellD15,507 votes · +4,493 over John H. Hoffecker
FloridaWilliam D. BloxhamD27,171 votes · +18,881 over Edward R. Gunby
GeorgiaWilliam Yates AtkinsonD123,206 votes · +37,225 over Seaborn Wright
IdahoFrank SteunenbergD22,096 votes · +15,655 over David H. Budlong
IllinoisJohn Riley TannerR587,637 votes · +113,381 over John Peter Altgeld
IndianaJames A MountR320,936 votes · +26,081 over Benjamin F. Shively
KansasJohn W. LeedyP167,941 votes · +7,434 over Edmund Needham Morrill
LouisianaMurphy J. FosterD116,116 votes · +28,418 over John N. Pharr
MaineLlewellyn PowersR82,596 votes · +48,246 over Melvin P. Frank
MassachusettsRoger WolcottR258,204 votes · +154,542 over George Fred Williams
MichiganHazen S. PingreeR304,431 votes · +79,231 over Charles R. Sligh
MinnesotaDavid Marston CloughR165,806 votes · +3,552 over John Lind
MissouriLawrence Vest StephensD351,062 votes · +43,333 over Robert E. Lewis
MontanaRobert Burns SmithD36,688 votes · +21,695 over Alexander C. Botkin
NebraskaSilas A. HolcombP116,415 votes · +21,692 over John H. MacColl
New HampshireGeorge A. RamsdellR48,387 votes · +20,054 over Henry O. Kent
North CarolinaDaniel Lindsay RussellF154,025 votes · +8,739 over Cyrus B. Watson
North DakotaFrank A. BriggsR25,918 votes · +5,228 over Robert B. Richardson
Rhode IslandCharles W. LippittR28,472 votes · +11,411 over George L. Littlefield
South CarolinaWilliam Haselden EllerbeD59,424 votes · +54,992 over Sampson Pope
South DakotaAndrew E. LeeP41,187 votes · +319 over Amund O. Ringsrud
TennesseeRobert Love TaylorD156,227 votes · +6,853 over G. N. Tillman
TexasCharles CulbersonD298,643 votes · +60,318 over Jerome Kearby
VermontJosiah GroutR53,426 votes · +38,571 over J. Henry Jackson
WashingtonJohn Rankin RogersP50,849 votes · +12,695 over Potter C. Sullivan
West VirginiaGeorge W. AtkinsonR105,588 votes · +12,030 over Cornelius Clarkson Watts
WisconsinEdward ScofieldR264,981 votes · +95,724 over Willis C. Silverthorn