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1894 Nevada gubernatorial election

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1894 Nevada gubernatorial election

← 1890 November 6, 1894 1898 →
 
Nominee John Edward Jones Abner Coburn Cleveland
Party Silver Republican
Popular vote 5,223 3,861
Percentage 49.87% 36.87%

 
Nominee George Peckham Theodore Winters
Party Populist Democratic
Popular vote 711 678
Percentage 6.79% 6.47%

County results
Jones:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Cleveland:      40–50%      50–60%

Governor before election

Roswell K. Colcord
Republican

Elected Governor

John Edward Jones
Silver

The 1894 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1894 in the U.S. state of Nevada.

Incumbent Republican Governor Roswell K. Colcord did not stand for re-election.

Silver Party nominee John Edward Jones defeated Republican nominee Abner Coburn Cleveland, Populist nominee George Peckham, and Democratic nominee Theodore Winters with 49.87% of the vote.

General election

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Candidates

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Results

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1894 Nevada gubernatorial election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Silver John Edward Jones 5,223 49.87% +49.87%
Republican Abner C. Cleveland 3,861 36.87% −16.40%
Populist George E. Peckham 711 6.79% +6.79%
Democratic Theodore Winters 678 6.47% −40.26%
Plurality 1,362 13.00%
Total votes 10,473 100.00%
Silver gain from Republican Swing +6.47%

Results by county

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County John Edward Jones
Silver
Abner C. Cleveland
Republican
George E. Peckham
Populist
Theodore Winters
Democratic
Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # % # % # %
Churchill 94 50.81% 70 37.84% 13 7.03% 8 4.32% 24 12.97% 185
Douglas 147 36.66% 233 58.10% 17 4.24% 4 1.00% -86 -21.45% 401
Elko 765 67.94% 241 21.40% 51 4.53% 69 6.13% 524 46.54% 1,126
Esmeralda 289 65.24% 125 28.22% 6 1.35% 23 5.19% 164 37.02% 443
Eureka 450 73.41% 135 22.02% 20 3.26% 8 1.31% 315 51.39% 613
Humboldt 736 68.79% 210 19.63% 86 8.04% 38 3.55% 526 49.16% 1,070
Lander 219 48.78% 131 28.18% 31 6.90% 68 15.14% 88 19.60% 449
Lincoln 225 39.40% 216 37.83% 107 18.74% 23 4.03% 9 1.58% 571
Lyon 387 58.64% 233 35.30% 23 3.48% 17 2.58% 154 23.33% 660
Nye 160 71.43% 39 17.41% 14 6.25% 11 4.91% 121 54.02% 224
Ormsby 405 46.61% 433 49.83% 8 0.92% 23 2.65% -28 -3.22% 869
Storey 676 39.91% 744 43.92% 59 3.48% 215 12.69% -68 -4.01% 1,694
Washoe 499 28.37% 818 46.50% 271 15.41% 171 9.72% -319 -18.14% 1,759
White Pine 171 41.81% 233 56.97% 5 1.22% 0 0.00% -62 -15.16% 409
Totals 5,223 49.87% 3,861 36.87% 711 6.79% 678 6.47% 1,362 13.00% 10,473

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Silver

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Silver

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References

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  1. ^ "Gone to his rest". The White Pine news. Treasure City, Nev. August 27, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "Nevada Governor John Edward Jones". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  3. ^ Capace, Nancy (January 1, 2001). "Governors". The Encyclopedia of Nevada. Somerset Publishers. p. 99. ISBN 9780403096114. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b Nevada State Archives, Abstract of all the votes at the General Election held in the State of Nevada on the Sixth day of November 1894, for State and Judicial Officers