1894 Tennessee gubernatorial election

none related races 1894 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1894 Tennessee gubernatorial election Presidential no 1892 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1892 1896 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1896 November 6, 1894 File:Portrait of Governor Peter Turney.jpg 150x150px Peter Turney Democratic Party (United States) 94,620 45.06% File:Portrait of Henry Clay Evans (3x4a).jpg Henry Clay Evans Republican Party (United States) 92,266 43.94% File:3x4.svg A. L. Mims People's Party (United States) 23,092 11.00% File:1894 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County results Turney: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Evans: #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90% Governor Peter Turney Democratic Party (United States) Peter Turney Democratic Party (United States) The 1894 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1894. Incumbent Democratic governor Peter Turney defeated former congressman and Republican nominee Henry Clay Evans with 45.06% of the vote. Henry Clay Evans had been gerrymandered out of office for supporting the Lodge Bill. Though Turney painted Evans as a "carpetbagger," Evans ran an effective campaign, and the initial vote tally on election day indicated Evans had won with 105,104 votes to 104,356 for Turney, and 23,088 for Populist candidate A.J. Mims. The Democratic-controlled legislature, however, declared voter fraud had occurred and negated over 23,000 votes, allowing Turney to win the election by 2,000 votes.Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 223-227. General election Candidates H. Clay Evans, former U.S. representative and mayor of Chattanooga (Republican) A. L. Mims (People's) Peter Turney, Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court (Democratic) Results 1894 Tennessee gubernatorial electionhttps://books.google.com/books?id=nqAaAQAAMAAJ Guide to U.S. elections - CQ Press, Congressional Quarterly, inc 2005 CQ Press 9781568029818 2020-09-14 Democratic Party (United States) Peter Turney (incumbent) 94,620 45.06% Republican Party (United States) Henry Clay Evans 92,266 43.94% People's Party (United States) A. L. Mims 23,092 11.00% 2,354 Democratic Party (United States) References 1894 Tennessee Gubernatorial Category:November 1894 in the United States