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1894 Nevada gubernatorial election Nevada 1891 Presidential no 1890 Nevada gubernatorial election 1890 1898 Nevada gubernatorial election 1898 November 6, 1894 John Edward Jones, governor of Nevada.jpg John Edward Jones Silver Party 5,223 49.87% 3x4.svg Abner Coburn Cleveland Republican Party (United States) 3,861 36.87% George Peckham People's Party (United States) 711 6.79% Theodore Winters Democratic Party (United States) 678 6.47% 1894 Nevada gubernatorial election results map by county.svg x240px County resultsJones: #E6E6E6 30–40% #D9D9D9 40–50% #BDBDBD 50–60% #969696 60–70% #737373 70–80%Cleveland: #ffb1b4 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% Governor Roswell K. Colcord Republican Party (United States) John Edward Jones Silver Party
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
Candidates
George Peckham, Populist
Abner Coburn Cleveland, Republican, former State Senator August 27, 1903 Gone to his rest https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022047/1903-08-27/ed-1/seq-1/ The White Pine news Treasure City, Nev. 1 11 October 2021
Theodore Winters, Democratic, Democratic nominee for Governor in 1890
John Edward Jones, Silver, Surveyor General of Nevada http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_nevada/col2-content/main-content-list/title_jones_john.html Nevada Governor John Edward Jones National Governors Association September 29, 2012Governors https://books.google.com/books?id=oLd4nCEMbpUC&pg=PA99 Nancy Capace The Encyclopedia of Nevada Somerset Publishers 9780403096114 99 2001-01-01 2021-01-09 Google Books
Results
1894 Nevada gubernatorial electionNevada 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
Silver Party John Edward Jones 5,223 49.87% +49.87%
Republican Party (United States) Abner C. Cleveland 3,861 36.87% -16.40%
People's Party (United States) George E. Peckham 711 6.79% +6.79%
Democratic Party (United States) Theodore Winters 678 6.47% -40.26%
1,362 13.00%
10,473 100.00%
Silver Party Republican Party (United States) +6.47%
Results by county
County John Edward JonesSilver Abner C. ClevelandRepublican George E. PeckhamPopulist Theodore WintersDemocratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Churchill9450.81%7037.84%137.03%84.32%2412.97%185Douglas14736.66%23358.10%174.24%41.00%-86-21.45%401Elko76567.94%24121.40%514.53%696.13%52446.54%1,126Esmeralda28965.24%12528.22%61.35%235.19%16437.02%443Eureka45073.41%13522.02%203.26%81.31%31551.39%613Humboldt73668.79%21019.63%868.04%383.55%52649.16%1,070Lander21948.78%13128.18%316.90%6815.14%8819.60%449Lincoln22539.40%21637.83%10718.74%234.03%91.58%571Lyon38758.64%23335.30%233.48%172.58%15423.33%660Nye16071.43%3917.41%146.25%114.91%12154.02%224Ormsby40546.61%43349.83%80.92%232.65%-28-3.22%869Storey67639.91%74443.92%593.48%21512.69%-68-4.01%1,694Washoe49928.37%81846.50%27115.41%1719.72%-319-18.14%1,759White Pine17141.81%23356.97%51.22%00.00%-62-15.16%409Totals5,22349.87%3,86136.87%7116.79%6786.47%1,36213.00%10,473
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Silver
Churchill
Elko
Humboldt
Lincoln
Nye
Counties that flipped from Republican to Silver
Esmeralda
Eureka
Lander
Lyon
References
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