United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1894, in 28 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 6, 1894 (except in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont, which held early elections).

In New York, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a three-year term.

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Alabama(held, 6 August 1894) Thomas G. Jones Democratic Retired, Democratic victory William C. Oates (Democratic) 57.10%Reuben F. Kolb (Populist) 42.90% Arkansas(held, 3 September 1894) William Meade Fishback Democratic Retired, Democratic victory James Paul Clarke (Democratic) 58.91%Harmon L. Remmel (Republican) 20.54%David E. Barker (Populist) 19.33%J. W. Miller (Prohibition) 1.22% California Henry Markham Republican Retired, Democratic victory James Budd (Democratic) 39.34%Morris M. Estee (Republican) 38.92%J. V. Webster (Populist) 18.03%Henry French (Prohibition) 3.71% Colorado Davis Hanson Waite Populist Defeated, 41.38% Albert McIntire (Republican) 51.66%Charles S. Thomas (Democratic) 4.61%George Richardson (Prohibition) 2.35% Connecticut Luzon B. Morris Democratic Retired, Republican victory Owen Vincent Coffin (Republican) 54.18%Ernest Cady (Democratic) 42.77%DeWitt C. Pond (Prohibition) 1.49%Edwin C. Bingham (Populist) 1.00%James F. Tuckey (Socialist Labor) 0.55%Scattering 0.01% Delaware Robert J. Reynolds Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Joshua H. Marvil (Republican) 50.81%Ebe W. Tunnell (Democratic) 47.69%Thomas J. Perry (Prohibition) 1.51% Georgia(held, 3 October 1894) William J. Northen Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory William Yates Atkinson (Democratic) 55.54%James K. Hines (Populist) 44.46% Idaho William J. McConnell Republican Re-elected, 41.51% James W. Ballantine (Populist) 28.96%Edward A. Stevenson (Democratic) 28.70%Henry C. McFarland (Prohibition) 0.83% Kansas Lorenzo D. Lewelling Populist Defeated, 39.54% Edmund Needham Morrill (Republican) 49.69%David Overmyer (Democratic) 8.93%I. O. Pickering (Prohibition) 1.84% Maine(held, 10 September 1894) Henry B. Cleaves Republican Re-elected, 64.32% Charles Fletcher Johnson (Democratic) 28.21%Luther C. Bateman (Populist) 4.94%Ira G. Hersey (Prohibition) 2.52% Massachusetts Frederic T. Greenhalge Republican Re-elected, 56.45% John E. Russell (Democratic) 36.95%Alfred W. Richardson (Prohibition) 2.97%George H. Cary (Populist) 2.69%David G. Taylor (Socialist Labor) 0.93% Michigan John T. Rich Republican Re-elected, 56.89% Spencer O. Fisher (Democratic) 31.37%Alva M. Nichols (Populist) 7.20%Albert M. Todd (Prohibition) 4.51%Scattering 0.04% Minnesota Knute Nelson Republican Re-elected, 49.94% Sidney M. Owen (Populist) 29.67%George Loomis Becker (Democratic) 18.09%Hans S. Hilleboe (Prohibition) 2.31% Nebraska Lorenzo Crounse Republican Retired, Populist victory Silas A. Holcomb (Populist) 47.98%Thomas Jefferson Majors (Republican) 46.41%P. Sturdevant (Straight-Out Democrat) 3.43%E. A. Gerrard (Prohibition) 2.18% Nevada Roswell K. Colcord Republican John Edward Jones (Silver) 49.87%Abner Coburn Cleveland (Republican) 36.87%George Peckham (Populist) 6.79%Theodore Winters (Democratic) 6.47% New Hampshire John Butler Smith Republican Retired, Republican victory Charles A. Busiel (Republican) 55.98%Henry O. Kent (Democratic) 40.89%Daniel C. Knowles (Prohibition) 2.11%George D. Epps (Populist) 1.00%Scattering 0.03% New York Roswell P. Flower Democratic Retired, Republican victory Levi P. Morton (Republican) 52.82%David B. Hill (Democratic) 40.58%Everett P. Wheeler (Reform Democrat) 2.13%Francis E. Baldwin (Prohibition) 1.84%Charles H. Matchett (Socialist Labor) 1.24%Charles B. Matthews (Populist) 0.87%Scattering 0.51% North Dakota Eli C. D. Shortridge Populist Retired, Republican victory Roger Allin (Republican) 57.49%Elmer D. Wallace (Populist) 22.67%F. M. Kinter (Democratic) 19.84% Oregon(held, 4 June 1894) Sylvester Pennoyer Democratic Term limited, Republican victory William Paine Lord (Republican) 47.23%Nathan Pierce (Populist) 29.99%William Galloway (Democratic) 20.51%James Kennedy (Prohibition) 2.26% Pennsylvania Robert E. Pattison Democratic Term limited, Republican victory Daniel H. Hastings (Republican) 60.32%William M. Singerly (Democratic) 34.98%Charles L. Hawley (Prohibition) 2.46%Jerome T. Ailman (Populist) 2.04%Thomas H. Grundy (Socialist Labor) 0.18%Scattering 0.01% Rhode Island(held, 4 April 1894) D. Russell Brown Republican Re-elected, 53.15% David S. Baker (Democratic) 41.28%Henry B. Metcalf (Prohibition) 4.08%Charles G. Baylor (Socialist Labor) 1.08%Henry A. Burlingame (Populist) 0.41% South Carolina Benjamin Tillman Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory John Gary Evans (Democratic) 69.57%Sampson Pope (Populist) 30.43% South Dakota Charles H. Sheldon Republican Re-elected, 52.64% Isaac Howe (Populist) 34.63%James A. Ward (Democratic) 11.41%M. H. Alexander (Prohibition) 1.32% Tennessee Peter Turney Democratic Re-elected after disputed election (Original result)Henry Clay Evans (Republican) 45.20%Peter Turney (Democratic) 44.87%A. L. Mims (Populist) 9.93%(Result declared by General Assembly)Peter Turney (Democratic) 45.06%Henry Clay Evans (Republican) 43.94%A. L. Mims (Populist) 11.00% Texas Jim Hogg Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Charles A. Culberson (Democratic) 49.01%Thomas L. Nugent (Populist) 36.13%W. K. Makemason (Republican) 12.90%J. B. Schmitz (Lily-White Republican) 1.19%J. M. Dunn (Prohibition) 0.52%Scattering 0.25% Vermont(held, 4 September 1894) Levi K. Fuller Republican Retired, Republican victory Urban A. Woodbury (Republican) 73.54%George W. Smith (Democratic) 24.38%Thomas S. McGinnis (Populist) 1.28%Rodney Whittemore (Prohibition) 0.79%Scattering 0.02% Wisconsin George Wilbur Peck Democratic Defeated, 37.89% William H. Upham (Republican) 52.24%D. Frank Powell (Populist) 6.82%John F. Cleghorn (Prohibition) 2.99%Scattering 0.05% Wyoming John Eugene Osborne Democratic William A. Richards (Republican) 52.61%William H. Holliday (Democratic) 36.11%Lewis C. Tidball (Populist) 11.28%

See also 1894 United States elections

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