The 1894 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1894. Incumbent Republican Governor Lorenzo Crounse did not stand for re-election. Populist and Democratic fusion nominee Silas A. Holcomb defeated the Republican nominee, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska Thomas Jefferson Majors.
General election Candidates Silas A. Holcomb, People's Independent and Democratic fusion candidate, district court judge Thomas Jefferson Majors, Republican candidate, Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Phelps D. Sturdevant, Straight Democratic Party (anti-populist) candidate, Nebraska State Treasurer from 1883 to 1885 Edward A. Gerrard, Prohibition Party candidate, publisher of a prohibition newspaper called The Looking Glass from Monroe, Nebraska
Results
See also 1894 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
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