The 1892 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1892. Incumbent Democratic Governor James E. Boyd did not seek re-election. Lorenzo Crounse, the Republican nominee, defeated both the Democratic nominee, J. Sterling Morton, and the Populist nominee, Charles Van Wyck.
General election Candidates Charles Eugene Bentley, Prohibition candidate, chairman of the Nebraska Prohibition Party Lorenzo Crounse, Republican candidate, former justice on the Nebraska Supreme Court, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's at-large congressional district, and Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury J. Sterling Morton, Democratic candidate, former acting governor of Nebraska Territory and former Democratic candidate for governor of Nebraska in 1866, 1882, and 1884 Charles Van Wyck, People's Independent (Populist) candidate, former Republican United States senator from Nebraska
Results
See also 1892 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
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