1892 Nebraska gubernatorial election
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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.
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November 8, 1892
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 County results
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General election
Candidates
- Charles Eugene Bentley, Prohibition candidate, chairman of the Nebraska Prohibition Party[1]
- 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[2]
- J. Sterling Morton, Democratic candidate, former acting governor of Nebraska Territory and former Democratic candidate for governor of Nebraska in 1866, 1882, and 1884[2][3]
- Charles Van Wyck, People's Independent (Populist) candidate, former Republican United States senator from Nebraska[4][2]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Republican | Lorenzo Crounse | 78,426 | 39.71% | ||
| Populist | Charles Van Wyck | 68,617 | 34.74% | ||
| Democratic | J. Sterling Morton | 44,196 | 22.38% | ||
| Prohibition | Charles Eugene Bentley | 6,235 | 3.16% | ||
| Total votes | 197,474 | 100.0% | |||
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