1894 Nevada gubernatorial election
County resultsJones: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Cleveland: 40–50% 50–60%
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
Results
Results by county
County
John Edward Jones Silver
Abner C. Cleveland Republican
George E. Peckham Populist
Theodore Winters Democratic
Margin
Total votes cast[ 4]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Churchill
94
50.81%
70
37.84%
13
7.03%
8
4.32%
24
12.97%
185
Douglas
147
36.66%
233
58.10%
17
4.24%
4
1.00%
-86
-21.45%
401
Elko
765
67.94%
241
21.40%
51
4.53%
69
6.13%
524
46.54%
1,126
Esmeralda
289
65.24%
125
28.22%
6
1.35%
23
5.19%
164
37.02%
443
Eureka
450
73.41%
135
22.02%
20
3.26%
8
1.31%
315
51.39%
613
Humboldt
736
68.79%
210
19.63%
86
8.04%
38
3.55%
526
49.16%
1,070
Lander
219
48.78%
131
28.18%
31
6.90%
68
15.14%
88
19.60%
449
Lincoln
225
39.40%
216
37.83%
107
18.74%
23
4.03%
9
1.58%
571
Lyon
387
58.64%
233
35.30%
23
3.48%
17
2.58%
154
23.33%
660
Nye
160
71.43%
39
17.41%
14
6.25%
11
4.91%
121
54.02%
224
Ormsby
405
46.61%
433
49.83%
8
0.92%
23
2.65%
-28
-3.22%
869
Storey
676
39.91%
744
43.92%
59
3.48%
215
12.69%
-68
-4.01%
1,694
Washoe
499
28.37%
818
46.50%
271
15.41%
171
9.72%
-319
-18.14%
1,759
White Pine
171
41.81%
233
56.97%
5
1.22%
0
0.00%
-62
-15.16%
409
Totals
5,223
49.87%
3,861
36.87%
711
6.79%
678
6.47%
1,362
13.00%
10,473
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Silver
Counties that flipped from Republican to Silver
References
^ "Gone to his rest" . The White Pine news . Treasure City, Nev. August 27, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 11, 2021 .
^ "Nevada Governor John Edward Jones" . National Governors Association. Retrieved September 29, 2012 .
^ Capace, Nancy (January 1, 2001). "Governors" . The Encyclopedia of Nevada . Somerset Publishers. p. 99. ISBN 9780403096114 . Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Google Books.
^ a b Nevada 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