1896 Gubernatorial General Election Results

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Data for this Contest was Contributed by on 2010-05-16

Gubernatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Daniel L. Russell

Republican

153,787

46.57%

Cyrus B. Watson

Democratic

145,266

43.99%

William A. Guthrie

Populist

31,143

9.43%

Turnout

Maps

Election Notes:

Source omits 553 votes for National Prohibition candidate James R. Jones, 246 votes for Prohibition candidate Jeremiah W. Holt, and 10 scattering votes.

Demographic Data

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: North Carolina Secretary of State. North Carolina Manual, 1913, North Carolina Secretary of State (http://www.archive.org/stream/manualofnorthcar1913nort#page/1006/mode/2up) (accessed 16 May 2010)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

Results for and Individual County: