1896 Attorney General General Election Results

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Attorney General
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Byron L. Carr

Silver Republican & Democr

86,731

46.54%

Nathan C. Miller

Populist & National Silver

68,516

36.76%

Alexander Gullett

Republican

25,329

13.59%

John McAndrew

National Populist

2,735

1.47%

L. Webster Hoyt

Prohibition

2,147

1.15%

David C. Burns

National

634

0.34%

Charles Flich

Socialist Labor

285

0.15%

Turnout

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Election Notes:

The published data on this election (for all statewide offices) is an absolute mess. The 1901 Legislative Manual only gives the county figures for Carr, Miller, and Gullett, with the rest included under "Scattering". No totals are given; the statewide totals for all candidates were reported in various newspapers in January 1897, such as the 1/12/1897 Rocky Mountain News (of Denver). None of the county figures listed in the 1901 Legislative Manual match the totals as canvassed by the General Assembly. The original manuscript returns would be needed to fully reconcile the figures. Some of the minor candidates' figures can be found in newspapers from November 1896.

Demographic Data

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: Colorado Secretary of State. State of Colorado 1901 Legislative Manual, Colorado Secretary of State (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101062210032&view=1up&seq=125) (accessed 13 Dec 2023)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

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