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1895 Utah gubernatorial election

November of 1895
 
Nominee Heber Manning Wells John Thomas Caine
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 20,833 18,519
Percentage 50.32% 44.73%

Elected Governor

Heber Manning Wells
Republican

The 1895 Utah gubernatorial election was held in November of 1895. It was the first gubernatorial election in the state of Utah and it was held before it became a state on the 4 of January, 1896. Republican Heber Manning Wells defeated Democratic nominee John Thomas Caine with 50.32% of the vote. Wells' first term was to run for five years, until the next general election in 1900. Also, Populist Henry W. Lawrence ran but only won 4.95% of the vote.

General election[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

1895 Utah gubernatorial election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Heber Manning Wells 20,833 50.32%
Democratic John Thomas Caine 18,513 44.73%
Majority 2,314 1.79%
Turnout 41.631 19,75%
Republican hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kalb, Deborah (24 December 2015). Guide to U.S. Elections. ISBN 9781483380353. Retrieved 2020-08-05.

Utah Territory

1900 Utah gubernatorial election

Utah Election history