1896 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

1896 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

November 3, 1896 (1896-11-03)

Nominee John Eugene Osborne Frank Wheeler Mondell Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 10,310 10,044 Percentage 49.14% 47.87%

County results Osborne:      40–50%     50–60%      60–70% Mondell:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Frank Wheeler Mondell Republican Elected U.S. Representative John Eugene Osborne Democratic

The Wyoming United States House election for 1896 was held on November 3, 1896. Democratic John Eugene Osborne defeated Republican incumbent Frank Wheeler Mondell with 49.14% of the vote making Mondell the third incumbent Representative from Wyoming to lose reelection and was the third time in a row that the incumbent had lost. It was the first time that the House election was won with only a plurality of the votes.

Results

United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 1896

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Eugene Osborne	10,310	49.14%
	Republican	Frank Wheeler Mondell (inc.)	10,044	47.87%
	Populist	William Brown	628	2.99%
Total votes			20,982	100%