1894 Wyoming gubernatorial election

1894 Wyoming gubernatorial election

← 1892 November 6, 1894 1898 →
Turnout31.78% of Total Population Increase 3.35
 
Nominee William A. Richards William H. Holliday Lewis C. Tidball
Party Republican Democratic Populist
Popular vote 10,149 6,965 2,176
Percentage 52.61% 36.11% 11.28%

County Results

Governor before election

John E. Osborne
Democratic

Elected Governor

William A. Richards
Republican

The 1894 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1894. Democratic Governor John E. Osborne, first elected in the 1892 special election, declined to seek re-election to a second term, instead aiming to be elected to the U.S. Senate.[1] In part because of a backlash against the Democratic Party owing to the Panic of 1893, Republicans won the governorship back from the Democrats, and would hold onto it until 1914.

  1. ^ "Wants to be Senator: Governor Osborne Anxious to Represent Wyoming at Washington". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. July 21, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved June 6, 2021.