1896 North Carolina gubernatorial election

1896 North Carolina gubernatorial election

← 1892 November 3, 1896 1900 →
 
Nominee Daniel Lindsay Russell Cyrus B. Watson William A. Guthrie
Party Fusion Democratic Populist
Popular vote 154,025 145,286 30,943
Percentage 46.5% 43.9% 9.4%

County results
Russell:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Watson:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Guthrie:      30–40%

Governor before election

Elias Carr
Democratic

Elected Governor

Daniel Lindsay Russell
Republican

The 1896 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1896. Republican nominee Daniel Lindsay Russell defeated Democratic nominee Cyrus B. Watson with 46.52% of the vote. This was the only election in North Carolina between 1872 and 1972 in which the Republican nominee won the governor's office,[1] and the only one until 2016 in which no candidate received over 50% of the vote.