1900 Nebraska gubernatorial election

The 1900 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900.

1900 Nebraska gubernatorial election

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Nominee Charles Henry Dietrich William A. Poynter Party Republican Populist Alliance Democratic Popular vote 113,879 113,018 Percentage 48.88% 48.51%

County results Dietrich:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Poynter:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election William A. Poynter Populist Elected Governor Charles Henry Dietrich Republican

Incumbent Populist and Democratic fusion Governor William A. Poynter was defeated for re-election by Republican nominee Charles Henry Dietrich.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

• William A. Poynter, People's Independent and Democratic fusion candidate,^[1] Incumbent Governor
• Charles Henry Dietrich, Republican, banker^[2]

Other candidates

• Lucius O. Jones, Prohibition candidate, businessman, banker, prominent member of the Methodist church, and Prohibition nominee for lieutenant governor in 1896 from Lincoln, Nebraska^[3][4][5]
• Taylor Flick, Midroad Populist, former member of the Kansas Legislature.^[6] Flick was nominated by a Midroad Populist convention which objected to fusion with the Democrats.^[7]
• Prof. Theodore Kharas, Social Democrat^[8]

Results

1900 Nebraska gubernatorial election^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Henry Dietrich	113,879	48.88%
	Populist	William A. Poynter (incumbent)	113,018[a]	48.51%
	Prohibition	Lucius O. Jones	4,315	1.85%
	Midroad-Populist	Taylor Flick	1,095	0.47%
	Social Democratic	Theodore Kharas	674	0.29%
Majority			861	0.37%
Turnout			232,981
	Republican gain from Populist

See also

• 1900 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

Notes

1. Dubin gives Poynter's vote as 113,048.^[14]