1874 Nebraska gubernatorial election

1874 Nebraska gubernatorial election
October 13, 1874
 
Nominee Silas Garber Albert Tuxbury Jonathan F. Gardner
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote 21,568 8,946 4,159
Percentage 59.9% 24.8% 11.6%
County results
Garber:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      >90%
Tuxbury:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      80-90%
Gardner:      40-50%      50-60%
     No Votes
Governor before election

Robert Wilkinson Furnas
Republican

 Elected Governor

Silas Garber
Republican

The 1874 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on October 13, 1874. It was the last gubernatorial election held under the Nebraska Constitution of 1866. Incumbent Governor of Nebraska Robert Wilkinson Furnas did not seek reelection to a second term. The election featured Republican nominee Silas Garber, a member of the Nebraska House of Representatives, defeating Democratic nominee Albert Tuxbury, mayor of Nebraska City, as well as Independent nominee Jonathan F. Gardner and Prohibition Party nominee Jarvis S. Church.

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