Election Name: | 1874 Nebraska gubernatorial election |
Country: | Nebraska |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1872 Nebraska gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1872 |
Next Election: | 1876 Nebraska gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1876 |
Election Date: | October 13, 1874 |
Nominee1: | Silas Garber |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 21,568 |
Percentage1: | 59.9% |
Nominee2: | Albert Tuxbury |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 8,946 |
Percentage2: | 24.8% |
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Nominee3: | Jonathan F. Gardner |
Party3: | Independent (United States) |
Popular Vote3: | 4,159 |
Percentage3: | 11.6% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Robert Wilkinson Furnas |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Silas Garber |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
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.