| Election Name: | 1895 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1891 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1894 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1894 |
| Next Election: | 1896 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1896 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 9 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1895; April 3, 1895 (RI) |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 22 |
| Seats After1: | 26 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| 1Data1: | 4 |
| 2Data1: | 8 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 20 |
| Seats After2: | 17 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| 1Data2: | 4 |
| 2Data2: | 1 |
| Party4: | Populist Party (United States) |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| 1Data4: | 0 |
| 2Data4: | 0 |
| Party5: | Silver Party |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| 1Data5: | 0 |
| 2Data5: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1895, in nine states.
Kentucky, Maryland and Mississippi held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years. It would abandon this practice in 1949. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected its governors to a single-year term. They would abandon this practice in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year.
Utah held its first gubernatorial election on achieving statehood.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | Frank D. Jackson | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Francis M. Drake (Republican) 52.00% Washington I. Babb (Democratic) 37.23% Sylvester B. Crane (Populist) 8.02% Francis Bacon (Prohibition) 2.74% [1] | |
| Kentucky | John Y. Brown | Democratic | Term-limited, Republican victory | William O'Connell Bradley (Republican) 48.29% Parker Watkins Hardin (Democratic) 45.80% Thomas S. Pettit (Populist) 4.74% T. P. Demaree (Prohibition) 1.17% [2] | |
| Maryland | Frank Brown | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (Republican) 52.01% John E. Hurst (Democratic) 44.20% Joshua Levering (Prohibition) 3.21% Henry F. Andrews (Populist) 0.57% [3] | |
| Massachusetts | Frederic T. Greenhalge | Republican | Re-elected, 56.77% | George F. Williams (Democratic) 37.06% Edward Kendall (Prohibition) 2.79% Elbridge G. Brown (Populist) 2.37% Moritz E. Ruther (Socialist Labor) 0.99% Scattering 0.01% [4] | |
| Mississippi | John Marshall Stone | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Anselm J. McLaurin (Democratic) 72.85% Frank Burkitt (Populist) 27.15% [5] [6] | |
| New Jersey | George Theodore Werts | Democratic | Term-limited, Republican victory | John W. Griggs (Republican) 52.28% Alexander T. McGill (Democratic) 43.64% Henry W. Wilbur (Prohibition) 2.14% George B. Keim (Socialist Labor) 1.33% William B. Ellis (Populist) 0.61% [7] | |
| Ohio | William McKinley | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Asa S. Bushnell (Republican) 51.00% James E. Campbell (Democratic) 39.94% Jacob S. Coxey Sr. (Populist) 6.29% Seth H. Ellis (Prohibition) 2.54% William Watkins (Socialist Labor) 0.22% [8] | |
| Rhode Island (held, 5 April 1895) | Daniel Russell Brown | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Charles W. Lippitt (Republican) 56.89% George L. Littlefield (Democratic) 32.39% Smith Quimby (Prohibition) 5.95% George Ellsworth Boomer (Socialist Labor) 3.92% William Foster Jr. (Populist) 0.86% [9] | |
| Utah | New state | Heber Manning Wells (Republican) 50.32% John Thomas Caine (Democratic) 44.73% Henry W. Lawrence (Populist) 4.95% [10] |