1894 Michigan gubernatorial election

November 6, 1894


Nominee	John T. Rich	Spencer O. Fisher
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	237,215	130,823
Percentage	56.89%	31.37%

Governor before election

John T. Rich
Republican

Elected Governor

John T. Rich
Republican

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The 1894 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1894. Incumbent Republican John T. Rich defeated Democratic candidate Spencer O. Fisher with 56.89% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

John T. Rich, Republican
Spencer O. Fisher, Democratic

Other candidates

Alva W. Nichols, People's
Albert M. Todd, Prohibition

Results

Michigan gubernatorial election, 1894^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John T. Rich (incumbent)	237,215	56.89
	Democratic	Spencer O. Fisher	130,823	31.37
	Populist	Alva W. Nichols	30,012	7.20
	Prohibition	Albert M. Todd	18,788	4.51
	Write-ins		150	0.04
Total votes			416,988	100
	Republican hold

References

^ "Our Campaigns - MI Governor - Nov 06, 1894". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 28, 2019.

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