The 1886 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886.
Republican nominee
Charles C. Stevenson
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defeated incumbent
Democratic Governor
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Jewett W. Adams with 52.41% of the vote.
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
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Jewett W. Adams, Democratic, incumbent
Governor
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Charles C. Stevenson
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, Republican,
Regent
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of the
University of Nevada
Results
Notes
References
1886
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885.
* January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...
Nevada
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Gubernatorial
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November 1886 events
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