The 1893 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1893.

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nominee

Frank D. Jackson Frank Darr Jackson (January 26, 1854 – November 16, 1938) was an American politician who served as the List of Governors of Iowa, 15th governor of Iowa, serving one term from 1894 to 1896. Biography Jackson attended Iowa Agricultural Colleg ...

defeated Democratic incumbent

Horace Boies Horace Boies (December 7, 1827 – April 4, 1923) served as the 14th Governor of Iowa from 1890 to 1894 as a member of the United States Democratic Party The Democratic Party is one of the Two-party system, two Major party, major contempo ...

with 49.74% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates *Frank D. Jackson, Republican *Horace Boies, Democratic Other candidates *J. M. Joseph, People's *Bennett Mitchell, Prohibition

Results

References

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1893 Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – Th ...

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...