The 1900 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900.
Incumbent
Populist
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and
Democratic fusion
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Governor
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William A. Poynter
William Amos Poynter (May 29, 1848 – April 5, 1909) was a Nebraska politician and the tenth Governor of Nebraska from 1899 to 1901, running under a fusion ticket between the Populist Party and the Democratic Party. He had previously also bee ...
was defeated for re-election by
Republican
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nominee
Charles Henry Dietrich.
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
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William A. Poynter
William Amos Poynter (May 29, 1848 – April 5, 1909) was a Nebraska politician and the tenth Governor of Nebraska from 1899 to 1901, running under a fusion ticket between the Populist Party and the Democratic Party. He had previously also bee ...
, People's Independent and Democratic fusion candidate, Incumbent
Governor
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Charles Henry Dietrich, Republican, banker
Other candidates
*Lucius O. Jones, Prohibition
*Taylor Flick, Midroad Populist, former member of the
Kansas Legislature
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. Flick was nominated by a Midroad Populist convention which objected to fusion with the Democrats.
*Prof. Theodore Kharas, Social Democrat
Results
Notes
References
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...
Nebraska
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Gubernatorial
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