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Election 1874 Results

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1874 Nebraska governor election

Silas Garber (Republican) beat Albert Tuxbury (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1874, 59.9% to 24.8%, a margin of 35.0 points and 12,622 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1872, when Robert W. Furnas won.

Republicans led in 51 of the 60 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6 and other candidates in 3. The largest, Douglas, cast 3,490 votes and went to the Republican by 5.1 points. The closest was Keith, where 6 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Silas Garber won Republican 21,568 59.9%
Albert Tuxbury Democratic 8,946 24.8%
Jonathan F. Gardner Independent 4,159 11.5%
All other candidates 1,346 3.7%
Total36,019

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Douglas 1,573 45.1% 1,750 50.1% 167 3,490 R+5.1
Lancaster 287 13.4% 1,482 69.3% 369 2,138 R+55.9
Richardson 16 0.9% 768 41.4% 1,072 1,856 Others
Otoe 830 47.8% 572 33.0% 333 1,735 D+14.9
Cass 362 22.6% 827 51.7% 412 1,601 R+29.0
Nemaha 69 4.6% 602 40.5% 815 1,486 Others
Saline 446 33.1% 827 61.4% 74 1,347 R+28.3
Dodge 558 42.6% 726 55.4% 27 1,311 R+12.8
Saunders 14 1.1% 484 39.1% 740 1,238 Others
Seward 231 24.4% 638 67.4% 78 947 R+43.0
Washington 198 23.4% 550 64.9% 99 847 R+41.6
Gage 93 12.3% 577 76.0% 89 759 R+63.8
Johnson 74 9.9% 366 48.7% 311 751 R+38.9
Hall 320 44.0% 400 55.0% 7 727 R+11.0
Platte 337 46.5% 388 53.5% 725 R+7.0
Buffalo 108 15.9% 567 83.4% 5 680 R+67.5
Sarpy 350 51.5% 315 46.3% 15 680 D+5.1
Pawnee 8 1.2% 520 77.2% 146 674 R+76.0
York 162 25.2% 450 70.0% 31 643 R+44.8
Butler 209 32.9% 359 56.5% 67 635 R+23.6
Cuming 338 55.8% 263 43.4% 5 606 D+12.4
Hamilton 0 0.0% 595 99.3% 4 599 R+99.3
Fillmore 66 11.3% 495 84.9% 22 583 R+73.6
Clay 164 30.1% 379 69.7% 1 544 R+39.5
Adams 42 7.9% 485 90.8% 7 534 R+83.0
Merrick 77 14.6% 304 57.5% 148 529 R+42.9
Colfax 168 32.6% 341 66.1% 7 516 R+33.5
Burt 156 30.5% 294 57.4% 62 512 R+27.0
Madison 196 38.5% 246 48.3% 67 509 R+9.8
Dixon 192 39.1% 234 47.7% 65 491 R+8.6
Dakota 170 35.6% 228 47.7% 80 478 R+12.1
Howard 25 5.8% 407 94.0% 1 433 R+88.2
Jefferson 60 14.2% 357 84.2% 7 424 R+70.0
Franklin 0 0.0% 324 80.4% 79 403 R+80.4
Webster 13 3.5% 354 94.4% 8 375 R+90.9
Harlan 35 9.6% 312 86.0% 16 363 R+76.3
Lincoln 153 42.4% 208 57.6% 361 R+15.2
Polk 23 6.7% 310 89.9% 12 345 R+83.2
Dawson 78 28.0% 192 68.8% 9 279 R+40.9
Furnas 32 11.7% 240 87.6% 2 274 R+75.9
Antelope 59 22.8% 189 73.0% 11 259 R+50.2
Cedar 156 60.2% 103 39.8% 259 D+20.5
Knox 52 21.1% 194 78.9% 246 R+57.7
Thayer 0 0.0% 233 97.9% 5 238 R+97.9
Stanton 111 47.4% 123 52.6% 234 R+5.1
Cheyenne 139 63.2% 81 36.8% 220 D+26.4
Nuckolls 11 6.3% 143 82.2% 20 174 R+75.9
Boone 17 11.3% 134 88.7% 151 R+77.5
Pierce 99 84.6% 18 15.4% 117 D+69.2
Kearney 1 0.9% 109 98.2% 1 111 R+97.3
Valley 0 0.0% 109 100.0% 109 R+100.0
Red Willow 12 11.2% 92 86.0% 3 107 R+74.8
Sherman 10 13.5% 64 86.5% 74 R+73.0
Keith 26 44.8% 32 55.2% 58 R+10.3
Frontier 14 32.6% 23 53.5% 6 43 R+20.9
Gosper 0 0.0% 42 100.0% 42 R+100.0
Wayne 1 2.6% 38 97.4% 39 R+94.9
Phelps 0 0.0% 36 100.0% 36 R+100.0
Greeley 5 14.3% 30 85.7% 35 R+71.4
Hitchcock 0 0.0% 19 100.0% 19 R+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1874; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Nebraska governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Jim Pillen (R) R+23.2
2018 Pete Ricketts (R) R+18.0
2014 Pete Ricketts (R) R+17.9
2010 Dave Heineman (R) R+47.8
2006 Dave Heineman (R) R+48.9
2002 Mike Johanns (R) R+41.2
1998 Mike Johanns (R) R+7.9
1994 Earl Nelson (D) D+47.5
1990 Earl Nelson (D) D+0.7
1986 Kay Orr (R) R+5.9
1982 Bob Kerrey (D) D+1.3
1978 Charles Thone (R) R+11.9
1974 J. James Exon (D) D+23.8
1970 J. James Exon (D) D+10.1
1966 Norbert T. Tiemann (R) R+23.1
1964 Frank B. Morrison (D) D+20.1
1962 Frank B. Morrison (D) D+4.5
1960 Frank B. Morrison (D) D+4.0
1958 Ralph G. Brooks (D) D+0.4
1956 Victor Anderson (R) R+14.1
1954 Victor E. Anderson (R) R+20.6
1952 Robert B. Crosby (R) R+22.9
1950 Val Peterson (R) R+9.9
1948 Val Peterson (R) R+20.1
1946 Val Peterson (R) R+31.0
1944 Dwight Griswold (R) R+52.2
1942 Dwight Griswold (R) R+49.7
1940 Dwight Griswold (R) R+21.7
1938 Robert L. Cochran (D) D+3.4
1936 Robert L. Cochran (D) D+12.8
1934 Robert L. Cochran (D) D+3.1
1932 Charles W. Bryan (D) D+6.2
1930 Charles W. Bryan (D) D+1.5
1928 Arthur J. Weaver (R) R+14.3
1926 Adam McMullen (R) R+0.8
1924 Adam McMullen (R) R+10.1
1922 Charles W. Bryan (D) D+12.7
1920 Samuel R. McKelvie (R) R+5.9
1918 Samuel R. McKelvie (R) R+10.5
1916 Keith Neville (D) D+2.3
1914 John H. Morehead (D) D+7.9
1912 John H. Morehead (D) D+3.9
1910 Chester H. Aldrich (R) R+6.5
1908 Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) D+2.6
1906 George L. Sheldon (R) R+6.8
1904 John H. Mickey (R) R+4.1
1902 John H. Mickey (R) R+2.8
1900 Charles Henry Dietrich (R) R+48.9
1898 William A. Poynter (other)
1896 Silas A. Holcomb (other)
1894 Silas A. Holcomb (other)
1892 Lorenzo Crounse (R) R+17.3
1890 James E. Boyd (D) D+1.1
1888 John M. Thayer (R) R+9.1
1886 John M. Thayer (R) R+16.9
1884 James W. Dawes (R) R+11.4
1882 James W. Dawes (R) R+16.8
1880 Albinus Nance (R) R+31.0
1878 Albinus Nance (R) R+30.5
1876 Silas Garber (R) R+28.2
1874 Silas Garber (R) R+35.0
1872 Robert W. Furnas (R) R+19.0
1870 David Butler (R) R+12.5
1868 David Butler (R) R+14.9
1866 David Butler (R) R+1.8