The 1894 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1894. Incumbent
Republican John T. Rich defeated
Democratic candidate
Spencer O. Fisher
Spencer Oliver Fisher (February 3, 1843 – June 1, 1919), was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Fisher was born in Camden, Michigan, where he attended the public schools. He also attended Albion College and Hillsdale College. H ...
with 56.89% of the vote.
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
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John T. Rich, Republican
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Spencer O. Fisher
Spencer Oliver Fisher (February 3, 1843 – June 1, 1919), was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Fisher was born in Camden, Michigan, where he attended the public schools. He also attended Albion College and Hillsdale College. H ...
, Democratic
Other candidates
*Alva W. Nichols, People's
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Albert M. Todd, Prohibition
Results
References
{{Michigan Gubernatorial Elections
1894
Events January
* January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire.
* January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States.
* Ja ...
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
Gubernatorial
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ...
November 1894