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1896 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

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1896 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

← 1894 November 3, 1896 (1896-11-03) 1898 →
 
Nominee John Eugene Osborne Frank Wheeler Mondell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 10,310 10,044
Percentage 49.14% 47.87%

County results
Osborne:      40–50%     50–60%      60–70%
Mondell:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Frank Wheeler Mondell
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

John Eugene Osborne
Democratic

The Wyoming United States House election for 1896 was held on November 3, 1896. Democratic John Eugene Osborne defeated Republican incumbent Frank Wheeler Mondell with 49.14% of the vote making Mondell the third incumbent Representative from Wyoming to lose reelection and was the third time in a row that the incumbent had lost. It was the first time that the House election was won with only a plurality of the votes.

Results

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United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 1896[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Eugene Osborne 10,310 49.14%
Republican Frank Wheeler Mondell (inc.) 10,044 47.87%
Populist William Brown 628 2.99%
Total votes 20,982 100%

References

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  1. ^ "United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 1896".