1892 Nebraska gubernatorial election
The 1892 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1892. Incumbent Democratic Governor James E. Boyd did not seek re-election. Lorenzo Crounse, the Republican nominee, defeated both the Democratic nominee, J. Sterling Morton, and the Populist nominee, Charles Van Wyck.
General election
Candidates
- Charles Eugene Bentley, Prohibition candidate, chairman of the Nebraska Prohibition Party
- Lorenzo Crounse, Republican candidate, former justice on the Nebraska Supreme Court, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's at-large congressional district, and Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury
- J. Sterling Morton, Democratic candidate, former acting governor of Nebraska Territory and former Democratic candidate for governor of Nebraska in 1866, 1882, and 1884
- Charles Van Wyck, People's Independent candidate, former Republican United States senator from Nebraska