1896 Kansas gubernatorial election

The 1896 Kansas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1896. People's Party nominee John W. Leedy defeated incumbent Republican Edmund Needham Morrill with 50.55% of the vote.

Candidates
Major party candidates
 * Edmund Needham Morrill, Republican

Other candidates
 * John W. Leedy, People's
 * Horace Hurley, Prohibition
 * Henry L. Douthart, National Prohibition
 * A. E. Kepford, Independent Prohibition