1896 Nebraska gubernatorial election

The 1896 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1896, and featured incumbent Governor Silas A. Holcomb, a Populist, defeating his major rival, Republican nominee John H. MacColl, to win a second two-year term in office.

Candidates
Major party candidates
 * Silas A. Holcomb, People's Independent and Democratic fusion candidate, incumbent Governor of Nebraska
 * John H. MacColl, Republican candidate
 * Robert S. Bibbs, Nebraska Gold Democratic candidate

Other candidates
 * Richard A. Hawley, National Silver Party
 * Joel Warner, Prohibition Party
 * Charles Sadilek, Socialist Labor