1895 Utah gubernatorial election
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County results Wells: 50–60% 60–70% 80–90% Caine: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1895 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1895. It was the first gubernatorial election in the state of Utah and it was held before it became a state on the 4th of January, 1896, to set up the machinery for the new state. Republican Heber M. Wells defeated Democratic nominee John T. Caine with 50.32% of the vote. Wells' first term was to run for five years, until the next general election in 1900. Populist Henry W. Lawrence also ran, but only won 4.95% of the vote.