1896 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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% |
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