1876 Nebraska gubernatorial election

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1876 Nebraska gubernatorial election
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  1874 November 7, 1876 1878  
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Nominee Silas Garber Paren England Jonathan F. Gardner
Party Republican Democratic Greenback
Popular vote31,94717,2193,022
Percentage61.2%33.0%5.8%

Governor before election

Silas Garber
Republican

Elected Governor

Silas Garber
Republican

The 1876 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1876. It was the first election held under the newly adopted Nebraska Constitution of 1875. The election featured incumbent Governor Silas Garber, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee Paren England, a lawyer from Lancaster County, Nebraska, and Greenback Party nominee Jonathan F. Gardner, former independent candidate for Governor of Nebraska in 1874. [1]

Contents

General election

Candidates

Results

Nebraska gubernatorial election, 1876 [1] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Silas Garber (incumbent) 31,947 61.17%
Democratic Paren England17,21932.97%
Greenback Jonathan F. Gardner3,0225.79%
Scattering36
Total votes52,224 100.0%
Republican hold

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Addison E. Sheldon, ed. (December 1918). The Nebraska Blue Book and Historical Register. Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 441. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  2. "Political Notes". The Crete Democrat. September 14, 1876. Retrieved May 13, 2023. The Democrats of Nebraska, have nominated Paren England, of Lancaster county, for Governor
  3. "Paren England". Nebraska State Journal. October 29, 1875. Retrieved May 13, 2023. ...Hon. Paren England... chosen chair of the Democratic Central Committee of this county...
  4. "The Honest Voters' Own Ticket". Brownville Daily Democrat. September 30, 1870. p. 1. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  5. "October 13, 1874: Nebraska". Tekamah Weekly Burtonian. October 8, 1874. Retrieved May 13, 2023. Independent Jonathan F. Gardner, of Richardson county
  6. Harrison Johnson (1880). History of Nebraska. Henry Gibson Herald Printing House. p. 52.