1876 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

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1876 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
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November 7, 1876 1878  
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Nominee Othman A. Abbott Miles ZentmeyerAllen Root
Party Republican Democratic Greenback
Popular vote31,08817,5582,777
Percentage60.4%34.1%5.4%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Position created

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Othman A. Abbott
Republican

The 1876 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1876, and featured Republican nominee Othman A. Abbott defeating Democratic nominee Miles Zentmeyer and Greenback Party nominee Allen Root. [1]

Contents

It was the first election held under the newly adopted Nebraska Constitution of 1875. Prior to this election, the State of Nebraska did not have an office of lieutenant governor. Under the Nebraska Constitution of 1866, if the governor died, resigned, or was removed from office (as happened to Governor David Butler in 1871), then the Nebraska Secretary of State was appointed as Acting Governor until the vacancy would be filled by the next election. [2] The Constitution of 1875 created the office of Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, leading to the first election of a lieutenant governor for Nebraska in this election.

General election

Candidates

Results

Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1876 [7] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Othman A. Abbott 31,088 [lower-alpha 1] 60.44
Democratic Miles Zentmeyer17,558 [lower-alpha 2] 34.14
Greenback Allen Root2,7775.40
Scattering [lower-alpha 3] 13 [lower-alpha 4]
Total votes51,436 100.00
  1. This is the official total given for Abbott in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877. [1] However, some newspaper accounts give Abbott's total as 30,088. [7]
  2. This is the official total given for Zentmeyer in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877. [1] However, some newspaper accounts give Zentmeyer's total as 17,458. [7]
  3. According to the Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877, this scattering total included votes for Paren England (5), Silas Garber (3), "Miles Zentman" (3), a misspelling of "Miles Zentmeyer," S. P. Mobley (1), and A. B. Young (1). [1]
  4. This is the official total given for the scattering of additional votes in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877. [1] However, some newspaper accounts listed this total as 12. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 State of Nebraska (1877). Senate Journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska. p. 23.
  2. "Nebraska Constitution of 1866, Article III, Section 16".
  3. State of Nebraska, 2020-21 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF), pp. 317–378, retrieved May 29, 2023
  4. "The Greenbackers: They Unroll and Count their Bills at Harmonie Hall". Nebraska State Journal. September 29, 1876. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  5. "Democratic State Convention". Nebraska State Journal. April 21, 1876. p. 3. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  6. "Miscellaneous News". Columbus Republican. March 23, 1876. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "The Legislature: Assembling of the Solons and Counting of the Electoral Vote". Nebraska State Journal. December 6, 1876. Retrieved June 7, 2023.