1878 Nebraska gubernatorial election

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1878 Nebraska gubernatorial election
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  1876 November 5, 1878 1880  
  Albinus Nance.jpg 3x4.svg Levi G. Todd Nebraska.jpg
Nominee Albinus Nance William H. Webster Levi G. Todd
Party Republican Democratic Greenback
Popular vote29,46913,4739,475
Percentage56.2%25.7%18.1%

Governor before election

Silas Garber
Republican

Elected Governor

Albinus Nance
Republican

The 1878 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1878. Incumbent Republican governor Silas Garber did not seek reelection. This election featured Republican nominee Albinus Nance, the Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives, defeating Democratic nominee Colonel William H. Webster, a lawyer from Merrick County, Nebraska, and Greenback Party nominee Levi G. Todd, a former member of the Nebraska Territorial House of Representatives from Cass County, Nebraska. [1]

Contents

General election

Candidates

Results

Nebraska gubernatorial election, 1878 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Albinus Nance 29,469 56.22%
Democratic William H. Webster13,47325.70%
Greenback Levi G. Todd9,47518.08%
Total votes52,417 100.0%
Republican hold

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