1884 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

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1884 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
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  1882 November 4, 1884 1886  
  Hibbard Houston Shedd.jpg Col. Lewis Clark Pace Nebraska.jpg
Nominee Hibbard H. Shedd Lewis C. Pace
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Greenback
Popular vote77,94755,953
Percentage58.2%41.8%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Alfred W. Agee
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Hibbard H. Shedd
Republican

The 1884 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884, and featured Republican nominee Hibbard H. Shedd defeating fusion Democratic and Greenback (Anti-Monopoly) nominee Lewis C. Pace. [1] Incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Alfred W. Agee was renominated at the Nebraska Republican state convention, but he was defeated for the nomination by Shedd by a vote of 292 to 153 of the delegates. [2]

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General election

Candidates

Results

Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1884 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Hibbard H. Shedd 77,947 58.21
Democratic Lewis C. Pace [a] 55,95341.78
Scattering8
Total votes133,908 100.00
Republican hold
  1. Cross-endorsed on a fusion ticket with the Greenback (Anti-Monopoly) Party.

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References

  1. 1 2 State of Nebraska (1899). 1899-1900 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF). State Journal Co. pp. 174–175. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "The State Convention". Omaha Daily Bee. August 28, 1884. p. 5. Retrieved June 8, 2023. Alfred W. Agee, of Hamilton, and H. H. Shedd, of Saunder [sic] were presented for office of lieutenant governor.... The vote resulted: Shed [sic] 292, Agee 153.
  3. "Butler's Crowd: Second Day's Proceedings of Anti-Monop State Convention - Fusion Decided Upon". Nebraska State Journal. September 11, 1884. p. 4. Retrieved June 8, 2023. Col. Pace was the favorite of the greenbackers and he was the only candidate put forward by them. If a fusion takes place he will be the candidate on the anti-monop, greenback and democratic tickets for lieutenant governor.
  4. "Nebraska Democrats: They Meet in State Convention and Fuse With the Antis". Nebraska State Journal. September 19, 1884. p. 3. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  5. "The Greenbackers: They Meet in State Convention and Elect Delegates to Indianapolis". Nebraska State Journal. May 15, 1884. p. 7. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  6. "The People's Convention: Wanderers from the Republican and Democratic Folds SEt Up a Fold of Their Own". Nebraska State Journal. August 30, 1884. p. 4. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
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  8. State of Nebraska, 2020-21 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF), p. 366, retrieved May 29, 2023
  9. "Last Tribute Paid To Colonel Pace". Anaconda Standard. June 28, 1925. p. 5. Retrieved June 8, 2023.