1902 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

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1902 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee Edmund G. McGilton Edward A. Gilbert
Party Republican Populist
Alliance Democratic
Popular vote98,32087,009
Percentage51.0%45.1%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Calvin F. Steele (acting)
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Edmund G. McGilton
Republican

The 1902 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902, and featured Republican nominee Edmund G. McGilton defeating Edward A. Gilbert, the Populist and Democratic fusion nominee, as well as Prohibition nominee Isaiah Lightner and Socialist nominee Andrew D. Peugh. [a] [1]

Contents

On May 1, 1901, after serving only four months as Governor of Nebraska, Charles H. Dietrich resigned from being governor as he had been elected by the Nebraska Legislature to fill the vacant U.S. Senate term of Monroe L. Hayward, who had died. Thus, Ezra P. Savage, the lieutenant governor elected in 1900, became the Governor of Nebraska.

After the elevation of Savage to Governor, Calvin F. Steele was considered the Acting Lieutenant Governor due to his position as president pro tempore of the Nebraska Senate based on Article V, Section 18, of the Nebraska Constitution. [2] Thus, in the 1915 Nebraska Blue Book and the 1918 Nebraska Blue Book, Steele is listed as having served as lieutenant governor, even replacing any mention of Savage's brief stint as lieutenant governor. [3] [4] Neither Savage nor Steele sought the office of lieutenant governor in 1902.

General election

Candidates

Results

Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1902 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Edmund G. McGilton 98,320 50.96
Populist Edward A. Gilbert 87,00945.10
Prohibition Isaiah Lightner4,1292.14
Socialist Andrew D. Peugh [a] 3,4821.80
Total votes192,940 100.00
Republican hold
  1. 1 2 3 Several sources, including various newspapers from the time period, refer to Peugh as "A. David Pugh" instead of "Andrew D. Peugh." [12] [13] However, the name "Andrew D. Peugh" is also widely used in newspaper sources [14] [15] [16] [17] and is the name given in the official results in the 1903 Senate Journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 A. R. Keim (1903). Senate Journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Twenty-Eighth Regular Session. State Journal Company. pp. 46–49. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  2. ↑ 1915 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF), p. 168
  3. ↑ 1915 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF), p. 11
  4. ↑ 1918 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF), p. 11
  5. ↑ State of Nebraska (2021), 2020-21 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF), p. 317-178, retrieved June 11, 2023
  6. ↑ "As the campaign progresses". Saunders County Journal. October 20, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved June 17, 2023. Hon. E. A. Gilbert... is one of the strongest and ablest men in the ranks of the silver republicans and will be a worthy successor to Lieutenant Governor Harris.
  7. ↑ "The Monroe Agricultural Society". The Monroe Republican. March 28, 1902. p. 5. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Miscellaneous". The Columbus Journal. August 13, 1902. p. 3. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Nebraska Prohibitionists Nominate". Columbus Telegram. August 15, 1902. p. 6. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  10. ↑ "John H. Mickey Heads Ticket". Hartington Herald. June 27, 1902. p. 2. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  11. ↑ J. Sterling Morton and Albert Watkins (1913). Illustrated History of Nebraska: A History of Nebraska from the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region, with Steel Engravings, Photogravures, Copper Plates, Maps, and Tables. Vol. 3. pp. 271–272. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Socialist Ticket". The New Era. September 27, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  13. 1 2 "Socialists Hold Conventions". Omaha World-Herald. September 3, 1902. p. 3. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Figures on Late Election". Douglas County Gazette. November 21, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Four State Tickets". Nebraska State Journal. October 1, 1902. p. 3. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  16. ↑ "The Election in Dawson County". The Clipper-Citizen. November 7, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Socialists Spent No Money". Lincoln Daily Post. September 11, 1902. p. 8. Retrieved June 19, 2023.


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