1956 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

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1956 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee Dwight W. Burney Frank B. Morrison
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote292,135243,639
Percentage54.5%45.5%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Charles J. Warner
(died Sept. 24, 1955)
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Dwight W. Burney
Republican

The 1956 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1956, and featured Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature Dwight W. Burney, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee Frank B. Morrison [1] who had been chosen to replace original Democratic nominee Stanley D. Long who had died during the campaign. [2]

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The previous incumbent lieutenant governor, Charles J. Warner, died on September 24, 1955, and thus the office of Nebraska Lieutenant Governor had been vacant for over a year when this election was held. [3] Under the Nebraska Constitution, Article IV, Section 18, this vacancy meant that Dwight W. Burney, as Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature from 1955 to 1956, was already second in line to become Governor of Nebraska before he was elected lieutenant governor in this election. [4]

Eight years after this election, the 1964 Nebraska gubernatorial election would also feature Dwight W. Burney as the Republican nominee facing Frank B. Morrison as the Democratic nominee, though in that election Morrison defeated Burney to become Governor of Nebraska. [5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stanley D. Long 25,883 44.66
Democratic Harry Andreasen18,92332.65
Democratic George E. Cornwell13,14122.67
Scattering9

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dwight W. Burney 29,760 31.07
Republican Carl G. Swanson29,33530.63
Republican Marvin Griswold24,29725.37
Republican Ernest M. Johnson12,39012.94
Scattering2

General election

On May 15, 1956, Stanley D. Long, who had been the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 1954, won the Democratic primary to again become the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 1956. [1] However, on October 6, 1956, just one month before the election, Stanley D. Long died. On October 13, 1956, the Nebraska Democratic Central Committee selected Frank B. Morrison, former Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1948 and 1954, to replace him. [2]

Results

Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1956 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dwight W. Burney 292,135 54.52
Democratic Frank B. Morrison 243,63945.47
Scattering29
Total votes535,803 100.00
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Frank Marsh. "Official Report of the Board of State Canvassers of the State of Nebraska; Primary Election May 15, 1956, General Election November 6, 1956" (PDF). Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Roy Campbell (October 15, 1956). "New Demo Candidate Morrison Moves Into State Campaign". The Lincoln Star. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Charles J. Warner". New York Times. September 26, 1955.
  4. ↑ 1956 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF). 1956. p. 64. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Official Report of the State Canvassers of the State of Nebraska - Primary Election, May 12, 1964 & General Election, November 3, 1964" (PDF). Nebraska Secretary of State.
  6. ↑ "Lt. Gov. Warner Seeks Fourth Term in Race Against Democrat Stanley Long". The Stockman's Journal. October 21, 1954. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Lincoln Man Is Candidate For Governor". Fremont Tribune. March 11, 1960. Retrieved May 22, 2023.


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