1884 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	1884 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
Country:	Nebraska
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1882 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	1882
Next Election:	1886 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
Next Year:	1886
Election Date:	November 4, 1884
Nominee1:	Hibbard H. Shedd
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	77,947
Percentage1:	58.2%
Nominee2:	Lewis C. Pace
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Alliance2:	Greenback Party
Popular Vote2:	55,953
Percentage2:	41.8%
Lieutenant Governor
Before Election:	Alfred W. Agee
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Hibbard H. Shedd
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

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. 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.^[1]

General election

Candidates

• Col. Lewis Clark Pace, Democratic candidate who had also been associated with the Greenback Party, which, at its convention, decided to form a fusion ticket with the Democratic party^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}
• Hibbard H. Shedd, Republican candidate, men's clothier and tailor,^[6] member of the Nebraska Constitutional Convention of 1875, and former member and Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883 from Ashland, Nebraska^[7]

Results

See also

• 1884 Nebraska gubernatorial election

Notes and References

1. News: The State Convention. Omaha Daily Bee. 5. August 28, 1884. 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..
2. News: Butler's Crowd: Second Day's Proceedings of Anti-Monop State Convention - Fusion Decided Upon. Nebraska State Journal. 4. September 11, 1884. 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..
3. News: Nebraska Democrats: They Meet in State Convention and Fuse With the Antis. Nebraska State Journal. 3. September 19, 1884. June 8, 2023.
4. News: The Greenbackers: They Meet in State Convention and Elect Delegates to Indianapolis. Nebraska State Journal. May 15, 1884. June 8, 2023. 7.
5. News: The People's Convention: Wanderers from the Republican and Democratic Folds SEt Up a Fold of Their Own. Nebraska State Journal. August 30, 1884. 4. June 8, 2023.
6. News: X MAS. The Ashland Gazette. December 26, 1884. 6. June 8, 2023. H. H. Shedd, Gent's Clothier and Tailor..
7. News: Last Tribute Paid To Colonel Pace. Anaconda Standard. June 28, 1925. 5. June 8, 2023.