1886 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election explained
| Election Name: | 1886 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1884 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1884 |
| Next Election: | 1888 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1888 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1886 |
| Nominee1: | Hibbard H. Shedd |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 75,177 |
| Percentage1: | 54.3% |
| Nominee2: | Charles J. Bowlby |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 53,509 |
| Percentage2: | 38.7% |
| Image3: | 3x4.svg |
| Nominee3: | E. B. Graham |
| Party3: | Prohibition Party |
| Popular Vote3: | 8,204 |
| Percentage3: | 5.9% |
| Lieutenant Governor |
| Before Election: | Hibbard H. Shedd |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Hibbard H. Shedd |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1886 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886, and featured incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Hibbard H. Shedd, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee Charles J. Bowlby as well as Prohibition Party nominee E. B. Graham and National Union Party nominee M. K. Lewis.
The National Union Party was founded just prior to the election of 1886 and appears to have been a precursor to the later populist movement in Nebraska.[1] One source refers to the party as the "anti-monopoly party."[2] The party was very closely associated with various figures such as John H. Powers[3] and Charles Van Wyck who were later prominent in the populist movement.[4] [5]
General election
Candidates
- Charles J. Bowlby, Democratic candidate, Democratic nominee for Nebraska Secretary of State in 1882,[6] president of the Saline County Agricultural Society, and lawyer from Crete, Nebraska[7] [8]
- Rev. E. B. Graham, Prohibition candidate, chairman of the Prohibition Party,[9] and pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Omaha, Nebraska[10] [11]
- M. K. Lewis, National Union candidate, chairman of the Nebraska National Union Party,[12] first mayor of Hastings, Nebraska, and president of the company M. K. Lewis and Sons[13] as well as the newly formed Hastings Manufacturing Company[14]
- Hibbard H. Shedd, Republican candidate, incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor and former Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883 from Ashland, Nebraska[15]
Results
See also
Notes and References
- News: All By Himself: Van Wyck Finally Owns a Political Party. Nebraska State Journal. October 9, 1886. April 24, 2023.
- News: Election Returns from Beatrice. Nebraska State Journal. November 9, 1886. April 24, 2023.
- News: Labor's Choice: Candidates Who Will Serve the People and Not the Rich Monopolies. Omaha World-Herald. July 30, 1890. April 24, 2023.
- News: The Van Wyck Blight. Beatrice Daily Express. November 6, 1886. April 24, 2023.
- Web site: Nebraska Farmers' Alliance (Guide to Microfilm) [RG2623.AM]]. Nebraska State Historical Society.
- Book: 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. 3. 604. 1913. J. Sterling Morton and Albert Watkins. June 8, 2023.
- News: Home News. The Opposition. September 16, 1886. June 8, 2023. 5.
- News: Democratic State Ticket. Hitchcock County News. October 15, 1886. 4. June 8, 2023.
- News: Proceedings of the State Prohibition Conference of 1886. The New Republic. February 6, 1886. June 8, 2023.
- News: Graham Will Go. Omaha World-Herald. September 30, 1886. June 8, 2023. 4.
- News: Presbytery and Synod. Omaha Daily Bee. September 29, 1886. June 8, 2023. 2.
- News: The National Union Party. The Lincoln News. October 9, 1886. June 8, 2023. 2.
- News: M.K. Lewis & Sons. Hastings Gazette-Journal. July 24, 1886. June 8, 2023. 7.
- News: A New Enterprise: Organization of a New Manufacturing Company by Hastings Capitalists. Hastings Gazette-Journal. April 28, 1886. 6. June 8, 2023.
- News: Last Tribute Paid To Colonel Pace. Anaconda Standard. June 28, 1925. 5. June 8, 2023.
