1902 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:1902 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
Country:Nebraska
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1900 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
Previous Year:1900
Next Election:1904 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
Next Year:1904
Election Date:November 4, 1902
Nominee1:Edmund G. McGilton
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:98,320
Percentage1:51.0%
Nominee2:Edward A. Gilbert
Party2:People's Party (United States)
Alliance2:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:87,009
Percentage2:45.1%
Lieutenant Governor
Before Election:Calvin F. Steele (acting)
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Edmund G. McGilton
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

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.

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. 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. Neither Savage nor Steele sought the office of lieutenant governor in 1902.

General election

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Notes and References

  1. News: As the campaign progresses. Saunders County Journal. October 20, 1898. 4. 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..
  2. News: The Monroe Agricultural Society. The Monroe Republican. March 28, 1902. 5. June 18, 2023.
  3. News: Miscellaneous. The Columbus Journal. August 13, 1902. 3. June 18, 2023.
  4. News: Nebraska Prohibitionists Nominate. Columbus Telegram. August 15, 1902. 6. June 18, 2023.
  5. News: John H. Mickey Heads Ticket. Hartington Herald. June 27, 1902. 2. June 19, 2023.
  6. 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. 271–272. 1913. J. Sterling Morton and Albert Watkins. June 19, 2023.