1924 Nebraska gubernatorial election explained
| Election Name: | 1924 Nebraska gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1922 Nebraska gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1922 |
| Next Election: | 1926 Nebraska gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1926 |
| Election Date: | November 4, 1924 |
| Nominee1: | Adam McMullen |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 229,067 |
| Percentage1: | 51.1% |
| Nominee2: | John N. Norton |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 183,709 |
| Percentage2: | 41.0% |
| Nominee3: | Dan B. Butler |
| Party3: | Progressive Party (United States, 1924) |
| Popular Vote3: | 35,594 |
| Percentage3: | 7.9% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Governor |
| Before Election: | Charles W. Bryan |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Adam McMullen |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1924 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1924, and featured former state Senator Adam McMullen, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee, former state Representative John N. Norton, and Progressive nominee, Omaha City Commissioner Dan B. Butler.
Incumbent Governor Charles W. Bryan, initially the nominee of both the Democratic and Progressive parties, withdrew from the race after being nominated for Vice President of the United States at the 1924 Democratic National Convention on July 9.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Replacement nominee
Following Bryan's withdrawal from the race, the Democratic State Central Committee met in Lincoln to choose a replacement on July 24. Among others, candidates considered for the nomination included Omaha City Commissioner John H. Hopkins, former state Representative John N. Norton of Polk, Morrill County Attorney Kenneth M. McDonald of Bridgeport, and former U.S. Representative Dan V. Stephens of Fremont. Norton was chosen on the seventeenth ballot after Hopkins and Stephens each withdrew their names, and besting McDonald with the necessary two-thirds of the vote.[3] [4]
Progressive primary
Candidates
Replacement nominee
Omaha City Commissioner Dan B. Butler, a Democrat and supporter of Senator Robert M. La Follette in the 1924 presidential election, was chosen by the three member Progressive Party State Executive Committee.[4] [5]
Prohibition primary
Candidates
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
General election
Results
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Graff Takes the Plunge. Charles Graff, agriculturist and livestock breeder of Bancroft, has tossed his sombrero into the democratic arena at the very feet of Governor Bryan. Thursday morning he filed with the secretary of state as a candidate for the crown now worn by the chief executive.. Lincoln Journal Star. February 28, 1924. June 22, 2023.
- Web site: Lively Primary in Nebraska. ...while for the gubernatorial nomination, Governor Charles W. Bryan and Charles Graff, president of the state board of agriculture, were their candidates. Besides, George W. Sterling of Omaha, who favors a referendum on light wines and beer, the Republicans seeking nomination for governor were: Adam McMullen, banker and lawyer of Beatrice; Albert N. Mathers, banker and farmer of Gering, C. H. Gustafson of Lincoln, former head of the United States Grain Growers, Inc., and W. F. Stoecker of Omaha.. Quad-City Times. April 8, 1924. June 22, 2023.
- Web site: Norton is the Nominee. John N. Norton, veteran legislator and farmer, of Polk, was, nominated on governor on the Democratic ticket by the Democratic state central committee at the Lincoln hotel Thursday on the seventeenth ballot. On the seventeenth ballot he defeated Kenneth McDonald of Bridgeport, who proved to be the only real opponent after considerable balloting. The nomination came at 8.30 o'clock in the evening. The committee had been called together at 2 o'clock for the purpose of nominating a candidate to take the place of Governor Bryan...Norton was nominated after John Hopkins, city commissioner of Omaha, had withdrawn. Hopkins was high man with twelve votes when he withdrew. Thirty-four votes were necessary to nominate in the committee. Fifty-three votes were cast on most of the ballots. Following this withdrawal a telegram from Dan V. Stephens of Fremont was read withdrawing his name. Hopkins Withdraws. Mr. Hopkins directed that his supporters be released in the interests of harmony. He spoke briefly when called for and said he desired the highest as well as the lowest to have a chance. He did not desire to prolong the session. "In the interest of harmony and the party I withdraw," he told the committee.. Lincoln Evening Journal. July 25, 1924. June 22, 2023.
- Web site: The National election of 1924 and Nebraska. 80–81, 84–85. Gammon. Loren A.. University of Nebraska at Omaha. July 1, 1948. October 9, 2017.
- Web site: Butler is Given Place. The Progressive central committee instead nominated Dan Butler, Omaha city commissioner, known as the original municipal coal yard operator. A life long Democrat, Mr. Butler accepted the nomination and pledged his support to La Follette for president. He had announced he would run for governor as a candidate "by petition" if the progressive nomination was denied him.. Lincoln Evening Journal. September 23, 1924. June 22, 2023.
- Web site: Political Response to Agricultural Depression in Nebraska, 1922. https://web.archive.org/web/20130522145523/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1966Agric_Depression.pdf. dead. May 22, 2013. nebraskahistory.org. Luebke. Frederick C.. Nebraska State Historical Society. 24. October 8, 2017.
- Web site: Nebraska State Legislators 1924-1925. 18. October 8, 2017.
