The 1876 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1876, and featured
Republican nominee
Othman A. Abbott defeating
Democratic nominee Miles Zentmeyer and
Greenback Party nominee Allen Root.[1]
It was the first election held under the newly adopted
Nebraska Constitution of 1875. Prior to this election, the
State of Nebraska did not have an office of
lieutenant governor. Under the Nebraska Constitution of 1866, if the governor died, resigned, or was removed from office (as happened to Governor
David Butler in 1871), then the
Nebraska Secretary of State was appointed as Acting Governor until the vacancy would be filled by the next election.[2] The Constitution of 1875 created the office of Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, leading to the first election of a lieutenant governor for Nebraska in this election.
Miles Zentmeyer, Democratic candidate from
Schuyler, Nebraska, lawyer, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Convention,[5] and former editor of the Schuyler Sun newspaper[6]
^This is the official total given for Abbott in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877.[1] However, some newspaper accounts give Abbott's total as 30,088.[7]
^This is the official total given for Zentmeyer in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877.[1] However, some newspaper accounts give Zentmeyer's total as 17,458.[7]
^According to the Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877, this scattering total included votes for
Paren England (5),
Silas Garber (3), "Miles Zentman" (3), a misspelling of "Miles Zentmeyer," S. P. Mobley (1), and A. B. Young (1).[1]
^This is the official total given for the scattering of additional votes in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877.[1] However, some newspaper accounts listed this total as 12.[7]
The 1876 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1876, and featured
Republican nominee
Othman A. Abbott defeating
Democratic nominee Miles Zentmeyer and
Greenback Party nominee Allen Root.[1]
It was the first election held under the newly adopted
Nebraska Constitution of 1875. Prior to this election, the
State of Nebraska did not have an office of
lieutenant governor. Under the Nebraska Constitution of 1866, if the governor died, resigned, or was removed from office (as happened to Governor
David Butler in 1871), then the
Nebraska Secretary of State was appointed as Acting Governor until the vacancy would be filled by the next election.[2] The Constitution of 1875 created the office of Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, leading to the first election of a lieutenant governor for Nebraska in this election.
Miles Zentmeyer, Democratic candidate from
Schuyler, Nebraska, lawyer, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Convention,[5] and former editor of the Schuyler Sun newspaper[6]
^This is the official total given for Abbott in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877.[1] However, some newspaper accounts give Abbott's total as 30,088.[7]
^This is the official total given for Zentmeyer in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877.[1] However, some newspaper accounts give Zentmeyer's total as 17,458.[7]
^According to the Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877, this scattering total included votes for
Paren England (5),
Silas Garber (3), "Miles Zentman" (3), a misspelling of "Miles Zentmeyer," S. P. Mobley (1), and A. B. Young (1).[1]
^This is the official total given for the scattering of additional votes in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877.[1] However, some newspaper accounts listed this total as 12.[7]