1872 Nebraska gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1872 Nebraska gubernatorial election Nebraska presidential no 1870 Nebraska gubernatorial election 1870 1874 Nebraska gubernatorial election 1874 October 8, 1872 x160px Robert W. Furnas Republican Party (United States) 16,543 59.57% x160px Henry C. Lett Democratic Party (United States) 11,227 40.43% 1872 Nebraska gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County resultsFurnas: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Lett: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #3933E5 80–90% #0D0596 >90% Governor William H. James (Acting) Republican Party (United States) Robert Wilkinson Furnas Republican Party (United States) The 1872 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on October 8, 1872.The Nebraska Constitution of 1866 specified in Article III, Section 1, that the governor and all executive officers were to be elected on the second Tuesday in October.Nebraska Constitution of 1866, Article III, Section 1 1866 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nebraska_Constitution_of_1866#ARTICLE_III:_EXECUTIVE The Executive Department shall consist of a Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor and Treasurer, who shall be chosen by the electors of the State on the second Tuesday of October....Senate Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Nebraska: Ninth Regular Session State of Nebraska 1873 Journal Company 36 June 21, 2023 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZeA5AQAAMAAJ Abstract of Votes Cast for State Officers at the General Election, Held October 8th, 1872 Three-term incumbent Governor of Nebraska, David Butler was impeached and removed from office on June 2, 1871.Gov. David C. Butler January 3, 2019 https://www.nga.org/governor/david-butler/ National Governors Association December 26, 2022 Because Nebraska's Constitution at the time did not include the office of lieutenant governor, Butler was replaced by Nebraska Secretary of State William H. James as acting governor, filling out the remainder of Butler's term. In 1872, James decided not to seek election to the governorship. The election of 1872 thus featured Republican nominee Robert Wilkinson Furnas, a member of the University of Nebraska Board of regents since 1869, defeating Democratic nominee Henry C. Lett, a lawyer from Brownville, Nebraska.Col. R. W. Furnas and Hon. H. C. Lett Omaha Evening Bee October 4, 1872 May 13, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/737433283/ General election Candidates Colonel Robert W. Furnas, Republican candidate, former member of the Nebraska Territorial Council from 1857 to 1859 from Nemaha County, Nebraska,2020-21 Nebraska Blue Book State of Nebraska May 13, 2023 311 https://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/bluebook/263-404.pdf June 1, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230601144334/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/bluebook/263-404.pdf dead and member of the University of Nebraska board of regents from 1869 to 1875Robert Wilkinson Furnas http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulwood-fyke.html The Political Graveyard May 13, 2023 Henry C. Lett, Democratic candidate, lawyer from Brownville, Nebraska, and president of the Brownville office of the Fort Kearney and Pacific Railroad,H. C. Lett, Come Into Court Nebraska Advertiser October 3, 1872 May 13, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/731123103/City and County Nebraska Advertiser November 14, 1872 May 13, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/65299527/ H. C. Lett, Esq. has been... Democratic nominee for Nebraska State Auditor in 1868Democratic State Ticket Omaha Herald August 7, 1868 2 June 22, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/857127503/ Results Nebraska gubernatorial election, 1872https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073364112 The Nebraska Blue Book and Historical Register May 13, 2023 December 1918 Addison E. Sheldon 440 Nebraska Legislative Reference BureauHistory of Nebraska Harrison Johnson 1880 52 Henry Gibson Herald Printing House http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Johnson/jhne047.html Republican Party (United States) Robert W. Furnas 16,543 59.57% Democratic Party (United States) Henry C. Lett 11,227 40.43% 27,770 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Notes References Gubernatorial 1872 Nebraska Category:November 1872 in the United States