1912 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 September 2023 1912 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election Nebraska presidential no 1910 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election 1910 1914 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election 1914 November 5, 1912 x160px Samuel Roy McKelvie Republican Party (United States) 123,837 50.0% x160px Herman Diers Democratic Party (United States) 109,186 44.1% Lieutenant Governor John H. Morehead (acting) Democratic Party (United States) Samuel Roy McKelvie Republican Party (United States) The 1912 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912, and featured Republican nominee Samuel Roy McKelvie defeating Democratic nominee Herman Diers as well as Socialist Party nominee W. T. Jeffryes and Prohibition Party nominee Theodore J. Shrode. On May 2, 1911, incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Melville R. Hopewell died while in office. After the death of Hopewell, John H. Morehead was considered to be 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.Gov. John Henry Morehead National Governors Association 3 January 2019 As senate president, Morehead succeeded to the office of lieutenant governor, where he served from 1911 to 1912. https://www.nga.org/governor/john-henry-morehead/Encyclopedia of Nebraska Nancy Capace January 1, 1999 106 Somerset Publishers, Inc. 9780403098347 Due to his Senate post as President Pro Tempore, he stepped in as Lieutenant Governor of the State in May 1911, when the incumbent, M.R. Hopewell, died while in office. https://books.google.com/books?id=rWkP0DM_upwC&pg=PA106John H. Morehead: Democratic Candidate for Nomination for Governor of Nebraska Red Cloud Chief April 4, 1912 Through the death of Judge Melville R. Hopewell, on May 2 last, Senator Morehead became acting lieutenant governor of the state. https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn84022835/1912-04-04/ed-1/seq-9/ Morehead decided to seek the office of Governor of Nebraska and thus did not run to be officially elected as lieutenant governor in the election of 1912. Democratic primary Candidates Herman Diers ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination. He was a businessman and banker from Gresham, Nebraska, who was a member of the Nebraska Senate from 1909 to 1911 and a member of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1901 to 1903.2020-21 Nebraska Blue Book 317–378 State of Nebraska June 10, 2023 http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/l3000/D001-202021.pdfHon. Herman Diers Saturday Night Review November 2, 1912 June 10, 2023 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/767819354/Herman Diers Files for Lieutenant Governor Omaha World-Herald January 2, 1912 6 June 10, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/860521147/Obituary The New Teller April 14, 1926 June 10, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/768966182/ 11Death Claims Herman Diers Grand Island Independent April 8, 1926 June 10, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/692985056/ 2 Results Democratic primary resultsHere's the Figures that Record the Official Vote of Nebraska: All the Counties Are Now In 2 Central City Republican May 23, 1912 June 10, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/672797732/ Democratic Party (US) Herman Diers 29,110 100.0 Republican primary Candidates Martin L. Fries, farmer, former businessman in the lumber industry,M. L. Fries: Republican Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Nebraska State Democrat August 15, 1918 June 1, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/710107002/ and former member of the Nebraska Senate from 1903 to 1907 from Arcadia, Nebraska L. W. Hague, lawyer from Minden, NebraskaMiscellaneous The Minden News March 22, 1912 4 June 10, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/726743501/ Samuel Roy McKelvie, president and manager of The Nebraska Farmer newspaperThe Nebraska Farmer The Nebraska Farmer May 22, 1912 June 10, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/865507785/ 6 and member of the Nebraska House of Representatives since 1911 from Lincoln, Nebraska Lorin A. Varner, lawyer, founder and publisher of the Sterling Sun newspaper, former president of the Nebraska Press Association,L. A. Varner for Lieutenant Governor The Pender Republic 4 April 5, 1912 June 10, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/739992779/ member of the Nebraska Senate since 1911, and former member of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1885 to 1887 from Sterling, Nebraska Results Republican primary results Republican Party (US) Samuel Roy McKelvie 27,268 41.93 Republican Party (US) Martin L. Fries 15,607 24.00 Republican Party (US) Lorin A. Varner 12,162 18.70 Republican Party (US) L. W. Hague 10,000 15.38 General election Candidates Herman Diers, Democratic nominee Dr. W. T. Jeffryes, Socialist nominee, physician from Horsefoot, Nebraska, a village in Rock County, NebraskaNeighborhood News Fairbury Journal-News March 22, 1912 June 10, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/673540532/ 18 Samuel Roy McKelvie, Republican nominee Theodore J. Shrode, Prohibition nomineeOfficial Returns-Morrill County Bridgeport News-Blade November 8, 1912 1 June 10, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/670480250/ Results Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1912Nebraska's State Vote: Result of the Election for State Officers in Nebraska, Including Congressmen The Crofton Journal 2 December 12, 1912 June 10, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/673276964/ Republican Party (United States) Samuel Roy McKelvie 123,837The total given for McKelvie's vote in the 1913 Nebraska House of Representatives journal was 123,839.Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Session of the Nebraska House of Representatives: Lincoln, Nebraska, 1913 1913 Henry C. Richmond 26 Jacob North & Co. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924093347817&view=1up&seq=244&skin=2021 49.96 Democratic Party (United States) Herman Diers 109,186 44.05 Socialist Party of America W. T. Jeffryes 10,925 4.41 Prohibition Party Theodore J. Shrode 3,932 1.59 247,880 100.00 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also 1912 Nebraska gubernatorial election References Lieutenant Gubernatorial Nebraska Category:November 1912 in the United States Category:Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial elections