1876 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 September 2023 1876 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election Nebraska presidential no 1878 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election 1878 November 7, 1876 x160px Othman A. Abbott Republican Party (United States) 31,088 60.4% 3x4.svg Miles Zentmeyer Democratic Party (United States) 17,558 34.1% 3x4.svg Allen Root Greenback Party 2,777 5.4% Lieutenant Governor Position created Othman A. Abbott Republican Party (United States) 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. 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.Nebraska Constitution of 1866, Article III, Section 16 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nebraska_Constitution_of_1866 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. General election Candidates Othman A. Abbott, Republican candidate, lawyer and former member of the Nebraska Senate from 1872 to 1873 from Grand Island, Nebraska2020-21 Nebraska Blue Book 317–378 State of Nebraska May 29, 2023 http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/l3000/D001-202021.pdf Allen Root, Greenback candidate from Douglas County, Nebraska, allied with J. F. Gardner who was a candidate for governorThe Greenbackers: They Unroll and Count their Bills at Harmonie Hall Nebraska State Journal September 29, 1876 June 7, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/309636935/ Miles Zentmeyer, Democratic candidate from Schuyler, Nebraska, lawyer, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Convention,Democratic State Convention Nebraska State Journal April 21, 1876 3 June 7, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/309634356/ and former editor of the Schuyler Sun newspaperMiscellaneous News Columbus Republican March 23, 1876 June 7, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/672717492/?terms=Miles%20Zentmeyer%20sun&match=1 Results Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1876The Legislature: Assembling of the Solons and Counting of the Electoral Vote Nebraska State Journal December 6, 1876 June 7, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/313715564/Senate Journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska State of Nebraska 1877 23 Republican Party (United States) Othman A. Abbott 31,088This is the official total given for Abbott in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877. However, some newspaper accounts give Abbott's total as 30,088. 60.44 Democratic Party (United States) Miles Zentmeyer 17,558This is the official total given for Zentmeyer in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877. However, some newspaper accounts give Zentmeyer's total as 17,458. 34.14 Greenback Party Allen Root 2,777 5.40 ScatteringAccording 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). 13This is the official total given for the scattering of additional votes in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877. However, some newspaper accounts listed this total as 12. 51,436 100.00 See also 1876 Nebraska gubernatorial election References Lieutenant Gubernatorial Category:November 1876 in the United States Category:Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial elections