1878 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 September 2023 1878 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election Nebraska presidential no 1876 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election 1876 1880 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election 1880 November 5, 1878 x160px Edmund C. Carns Republican Party (United States) 29,325 55.9% 3x4.svg Theron M. Blakely Greenback Party Democratic Party (United States) 22,606 43.1% Lieutenant Governor Othman A. Abbott Republican Party (United States) Edmund C. Carns Republican Party (United States) The 1878 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1878, and featured Republican nominee Edmund C. Carns defeating Greenback and Democratic nominee Theron M. Blakely as well as the original Democratic nominee F. J. Mead who still received some votes.National Greenback Ticket Democratic State Ticket Brownville Granger October 4, 1878 June 7, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/669808669/National Greenback Ticket Democratic State Ticket Hamilton County News October 18, 1878 June 7, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/671595699/ Originally, the Democratic party had nominated F. J. Mead for lieutenant governor. However, in late October 1878, the state central committees of the Democratic and Greenback parties met in Lincoln, Nebraska, and decided to replace F. J. Mead with Greenback candidate Theron M. Blakely on the ticket for lieutenant governor.Changes in the Ticket The Falls City Press October 31, 1878 June 7, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/689812701/ Theron M. Blakely, is put on the ticket for Lieutenant Governor in place of F. J. Mead.Democratic Ticket The Progress October 31, 1878 June 7, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/764812670/ 3 For Lieutenant Governor, Theron M. Blakely.Democratic State Ticket Fremont Herald October 28, 1878 June 7, 2023 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/689773034/ General election Candidates Theron M. Blakely, Greenback and Democratic candidate from Madison County, NebraskaThe End: The Greenbackers Adopt a Platform, Nominate a Ticket, and then Adjourn Sine Die Nebraska State Journal August 23, 1878 June 7, 2023 4 https://www.newspapers.com/image/309670502/ Edmund C. Carns, Republican candidate, member of the Nebraska Senate since 1877 from Seward, Nebraska2020-21 Nebraska Blue Book 317–378 State of Nebraska May 29, 2023 http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/l3000/D001-202021.pdf F. J. Mead, original Democratic candidate from Saunders County, NebraskaDemocratic State Ticket The Columbus Era October 5, 1878 June 7, 2023 4 https://www.newspapers.com/image/672786703/Democratic Convention Nebraska Herald October 3, 1878 June 7, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/754334697/ Results Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1878House Journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Fifteenth Regular Session Journal Company, State Printers 1879 June 7, 2023 29 https://books.google.com/books?id=8CwbAQAAIAAJ&dq=Carns+Blakely+Nebraska&pg=PA29 Republican Party (United States) Edmund C. Carns 29,325 55.89 Greenback Party Theron M. Blakely 22,606 43.09 Democratic Party (United States) F. J. Mead 534 1.02 52,465 100.00 Republican Party (United States) See also 1878 Nebraska gubernatorial election References Lieutenant Gubernatorial Category:November 1878 in the United States Category:Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial elections