1902 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 September 2023 1902 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election Nebraska presidential no 1900 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election 1900 1904 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election 1904 November 4, 1902 x160px Edmund G. McGilton Republican Party (United States) 98,320 51.0% x160px Edward A. Gilbert People's Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) 87,009 45.1% Lieutenant Governor Calvin F. Steele (acting) Republican Party (United States) Edmund G. McGilton Republican Party (United States) The 1902 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902, and featured Republican nominee Edmund G. McGilton defeating Edward A. Gilbert, the Populist and Democratic fusion nominee, as well as Prohibition nominee Isaiah Lightner and Socialist nominee Andrew D. Peugh.peugh On May 1, 1901, after serving only four months as Governor of Nebraska, Charles H. Dietrich resigned from being governor as he had been elected by the Nebraska Legislature to fill the vacant U.S. Senate term of Monroe L. Hayward, who had died. Thus, Ezra P. Savage, the lieutenant governor elected in 1900, became the Governor of Nebraska. After the elevation of Savage to Governor, Calvin F. Steele was considered 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.1915 Nebraska Blue Book 168 http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/l3000/D001-1915.pdf Thus, in the 1915 Nebraska Blue Book and the 1918 Nebraska Blue Book, Steele is listed as having served as lieutenant governor, even replacing any mention of Savage's brief stint as lieutenant governor.1915 Nebraska Blue Book 11 http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/l3000/D001-1915.pdf1918 Nebraska Blue Book 11 http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/l3000/D001-1918.pdf Neither Savage nor Steele sought the office of lieutenant governor in 1902. General election Candidates Edward A. Gilbert, Populist/Democratic fusion candidate, former Nebraska Lieutenant Governor from 1899 to 1901 from York, Nebraska,2020-21 Nebraska Blue Book 317-178 State of Nebraska June 11, 2023 http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/l3000/D001-202021.pdf 2021 who was aligned with the Silver Republican PartyAs the campaign progresses Saunders County Journal October 20, 1898 4 June 17, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/669984529/ Hon. E. A. Gilbert... is one of the strongest and ablest men in the ranks of the silver republicans and will be a worthy successor to Lieutenant Governor Harris. Isaiah Lightner, Prohibition candidate, farmer from Monroe, Nebraska, and president of the Monroe Agricultural SocietyThe Monroe Agricultural Society The Monroe Republican March 28, 1902 5 June 18, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/726731874/Miscellaneous The Columbus Journal August 13, 1902 3 June 18, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/46303407/Nebraska Prohibitionists Nominate Columbus Telegram August 15, 1902 6 June 18, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/428672237/ Edmund G. McGilton, Republican candidate, lawyer from Omaha, Nebraska,John H. Mickey Heads Ticket Hartington Herald June 27, 1902 2 June 19, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/699713876/ who was an unsuccessful Republican nominee for University of Nebraska Board of Regents in 1900Illustrated History of Nebraska: A History of Nebraska from the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region, with Steel Engravings, Photogravures, Copper Plates, Maps, and Tables 3 271–272 1913 J. Sterling Morton and Albert Watkins June 19, 2023 https://books.google.com/books?id=IkfWAAAAMAAJ&q=679 Andrew D. Peugh,peugh Several sources, including various newspapers from the time period, refer to Peugh as "A. David Pugh" instead of "Andrew D. Peugh."Socialist Ticket The New Era September 27, 1902 1 June 19, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/751008723/Socialists Hold Conventions Omaha World-Herald September 3, 1902 3 June 19, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/859698704/ However, the name "Andrew D. Peugh" is also widely used in newspaper sourcesFigures on Late Election Douglas County Gazette November 21, 1902 1 June 19, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/770297224/Four State Tickets Nebraska State Journal October 1, 1902 3 June 19, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/313937047/The Election in Dawson County The Clipper-Citizen November 7, 1902 1 June 19, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/709379390/Socialists Spent No Money Lincoln Daily Post September 11, 1902 8 June 19, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/710467220/ and is the name given in the official results in the 1903 Senate Journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska. Socialist candidate from Fairfield, Nebraska Results Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1902Senate Journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Twenty-Eighth Regular Session A. R. Keim 1903 State Journal Company 46–49 June 18, 2023 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2998110&view=1up&seq=54 Republican Party (United States) Edmund G. McGilton 98,320 50.96 People's Party (United States) Edward A. Gilbert 87,009 45.10 Prohibition Party Isaiah Lightner 4,129 2.14 Socialist Party of America Andrew D. Peughpeugh 3,482 1.80 192,940 100.00 Republican Party (United States) People's Party (United States) See also 1902 Nebraska gubernatorial election References Lieutenant Gubernatorial Nebraska Category:November 1902 in the United States Category:Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial elections