1874 Nebraska gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1874 Nebraska gubernatorial election Nebraska presidential no 1872 Nebraska gubernatorial election 1872 1876 Nebraska gubernatorial election 1876 October 13, 1874 x160px Silas Garber Republican Party (United States) 21,568 59.88% 3x4.svg Albert Tuxbury Democratic Party (United States) 8,946 24.84% 3x4.svg Jonathan F. Gardner Independent (United States) 4,159 11.55% 1874 Nebraska gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County resultsGarber: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Tuxbury: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #3933E5 80–90%Gardner: #D9D9D9 40–50% #BDBDBD 50–60%#808080 No Votes Governor Robert Wilkinson Furnas Republican Party (United States) Silas Garber Republican Party (United States) The 1874 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on October 13, 1874.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: Eleventh Regular Session State of Nebraska 1875 Omaha Daily Republican 118 June 21, 2023 https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZYtAQAAMAAJ Abstract of Votes cast for State Officers at the General Election, held October 13th, 1874 It was the last gubernatorial election held under the Nebraska Constitution of 1866. Incumbent Governor of Nebraska Robert Wilkinson Furnas did not seek reelection to a second term. The election featured Republican nominee Silas Garber, a member of the Nebraska House of Representatives, defeating Democratic nominee Albert Tuxbury, mayor of Nebraska City, as well as Independent nominee Jonathan F. Gardner and Prohibition Party nominee Jarvis S. Church. General election Candidates Silas Garber, Republican candidate, member of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1873 to 1875 from Red Cloud, Nebraska in Webster County2020-21 Nebraska Blue Book State of Nebraska May 13, 2023 336 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 Albert Tuxbury, Democratic candidate, mayor of Nebraska City in 1872 from Otoe CountyMore items from 125 Years Ago, Spring, 1872, year of the first observance of Arbor Day. Nebraska City Magazine 1997 http://westmedia.com/nebcity/spring1872a.html May 13, 2023 The mayor of Nebraska City at the time of the first Arbor Day was Albert Tuxbury. Jonathan F. Gardner, Independent candidate, from Richardson County, NebraskaOctober 13, 1874: Nebraska Tekamah Weekly Burtonian October 8, 1874 May 13, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/767833224/ Independent Jonathan F. Gardner, of Richardson county Jarvis S. Church, Prohibition candidate, from Nemaha County, Nebraska Results Nebraska gubernatorial election, 1874https://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) Silas Garber 21,568 59.88% Democratic Party (United States) Albert Tuxbury 8,946 24.84% Independent (United States) Jonathan F. Gardner 4,159 11.55% Prohibition Party Jarvis S. Church 1,346 3.74% 36,019 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Notes References Gubernatorial 1874 Nebraska Category:November 1874 in the United States