1898 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 September 2023 1898 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election Nebraska presidential no 1896 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election 1896 1900 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election 1900 November 8, 1898 x160px Edward A. Gilbert People's Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) 94,850 50.2% 3x4.svg George A. Murphy Republican Party (United States) 92,150 48.8% Lieutenant Governor James E. Harris People's Party (United States) Edward A. Gilbert People's Party (United States) The 1898 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898, and featured Populist and Democratic fusion nominee Edward A. Gilbert defeating Republican nominee George A. Murphy as well as Prohibition nominee Newell S. Lowrie and Socialist Labor nominee J. J. Kerrigan. Early in 1898, there was speculation that incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor James E. Harris might seek the office of Governor of Nebraska in the 1898 election;Speculation on Governorship: Governor Holcomb's Third Term Aspirations Frowned on - May be Harris - Bryan Not to Dine With Jacksonians Nebraska State Journal January 2, 1898 5 June 17, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/313974151/ This leads to the prediction that there is but one man in the [Populist] party who can heal all wounds and stay the jealous storms of the convention, and that he is James E. Harris, the present Lieutenant-governor. however, by the fall of 1898, Harris was not running for governor and had become disaffected with the Populist party.Daily Drift Nebraska State Journal October 10, 1898 4 June 17, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/333733236/ Lieutenant Governor Harris admits that a large number of unprincipled men have secured seats in the populist band wagon, and adds that they are 'ruining the party.' Harris eventually withdrew from being renominated for the office of lieutenant governor in favor of Edward A. Gilbert so that the Silver Republican Party, who supported Gilbert, might have some representation on the Populist/Democratic fusion ticket.W. A. Poynter for Governor The Nebraska Independent August 4, 1898 1 June 17, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/869554437/ The present state officers were renominated with the exception of Lieutenant Governor Harris, who withdrew in order that the silver republicans might have representation on the ticket. A party calling itself the Liberty Party held a convention on August 2, 1898, and had originally nominated candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. The nominees were Richard A. Hawley for governor, who had previously run for governor with the so-called National Party in the election of 1896, and J. Phipps Roe, of Omaha, Nebraska, for lieutenant governor. However, on September 22, both candidates withdrew their names and the Liberty Party decided to endorse the Populist/Democratic fusion candidates, William A. Poynter and Edward A. Gilbert, for governor and lieutenant governor respectively.Ready for Political Work: The Various Nominations Certified to the Secretary of State The Clipper-Citizen September 23, 1893 3 June 17, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/709285368/ General election Candidates Edward A. Gilbert, Populist/Democratic fusion candidate, former member of the Nebraska House of Representatives as a Republican from 1889 to 1891 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. J. J. Kerrigan, Socialist Labor candidate from Omaha, NebraskaSocial Labor Ticket Nebraska City News October 18, 1898 2 June 17, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/727970130/ Rev. Newell Samuel Lowrie, Prohibition candidate, Presbyterian minister from O'Neill, NebraskaThe prohibition state convention Holt County Independent June 17, 1898 4 June 17, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/741604927/Obituary Nebraska State Journal March 14, 1912 9 June 17, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/314152318/?article=e2776027-70b9-4529-ac23-464fd8ac1015 George Arthur Murphy, Republican candidate, lawyer, member of the Nebraska Senate since 1897 from Beatrice, Nebraska, and former city attorney of Beatrice and prosecuting attorney of Gage CountyHon. George A. Murphy Beatrice Daily Express August 11, 1898 4 June 17, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/507747996/George A. Murphy Beatrice Evening Times August 12, 1898 3 June 17, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/667935553/ Results Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 18981899-1900 Nebraska Blue Book State of Nebraska State Journal Co. 1899 June 8, 2023 246–247 http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/l3000/D001-189900.pdf People's Party (United States) Edward A. GilbertCross-endorsed by a party calling itself the Liberty Party 94,850 50.18 Republican Party (United States) George A. Murphy 92,150 48.75 Prohibition Party Newell S. Lowrie 1,778 0.94 Socialist Labor Party of America J. J. Kerrigan 254 0.13 189,032 100.00 People's Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) See also 1898 Nebraska gubernatorial election References Lieutenant Gubernatorial Category:November 1898 in the United States Category:Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:1898 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections