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1902 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

1902 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

← 1900 November 4, 1902 1904 →
 
Nominee Edmund G. McGilton Edward A. Gilbert
Party Republican Populist
Alliance Democratic
Popular vote 98,320 87,009
Percentage 51.0% 45.1%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Calvin F. Steele (acting)
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Edmund G. McGilton
Republican

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.[a][1]

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.[2] 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.[3][4] Neither Savage nor Steele sought the office of lieutenant governor in 1902.

General election

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Candidates

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Results

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Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1902[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Edmund G. McGilton 98,320 50.96
Populist Edward A. Gilbert 87,009 45.10
Prohibition Isaiah Lightner 4,129 2.14
Socialist Andrew D. Peugh[a] 3,482 1.80
Total votes 192,940 100.00
Republican hold
  1. ^ a b c Several sources, including various newspapers from the time period, refer to Peugh as "A. David Pugh" instead of "Andrew D. Peugh."[12][13] However, the name "Andrew D. Peugh" is also widely used in newspaper sources[14][15][16][17] and is the name given in the official results in the 1903 Senate Journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska.[1]

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