1876 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

1876 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

November 7, 1876 1878 →
 
Nominee Othman A. Abbott Miles Zentmeyer Allen Root
Party Republican Democratic Greenback
Popular vote 31,088 17,558 2,777
Percentage 60.4% 34.1% 5.4%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Position created

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Othman A. Abbott
Republican

The 1876 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1876, and featured Republican nominee Othman A. Abbott defeating Democratic nominee Miles Zentmeyer and Greenback Party nominee Allen Root.[1]

It was the first election held under the newly adopted Nebraska Constitution of 1875. Prior to this election, the State of Nebraska did not have an office of lieutenant governor. Under the Nebraska Constitution of 1866, if the governor died, resigned, or was removed from office (as happened to Governor David Butler in 1871), then the Nebraska Secretary of State was appointed as Acting Governor until the vacancy would be filled by the next election.[2] The Constitution of 1875 created the office of Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, leading to the first election of a lieutenant governor for Nebraska in this election.

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  2. ^ "Nebraska Constitution of 1866, Article III, Section 16".