1912 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

1912 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee Samuel Roy McKelvie Herman Diers
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 123,837 109,186
Percentage 50.0% 44.1%

Lieutenant Governor before election

John H. Morehead (acting)
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Samuel Roy McKelvie
Republican

The 1912 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912, and featured Republican nominee Samuel Roy McKelvie defeating Democratic nominee Herman Diers as well as Socialist Party nominee W. T. Jeffryes and Prohibition Party nominee Theodore J. Shrode.[1]

On May 2, 1911, incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Melville R. Hopewell died while in office. After the death of Hopewell, John H. Morehead was considered to be 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][3][4] Morehead decided to seek the office of Governor of Nebraska and thus did not run to be officially elected as lieutenant governor in the election of 1912.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference state2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Gov. John Henry Morehead", National Governors Association, January 3, 2019, As senate president, Morehead succeeded to the office of lieutenant governor, where he served from 1911 to 1912.
  3. ^ Nancy Capace (January 1, 1999). Encyclopedia of Nebraska. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 106. ISBN 9780403098347. Due to his Senate post as President Pro Tempore, he stepped in as Lieutenant Governor of the State in May 1911, when the incumbent, M.R. Hopewell, died while in office.
  4. ^ "John H. Morehead: Democratic Candidate for Nomination for Governor of Nebraska", Red Cloud Chief, April 4, 1912, Through the death of Judge Melville R. Hopewell, on May 2 last, Senator Morehead became acting lieutenant governor of the state.