The 1886 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886, and featured incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Hibbard H. Shedd , a Republican , defeating Democratic nominee Charles J. Bowlby as well as Prohibition Party nominee E. B. Graham and National Union Party nominee M. K. Lewis.[ 1]
1886 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
The National Union Party was founded just prior to the election of 1886 and appears to have been a precursor to the later populist movement in Nebraska.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Charles Van Wyck who were later prominent in the populist movement.[ 2] [ 5] [ 6]
Charles J. Bowlby, Democratic candidate, Democratic nominee for Nebraska Secretary of State in 1882,[ 7] Saline County Agricultural Society, and lawyer from Crete, Nebraska [ 8] [ 9]
Rev. E. B. Graham, Prohibition candidate, chairman of the Prohibition Party,[ 10] Presbyterian Church in Omaha, Nebraska [ 11] [ 12]
M. K. Lewis, National Union candidate, chairman of the Nebraska National Union Party,[ 13] Hastings, Nebraska , and president of the company M. K. Lewis and Sons[ 14] [ 2] [ 15]
Hibbard H. Shedd , Republican candidate, incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor and former Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883 from Ashland, Nebraska [ 16] [ 17]
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