Английская Википедия:1922 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

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The 1922 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1922, and featured Republican nominee Fred G. Johnson defeating Democratic nominee P. J. Mullin as well as Progressive nominee T. J. Ellsberry. Incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Pelham A. Barrows, a Republican, chose not to seek reelection to the office of lieutenant governor in order to run for the vacant seat of C. Frank Reavis, former US Representative from Nebraska's 1st congressional district. Barrows was unsuccessful at obtaining the Republican nomination.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Dr. Cass G. Barns, a physician, businessman, banker, former editor of The Albion Argus newspaper, former postmaster of Albion, Nebraska, former county commissioner of Boone County, Nebraska, and Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 1920
• William J. McNichols, attorney from Lexington, Nebraska
• Patrick John "P. J." Mullin, farmer and businessman from near Albion, Nebraska
• James Pearson, former Nebraska Lieutenant Governor from 1915 to 1917 from Moorefield, Nebraska

Progressive primary

Candidates

T. J. Ellsberry ran unopposed in the Progressive Party primary. He was the mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska.

Prohibition primary

Candidates

Rev. John M. Johnson, from St. Paul, Nebraska, ran unopposed in the Prohibition Party primary. He was the owner and publisher of The Phonograph, a newspaper in Howard County, Nebraska. His nickname was "Cyclone Johnson."

Aftermath

Although John M. Johnson won an unopposed primary for the Prohibition nomination for lieutenant governor, he later withdrew his candidacy at the Prohibition Party convention. The convention then chose to endorse the Republican nominee, Fred G. Johnson.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Thomas J. Cronin from Omaha, Nebraska
• Fred G. Johnson, farmer, former member of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1907 to 1909 and again from 1917 to 1919, and former member of the Nebraska Senate from 1919 to 1921 from Hastings, Nebraska
• William R. Mellor, member of the Nebraska House of Representatives since 1921 from Lincoln, Nebraska
• George C. Snow, editor of the Chadron Journal newspaper and member of the Nebraska House of Representatives since 1919 from Chadron, Nebraska

See also

• 1922 Nebraska gubernatorial election

References

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