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 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.
Miles Zentmeyer, Democratic candidate from Schuyler, Nebraska, lawyer, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Convention,[5] and former editor of the Schuyler Sun newspaper[6]
^This is the official total given for Abbott in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877.[1] However, some newspaper accounts give Abbott's total as 30,088.[7]
^This is the official total given for Zentmeyer in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877.[1] However, some newspaper accounts give Zentmeyer's total as 17,458.[7]
^According to the Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877, this scattering total included votes for Paren England (5), Silas Garber (3), "Miles Zentman" (3), a misspelling of "Miles Zentmeyer," S. P. Mobley (1), and A. B. Young (1).[1]
^This is the official total given for the scattering of additional votes in the official Nebraska Senate Journal of 1877.[1] However, some newspaper accounts listed this total as 12.[7]