Theodore W. Metcalfe
Theodore W. Metcalfe | |
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| 19th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska | |
| In office January 8, 1931 – January 3, 1933 | |
| Governor | Charles W. Bryan |
| Preceded by | George A. Williams |
| Succeeded by | Walter H. Jurgensen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 16, 1894 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | February 19, 1973 (aged 78) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Helen Houston |
Theodore W. Metcalfe (August 16, 1894 – February 19, 1973) was the 19th
lieutenant governor of Nebraska
.
Metcalfe was born in
military governor Richard Lee Metcalfe
and his wife Elizabeth Buehler.
A member of the Republican Party, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska in the
1930 election, serving with Democratic Governor Charles W. Bryan, brother of William Jennings Bryan. In his position as Lieutenant Governor, Metcalfe took advantage of Bryan's occasional absence from the state to play practical jokes, and in 1931 he established the office of Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska
, a humorous and effectively meaningless role which references the fact that Nebraska is the only triply landlocked U.S. state.
In 1934, Metcalfe ran in
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
, in Omaha, Nebraska.
References
- "Metcalfe, Theodore W." The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- "Metcalfe, Theodore W." Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- Cooper, Harold. "The Great Nebraska Navy: Its Origin and Growth" (PDF). Nebraska State Historical Society. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
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- This article incorporates facts obtained from: Lawrence Kestenbaum, The Political Graveyard
