1888 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1888 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1888, and featured Republican nominee George de Rue Meiklejohn defeating Democratic nominee Frank Folda as well as Prohibition Party nominee John Dale and Union Labor nominee C. W. Potter.^[1]

1888 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee George de Rue Meiklejohn Frank Folda John Dale Party Republican Democratic Prohibition Popular vote 103,460 79,706 9,885 Percentage 52.4% 40.4% 5.0%

Lieutenant Governor before election Hibbard H. Shedd Republican Elected Lieutenant Governor George de Rue Meiklejohn Republican

General election

Candidates

• John Dale, Prohibition candidate, businessman and president of the Metropolitan Prohibition Club of Omaha, Nebraska.^[2][3] Dale was originally nominated at the Prohibition Party convention for governor, but lost to George E. Bigelow in a 503 to 307 vote. He was then nominated to run for lieutenant governor over C. F. S. Templin.^[4]
• Frank Folda, Democratic candidate, banker and former member of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877 from Schuyler, Nebraska^[5][6]
• George de Rue Meiklejohn, Republican candidate, lawyer, former county attorney for Nance County, member of the Nebraska Senate since 1885 and president pro tempore of the Nebraska Senate since 1887 from Fullerton, Nebraska^[5][7]
• C. W. Potter, Union Labor candidate, member of the executive committee of the State Farmers' Alliance from Brown County, Nebraska^[8]

Results

Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1888^[1][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George de Rue Meiklejohn	103,460	52.41
	Democratic	Frank Folda	79,706	40.37
	Prohibition	John Dale	9,885	5.01
	Labor	C. W. Potter	4,361	2.21
	Scattering		10
Total votes			197,422	100.00
	Republican hold

See also

• 1888 Nebraska gubernatorial election