1918 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1918 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1918, and featured Republican nominee Pelham A. Barrows defeating Democratic nominee William B. Banning as well as Prohibition Party nominee David B. Gilbert.^[1] Incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Edgar Howard decided not to seek reelection to the office of lieutenant governor in order to run for US Senate, but he was defeated in the Democratic primaries by John H. Morehead.^[2][3]

1918 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

← 1916 November 5, 1918 1920 →

Nominee Pelham A. Barrows William B. Banning Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 116,252 93,388 Percentage 53.8% 43.2%

Lieutenant Governor before election Edgar Howard Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor Pelham A. Barrows Republican

Democratic primary

Candidates

• William B. Banning, farmer, businessman, bank director, former county commissioner for Cass County, Nebraska, former member of the Nebraska Senate from 1909 to 1913 from Union, Nebraska, and unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1916^[4][5]
• Carl E. Slatt, farmer from Edgar, Nebraska^[3][6]

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William B. Banning	30,395	55.95
	Democratic	Carl E. Slatt	23,931	44.05

Prohibition primary

Candidates

David B. Gilbert of Fremont, Nebraska, ran unopposed for the Prohibition Party nomination.^[7][3]

Results

Prohibition primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Prohibition	David B. Gilbert	185	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

• Pelham A. Barrows, newspaper publisher from Lincoln, Nebraska^[8][9]
• Martin L. Fries, farmer, former businessman in the lumber industry,^[10] former member of the Nebraska Senate from 1903 to 1907 from Arcadia, Nebraska,^[4] and former candidate for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in 1912^[11]
• Dr. C. S. Page, county clerk of Banner County, Nebraska, from Harrisburg, Nebraska^[3][12]
• Isidor Ziegler, attorney from Omaha, Nebraska^[3][13]

Results

Republican primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pelham A. Barrows	23,974	39.04
	Republican	C. S. Page	14,451	23.53
	Republican	Martin L. Fries	12,180	19.83
	Republican	Isidor Ziegler	10,806	17.60

General election

Results

Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1918^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pelham A. Barrows	116,252	53.78
	Democratic	William B. Banning	93,388	43.20
	Prohibition	David B. Gilbert	6,529	3.02
Total votes			216,169	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 1918 Nebraska gubernatorial election