1922 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

1922 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

← 1920 November 7, 1922 1924 →

Nominee Fred G. Johnson P. J. Mullin T. J. Ellsberry Party Republican Democratic Progressive Popular vote 172,815 156,252 45,074 Percentage 46.2% 41.8% 12.0%

County results Johnson:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60% Mullin:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60%

Lieutenant Governor before election Pelham A. Barrows Republican Elected Lieutenant Governor Fred G. Johnson Republican

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^[3]
• William J. McNichols, attorney from Lexington, Nebraska^[4]
• Patrick John "P. J." Mullin, farmer and businessman from near Albion, Nebraska^[5][6][7]
• James Pearson, former Nebraska Lieutenant Governor from 1915 to 1917 from Moorefield, Nebraska^[8]

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	P. J. Mullin	23,332	33.32
	Democratic	James Pearson	18,900	26.99
	Democratic	William J. McNichols	14,902	21.28
	Democratic	Cass G. Barns	12,879	18.39
	Scattering		20

Progressive primary

Candidates

T. J. Ellsberry ran unopposed in the Progressive Party primary. He was the mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska.^[9]

Results

Progressive primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	T. J. Ellsberry	7,272	99.85
	Scattering		11

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.^[10] His nickname was "Cyclone Johnson."^[11]

Results

Prohibition primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Prohibition	John M. Johnson	118	94.0
	Scattering		7

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.^[12]

Republican primary

Candidates

• Thomas J. Cronin from Omaha, Nebraska^[13][14]
• 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^[15][16]
• William R. Mellor, member of the Nebraska House of Representatives since 1921 from Lincoln, Nebraska^[15]
• George C. Snow, editor of the Chadron Journal newspaper and member of the Nebraska House of Representatives since 1919 from Chadron, Nebraska^[15][17]

Results

Republican primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred G. Johnson	46,644	43.48
	Republican	William R. Mellor	27,770	25.88
	Republican	George C. Snow	22,315	20.80
	Republican	Thomas J. Cronin	10,548	9.83
	Scattering		11

General election

Results

Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1922^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred G. Johnson[a]	172,815	46.19
	Democratic	P. J. Mullin	156,252	41.76
	Progressive	T. J. Ellsberry	45,074	12.05
Total votes			374,141	100.00
	Republican hold

1. Cross-endorsed by the Prohibition Party

See also

• 1922 Nebraska gubernatorial election