1936 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

1936 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

← 1934 November 3, 1936 1938 →
 
Nominee Walter H. Jurgensen George A. Williams
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 314,404 232,583
Percentage 57.5% 42.5%

County results
Jurgensen:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
Williams:      50-60%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Walter H. Jurgensen
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Walter H. Jurgensen
Democratic

The 1936 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1936, and featured incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Walter H. Jurgensen, a Democrat, defeating Republican nominee George A. Williams, who was a former Nebraska Lieutenant Governor.[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter H. Jurgensen (incumbent) 81,126 61.84
Democratic Edgar Howard 50,071 38.16

Republican primary

In addition to the six candidates who ran in the Republican primary listed below, a petition was filed by 38 Republicans from Lancaster County for Theodore W. Metcalfe, former Nebraska Lieutenant Governor from 1931 to 1933 and unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Nebraska in 1934, to run for his old office of lieutenant governor.[4] Metcalfe notified the Nebraska Secretary of State that he would not accept the petition to run for lieutenant governor and thus was not a candidate for the Republican nomination in 1936.[5]

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George A. Williams 34,217 32.21
Republican Albert T. Howard 21,770 20.49
Republican Jess P. Palmer 21,556 20.29
Republican C. A. Green 16,799 15.81
Republican Murray F. Rickard 7,267 6.84
Republican A. A. Rezac 4,611 4.34
Scattering 3

General election

Results

Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1936[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter H. Jurgensen (incumbent) 314,404 57.48
Republican George A. Williams 232,583 42.52
Total votes 546,987 100.00
Democratic hold

Aftermath

On March 7, 1938, incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Walter H. Jurgensen was convicted of a felony for embezzling $549 in a stock transaction between a co-defendant and a railroad station agent in September 1934.[9] Jurgensen contested the conviction and sought to be renominated for a fourth term as lieutenant governor, but he was declared ineligible to participate in the primary.[10][11] He was then removed from office by the Nebraska Supreme Court on June 25, 1938, leaving the lieutenant governor's office vacant.[9] This caused two elections, a regular and a special election, to be held for the office of lieutenant governor in 1938.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Official Report of the Nebraska State Canvassing Board 1936 General Election" (PDF). Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "460 Filings Are On Primary Ticket". The Ravenna News. March 13, 1936. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Official Report of the Nebraska State Canvassing Board Primary Election 1936". Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "Placek Is Expected To Enliven Campaign". The Nebraska State Journal. February 28, 1936. p. 8. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "Metcalfe Won't Run". The Columbus Telegram. March 9, 1936. p. 2. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  6. ^ "Local Mention". Burt County Herald. February 27, 1936. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  7. ^ State of Nebraska, 1936 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF), p. 246, retrieved May 27, 2023
  8. ^ State of Nebraska, 2020-21 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF), p. 362, retrieved May 27, 2023
  9. ^ a b "Lieut. Governor Out: Nebraska Court Removes Official In Embezzling Case". The New York Times. June 26, 1938. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  10. ^ "Time Capsule". Omaha World-Herald. June 27, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  11. ^ "News, Views, and Gossip". The Tryon Graphic. June 30, 1938. Retrieved May 27, 2023.