1894 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee Robert E. Moore James N. Gaffin Rodney E. Dunphy Party Republican Populist Democratic Alliance Democratic Popular vote 97,298 85,393 13,785 Percentage 48.3% 42.3% 6.8%

Lieutenant Governor before election Thomas J. Majors Republican Elected Lieutenant Governor Robert E. Moore Republican

The1894 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1894, and featuredRepublican nomineeRobert E. Moore defeatingPopulist andDemocratic fusion nominee James N. Gaffin as well asStraight Democratic (anti-Populist) nominee Rodney E. Dunphy andProhibition Party nomineeBelle G. Bigelow.^[1]

IncumbentNebraska Lieutenant GovernorThomas J. Majors did not run for reelection as lieutenant governor since he decided to seek the office ofgovernor of Nebraska. AlthoughSilas A. Holcomb, the Populist and Democratic fusion nominee, won thegubernatorial election over Majors, the Republicans continued to hold the office of lieutenant governor with the victory of Robert E. Moore over James N. Gaffin.

• Belle G. Bigelow, Prohibition candidate, woman suffragist, president of the Lincoln Women's Christian Temperance Union, one of the first women to run for statewide office in Nebraska, and wife of George E. Bigelow, Prohibition candidate forgovernor of Nebraska in 1888, fromLincoln, Nebraska^[2][3]
• Rodney E. Dunphy, Straight Democratic (anti-Populist) candidate nominated by a breakaway faction from the Populist/Democratic fusion convention which also nominated Phelps D. Sturdevant for governor.^[4][5][6] Dunphy was a former member of theNebraska Senate from 1883 to 1885 fromSeward, Nebraska^[7]
• James N. Gaffin, Populist/Democratic Fusion candidate, farmer, president of the Farmers' Stock and Elevator Company, and member of theNebraska House of Representatives since 1891 and Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives since 1893 fromColon, Nebraska.^[7][8][9] Gaffin was originally nominated for governor of Nebraska but lost toSilas A. Holcomb at the Populist convention and thus was subsequently nominated for lieutenant governor.^[10][11]
• Robert E. Moore, Republican candidate, member of theNebraska Senate since 1891 and previously from 1887 to 1889 fromLincoln, Nebraska, and formermayor of Lincoln from 1883 to 1885^[7][12][13]

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