1920 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1920 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920, and featured incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Pelham A. Barrows, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee Cass G. Barns as well as Independent Robert D. Mousel.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Dr. Cass G. Barns, physician, businessman, banker, former editor of The Albion Argus newspaper, former postmaster of Albion, Nebraska, and former county commissioner of Boone County, Nebraska
• Forrest Lear, attorney from Ainsworth, Nebraska
• Franz C. Radke, lawyer, delegate at the 1919-20 Nebraska Constitutional Convention, and former member of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1917 to 1919 from Hartington, Nebraska

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• Pelham A. Barrows, incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor
• Isaiah D. Evans, farmer, delegate at the 1919-20 Nebraska Constitutional Convention, and former member of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1899 to 1901 and again from 1911 to 1913 from Kenesaw, Nebraska

Results

General election

Candidates

• Cass G. Barns, Democratic nominee
• Pelham A. Barrows, Republican nominee
• David B. Gilbert, Prohibition Party nominee for lieutenant governor in 1918 from Fremont, Nebraska
• Robert D. Mousel, farmer from Cambridge, Nebraska, aligned with independent, progressive-backed gubernatorial candidate Arthur G. Wray

Results

See also

• 1920 Nebraska gubernatorial election

References