Election for the lieutenant governorship of Nebraska
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]
Progressive primary
Candidates
T. J. Ellsberry ran unopposed in the Progressive Party primary. He was the mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska .[9]
Results
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
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]