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The 1956 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1956, and featured Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature Dwight W. Burney, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee Frank B. Morrison[1] who had been chosen to replace original Democratic nominee Stanley D. Long who had died during the campaign.[2]
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The previous incumbent lieutenant governor, Charles J. Warner, died on September 24, 1955, and thus the office of Nebraska Lieutenant Governor had been vacant for over a year when this election was held.[3] Under the Nebraska Constitution, Article IV, Section 18, this vacancy meant that Dwight W. Burney, as Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature from 1955 to 1956, was already second in line to become Governor of Nebraska before he was elected lieutenant governor in this election.[4]
Eight years after this election, the 1964 Nebraska gubernatorial election would also feature Dwight W. Burney as the Republican nominee facing Frank B. Morrison as the Democratic nominee, though in that election Morrison defeated Burney to become Governor of Nebraska.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Stanley D. Long | 25,883 | 44.66 | |
Democratic | Harry Andreasen | 18,923 | 32.65 | |
Democratic | George E. Cornwell | 13,141 | 22.67 | |
Scattering | 9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dwight W. Burney | 29,760 | 31.07 | |
Republican | Carl G. Swanson | 29,335 | 30.63 | |
Republican | Marvin Griswold | 24,297 | 25.37 | |
Republican | Ernest M. Johnson | 12,390 | 12.94 | |
Scattering | 2 |
On May 15, 1956, Stanley D. Long, who had been the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 1954, won the Democratic primary to again become the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 1956.[1] However, on October 6, 1956, just one month before the election, Stanley D. Long died. On October 13, 1956, the Nebraska Democratic Central Committee selected Frank B. Morrison, former Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1948 and 1954, to replace him.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dwight W. Burney | 292,135 | 54.52 | |
Democratic | Frank B. Morrison | 243,639 | 45.47 | |
Scattering | 29 | |||
Total votes | 535,803 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
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