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. 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.

Democratic primary

Candidates Dr. Cass G. Barns, a physician, businessman, banker, former editor of The Albion Argus newspaper, former postmaster of Albion, Nebraska, former county commissioner of Boone County, Nebraska, and Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 1920 William J. McNichols, attorney from Lexington, Nebraska Patrick John "P. J." Mullin, farmer and businessman from near Albion, Nebraska James Pearson, former Nebraska Lieutenant Governor from 1915 to 1917 from Moorefield, Nebraska

Results

Progressive primary

Candidates T. J. Ellsberry ran unopposed in the Progressive Party primary. He was the mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska.

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. His nickname was "Cyclone Johnson."

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.

Republican primary

Candidates Thomas J. Cronin from Omaha, Nebraska Fred G. Johnson, farmer, former member of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1907 to 1909 and again from 1917 to 1919, and former member of the Nebraska Senate from 1919 to 1921 from Hastings, Nebraska William R. Mellor, member of the Nebraska House of Representatives since 1921 from Lincoln, Nebraska George C. Snow, editor of the Chadron Journal newspaper and member of the Nebraska House of Representatives since 1919 from Chadron, Nebraska

Results

General election

Results

See also 1922 Nebraska gubernatorial election

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