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