1890 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1890 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890, and featured Republican nominee Thomas Jefferson Majors defeating Populist nominee William H. Dech and Democratic nominee Alex Bear as well as Prohibition Party nominee George W. Woodbey. Incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor George D. Meiklejohn did not seek reelection as lieutenant governor in order to seek the Republican nomination for the US House of Representatives in Nebraska's 3rd congressional district, but he was unsuccessful.

1890 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

November 4, 1890
 
Nominee Thomas J. Majors William H. Dech Alex Bear
Party Republican Populist Democratic
Popular vote 74,386 71,127 63,468
Percentage 34.8% 33.3% 29.7%

Lieutenant Governor before election

George de Rue Meiklejohn
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Thomas J. Majors
Republican

For the Republican and Democratic candidates, Thomas J. Majors and Alex Bear, this election represented a rematch of a special election for Nebraska's at-large congressional district where both Majors and Bear ran against each other to fill the vacancy created by the death of Frank Welch. Majors was ultimately successful in that election.

This was the first Nebraska election in which members of different parties were elected to the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, as James E. Boyd, a Democrat, was elected governor while Thomas J. Majors retained the office of lieutenant governor for the Republicans.

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