Mortimer Nye

Notable Facts

  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 58th General Assembly (1892-1894)
  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 59th General Assembly (1894-1896)

Offices

Lieutenant Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 9, 1893 to Jan 11, 1897

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
4 years, 3 days
Mortimer Nye spent 4 years, 3 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1892–Lieutenant Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1892
50.66%
Mortimer Nye*, Democratic, 260,364 votes
49.34%
Theodore Shockney, Republican, 253,594 votes
Out of 513,958 votes casts, the margin of victory was 6,770 (1.32%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, Mortimer Nye had a record of 1-0. That includes a record of 1-0 in 1 general election.