A member of the Republican Party, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska in the 1930 election, serving with Democratic Governor Charles W. Bryan, brother of William Jennings Bryan. In his position as Lieutenant Governor, Metcalfe took advantage of Bryan's occasional absence from the state to play practical jokes, and in 1931 he established the office of Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska, a humorous and effectively meaningless role which references the fact that Nebraska is the only triply landlocked U.S. state.
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theodore, metcalfe, august, 1894, february, 1973, 19th, lieutenant, governor, nebraska, 19th, lieutenant, governor, nebraskain, office, january, 1931, january, 1933governorcharles, bryanpreceded, bygeorge, williamssucceeded, bywalter, jurgensenpersonal, detail. Theodore W Metcalfe August 16 1894 February 19 1973 was the 19th lieutenant governor of Nebraska Theodore W Metcalfe19th Lieutenant Governor of NebraskaIn office January 8 1931 January 3 1933GovernorCharles W BryanPreceded byGeorge A WilliamsSucceeded byWalter H JurgensenPersonal detailsBorn 1894 08 16 August 16 1894Omaha Nebraska U S DiedFebruary 19 1973 1973 02 19 aged 78 Omaha Nebraska U S Political partyRepublicanSpouseHelen Houston Metcalfe was born in Omaha Nebraska in August 1894 the son of Omaha mayor and Panama Canal Zone military governor Richard Lee Metcalfe and his wife Elizabeth Buehler A member of the Republican Party he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska in the 1930 election serving with Democratic Governor Charles W Bryan brother of William Jennings Bryan In his position as Lieutenant Governor Metcalfe took advantage of Bryan s occasional absence from the state to play practical jokes and in 1931 he established the office of Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska a humorous and effectively meaningless role which references the fact that Nebraska is the only triply landlocked U S state In 1934 Metcalfe ran in Nebraska s gubernatorial election and was defeated by Dwight Griswold in the Republican primary He again ran for office in the 1940 election for Nebraska s 2nd congressional district and was defeated by Democrat Charles F McLaughlin In 1952 and 1960 he served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Nebraska He died on February 19 1973 and is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Omaha Nebraska References edit Metcalfe Theodore W The Political Graveyard Retrieved November 1 2017 Metcalfe Theodore W Our Campaigns Retrieved November 1 2017 Cooper Harold The Great Nebraska Navy Its Origin and Growth PDF Nebraska State Historical Society Archived from the original on March 29 2016 Retrieved November 1 2017 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link This article incorporates facts obtained from Lawrence Kestenbaum The Political GraveyardExternal links editTheodore W Metcalfe at Find a Grave Political offices Preceded byGeorge A Williams Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska1931 1933 Succeeded byWalter H Jurgensen Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Theodore W Metcalfe amp oldid 1170433859, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
