1914 Minnesota Senate election
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The 1914 Minnesota Senate election was held on November 3, 1914, and was the first election following a 1913 law which made the Minnesota Legislature become Nonpartisan. This election also saw the addition of four seats to the senate, increasing its membership from 63 to 67 seats. Prior to the election 40 seats were held by Republicans, 20 were held by Democrats, 1 by a Prohibitionist, 1 by a Populist and 1 by an Independent. Primary elections were held on June 16, 1914. Following the general election, the Senate was completely composed of Nonpartisan members.[1][2][3]
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November 3, 1914
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All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate 34 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbents defeated
- District 2: Mathew J. McGrath lost re-election to Samuel M. Knopp.
- District 3: Lytle O. Cooke lost re-election to James A. Carley.
- District 10: Andrew C. Olson lost re-election to Charles W. Gillam.
- District 11: Salathiel B. Bedford lost re-election to Samuel B. Nelson.
- District 27: George C. Carpenter lost re-election to John T. Alley.
- District 28: Napoleon A. L'Herault lost re-election to Jeremiah G. Callahan.
- District 53: Charles D. Johnson lost re-election to George H. Gardner.
- District 58: Thomas M. Pugh lost re-election to Richard T. Jones.
- District 66: John Saugstad lost re-election to Richard Thompson Buckler.
- District 67: Bengt E. Sundberg lost re-election to Nels S. Hegnes.
Results
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ||||
| Nonpartisan | 123 | 67 | 100.00 | ||
| Total | 123 | 67 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State[4] | |||||
District 1
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Francis A. Duxbury (incumbent) | 3,465 | 52.52% | |
| Nonpartisan | Samuel A. Nelson | 3,133 | 47.48% | |
| Total votes | 6,598 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 2
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Samuel M. Knopp | 3,247 | 53.60% | |
| Nonpartisan | Mathew J. McGrath (incumbent) | 2,811 | 46.40% | |
| Total votes | 6,058 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | ||||
District 3
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | James A. Carley | 2,641 | 69.81% | |
| Nonpartisan | Lytle O. Cooke (incumbent) | 1,142 | 30.19% | |
| Total votes | 3,783 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | ||||
District 4
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | James I. Vermilya | 2,253 | 52.69% | |
| Nonpartisan | James Kelly | 2,023 | 47.31% | |
| Total votes | 4,276 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 5
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Alex S. Campbell | 2,998 | 50.33% | |
| Nonpartisan | Ralph E. Crane | 2,959 | 49.67% | |
| Total votes | 5,957 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 6
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Carl L. Swenson | 2,139 | 54.00% | |
| Nonpartisan | Henry H. Emmons | 1,822 | 46.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,961 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 7
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Frank E. Putnam (incumbent) | 2,888 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 2,888 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 8
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John W. Andrews | 2,949 | 51.13% | |
| Nonpartisan | John H. Hohmann | 2,819 | 48.87% | |
| Total votes | 5,768 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 9
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Albert L. Ward | 3,800 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 3,800 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 10
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Charles W. Gillam | 2,904 | 62.78% | |
| Nonpartisan | Andrew C. Olson (incumbent) | 1,722 | 37.22% | |
| Total votes | 4,626 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | ||||
District 11
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Samuel B. Nelson | 2,432 | 61.04% | |
| Nonpartisan | Salathiel B. Bedford (incumbent) | 1,552 | 38.96% | |
| Total votes | 3,984 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | ||||
District 12
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John Steffen | 2,655 | 50.50% | |
| Nonpartisan | Edward W. Davies | 2,602 | 49.50% | |
| Total votes | 5,257 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 13
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Olai A. Lende (incumbent) | 3,096 | 57.63% | |
| Nonpartisan | Christian K. Melby | 2,276 | 42.37% | |
| Total votes | 5,372 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 14
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | LaForest E. Potter | 3,403 | 50.41% | |
| Nonpartisan | William W. Smith | 3,348 | 49.59% | |
| Total votes | 6,751 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 15
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Henry N. Benson (incumbent) | 2,822 | 51.11% | |
| Nonpartisan | Ole Peterson | 2,699 | 48.89% | |
| Total votes | 5,521 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 16
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Eugene B. Collester | 3,377 | 55.67% | |
| Nonpartisan | Samuel A. Rask | 2,689 | 44.33% | |
| Total votes | 6,066 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 17
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Harry F. Weis (incumbent) | 2,688 | 66.93% | |
| Nonpartisan | William S. O'Connell | 1,328 | 33.07% | |
| Total votes | 4,016 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 18
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Frank L. Glotzbach (incumbent) | 2,603 | 55.81% | |
| Nonpartisan | Ferdinand L. Klemer | 2,061 | 44.19% | |
| Total votes | 4,664 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 19
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Anton Julius Rockne (incumbent) | 3,184 | 57.56% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jens K. Grondahl | 2,348 | 42.44% | |
| Total votes | 5,532 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 20
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | James M. Millett | 2,233 | 50.54% | |
| Nonpartisan | William H. Wescott | 2,185 | 49.46% | |
| Total votes | 4,418 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 21
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John B. Ries | 3,085 | 51.04% | |
| Nonpartisan | John J. Farrell | 2,959 | 48.96% | |
| Total votes | 6,044 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 22
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Harlow H. Bonniwell | 2,153 | 59.05% | |
| Nonpartisan | Garfield W. Brown | 1,493 | 40.95% | |
| Total votes | 3,646 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 23
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Nathaniel John Holmberg | 2,266 | 52.75% | |
| Nonpartisan | Frank Murray | 2,030 | 47.25% | |
| Total votes | 4,296 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 24
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Oluf Gjerset | 2,513 | 50.35% | |
| Nonpartisan | Carl M. Anderson | 2,478 | 49.65% | |
| Total votes | 4,991 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 25
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Peter Anners Gandrud | 3,829 | 66.77% | |
| Nonpartisan | Leo McDermott | 1,906 | 33.23% | |
| Total votes | 5,735 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 26
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Edward P. Peterson (incumbent) | 2,345 | 72.13% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jonathan W. Wright | 906 | 27.87% | |
| Total votes | 3,251 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 27
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John T. Alley | 2,662 | 57.11% | |
| Nonpartisan | George C. Carpenter (incumbent) | 1,999 | 42.89% | |
| Total votes | 4,661 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | ||||
District 28
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Jeremiah G. Callahan | 2,086 | 54.65% | |
| Nonpartisan | Napoleon A. L'Herault (incumbent) | 1,731 | 45.35% | |
| Total votes | 3,817 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | ||||
District 29
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Frank L. Palmer | 2,880 | 55.35% | |
| Nonpartisan | William B. Henderson | 2,323 | 44.65% | |
| Total votes | 5,203 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 30
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | William S. Dwinnell (incumbent) | 1,854 | 50.77% | |
| Nonpartisan | Fred B. Wright | 1,798 | 49.23% | |
| Total votes | 3,652 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 31
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Ellis J. Westlake | 2,368 | 64.73% | |
| Nonpartisan | John G. Lennon | 1,290 | 35.27% | |
| Total votes | 3,658 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 32
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | William A. Campbell | 2,803 | 66.00% | |
| Nonpartisan | John A. Nordin | 1,444 | 34.00% | |
| Total votes | 4,247 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 33
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Thomas J. Grose | 3,292 | 51.76% | |
| Nonpartisan | William Ignatius Nolan | 3,068 | 48.24% | |
| Total votes | 6,360 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 34
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Carleton L. Wallace (incumbent) | 4,471 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 4,471 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 35
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John W. Pauly (incumbent) | 3,000 | 55.45% | |
| Nonpartisan | James H. Duryea | 2,410 | 44.55% | |
| Total votes | 5,410 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 36
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | George A. Turnham | 2,313 | 53.11% | |
| Nonpartisan | Alexander McNeil | 2,042 | 46.89% | |
| Total votes | 4,355 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 37
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Joseph A. Jackson | 2,100 | 52.42% | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles A. Oberg | 1,906 | 47.58% | |
| Total votes | 4,006 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 38
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | James Handlan (incumbent) | 2,624 | 52.38% | |
| Nonpartisan | Alwin Rowe | 2,386 | 47.62% | |
| Total votes | 5,010 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 39
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Peter Van Hoven (incumbent) | 3,289 | 63.98% | |
| Nonpartisan | Emil Novotny | 1,852 | 36.02% | |
| Total votes | 5,141 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 40
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | James D. Denegre | 3,883 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,883 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 41
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Winslow W. Dunn (incumbent) | 2,955 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 2,955 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 42
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Charles N. Orr | 3,270 | 57.35% | |
| Nonpartisan | Edwin G. Perry | 2,432 | 42.65% | |
| Total votes | 5,702 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 43
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | George H. Sullivan (incumbent) | 2,202 | 59.50% | |
| Nonpartisan | Randolph A. Wilkinson | 1,499 | 40.50% | |
| Total votes | 3,701 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 44
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Theodore C. Blomgren | 2,616 | 69.70% | |
| Nonpartisan | Edwin Spencer Cahoon | 1,137 | 30.30% | |
| Total votes | 3,753 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 45
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John D. Sullivan (incumbent) | 3,668 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,668 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 46
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Pierre A. Hilbert | 3,208 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,208 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 47
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Engebret E. Lobeck | 2,755 | 53.28% | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas T. Ofsthun | 2,416 | 46.72% | |
| Total votes | 5,171 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 48
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Edward Rustad (incumbent) | 4,682 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 4,682 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 49
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Frank H. Peterson | 2,457 | 50.74% | |
| Nonpartisan | Alfred A. Haagenson | 2,385 | 49.26% | |
| Total votes | 4,842 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 50
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Ole O. Sageng (incumbent) | 2,913 | 51.08% | |
| Nonpartisan | Andrew Gerhard Anderson | 2,790 | 48.92% | |
| Total votes | 5,703 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 51
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | James Johnston (incumbent) | 2,656 | 51.64% | |
| Nonpartisan | Arthur B. Church | 2,487 | 48.36% | |
| Total votes | 5,143 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 52
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Patrick H. McGarry | 2,613 | 53.83% | |
| Nonpartisan | William J. Stock | 2,241 | 46.17% | |
| Total votes | 4,854 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 53
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | George H. Gardner | 3,427 | 51.77% | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles D. Johnson (incumbent) | 3,193 | 48.23% | |
| Total votes | 6,620 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | ||||
District 54
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Fred D. Vibert | 2,594 | 61.84% | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles D. Viebahn | 1,601 | 38.16% | |
| Total votes | 4,195 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 55
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Robert C. Dunn | 3,292 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,292 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 56
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John A. Rystrom | 2,398 | 51.16% | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter A. Christianson | 2,289 | 48.84% | |
| Total votes | 4,687 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 57
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Charles E. Adams | 3,006 | 60.42% | |
| Nonpartisan | Alex G. McKnight | 1,969 | 39.58% | |
| Total votes | 4,975 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 58
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Richard T. Jones | 1,655 | 52.93% | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas M. Pugh (incumbent) | 1,472 | 47.07% | |
| Total votes | 3,127 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | ||||
District 59
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | George M. Peterson | 2,128 | 55.32% | |
| Nonpartisan | Phil G. Phillips | 1,719 | 44.68% | |
| Total votes | 3,847 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 60
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John A. Healy | 2,029 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 2,029 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 61
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Orrin H. Griggs | 2,852 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 2,852 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 62
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Leonard H. Nord | 3,017 | 60.96% | |
| Nonpartisan | F.A. Wilson | 1,612 | 32.57% | |
| Nonpartisan | Walter N. Weber | 320 | 6.47% | |
| Total votes | 4,949 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 63
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John Harvey Baldwin | 2,691 | 64.29% | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles F. Scheers | 1,495 | 35.71% | |
| Total votes | 4,186 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 64
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Albert L. Hanson (incumbent) | 2,203 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 2,203 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 65
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Daniel P. O'Neill | 2,139 | 51.85% | |
| Nonpartisan | Christian L. Hansen | 1,986 | 48.15% | |
| Total votes | 4,125 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan hold | ||||
District 66
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Richard Thompson Buckler | 2,593 | 50.38% | |
| Nonpartisan | John Saugstad (incumbent) | 2,554 | 49.62% | |
| Total votes | 5,147 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | ||||
District 67
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Nels S. Hegnes | 3,595 | 53.30% | |
| Nonpartisan | Bengt E. Sundberg (incumbent) | 3,150 | 46.70% | |
| Total votes | 6,745 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | ||||
See also
- 1914 Minnesota House of Representatives election
- 1914 Minnesota gubernatorial election