1896_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election

1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election
	County results; Clough: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ; Lind: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Governor before election; David Marston Clough; Republican	Elected Governor ; David Marston Clough; Republican

1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election

Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Minnesota

The 1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1896. Republican Party of Minnesota incumbent David Marston Clough narrowly defeated Democratic Party of Minnesota challenger John Lind. Lind later won the 1898 gubernatorial election and became the first Democrat elected to the office of Governor of Minnesota since Henry Hastings Sibley left office in 1860. 1896 was the first of three successive elections in which Lind ran for governor at the head of a coalition consisting of the Democratic Party and the majority faction of the People's Party.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	David Marston Clough (incumbent)	165,806	49.17%	-0.77%
	Democratic-People's	John Lind	162,254	48.11%	+30.02%
	Prohibition	William J. Dean	5,154	1.53%	-0.77%
	Independent	A. A. Ames	2,890	0.86%	n/a
	Socialist Labor	William B. Hammond	1,125	0.33%	n/a
Majority			3,552	1.06%
Turnout			337,229
	Republican hold		Swing

1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election