1914_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election
1914 Minnesota gubernatorial election
Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Minnesota
The 1914 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1914. Democratic Party of Minnesota candidate Winfield Scott Hammond defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger William E. Lee.
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County results Hammond:
30-40%
40-50%
50–60%
60–70%
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Candidates
Nominated
- William E. Lee, former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Eliminated in primary
- Adolph Olson Eberhart, incumbent Governor of Minnesota, former Lieutenant Governor and State Senator
- Elwood L. Raab, mining engineer[1]
Results
Republicans conducted a ranked-choice primary, though second choices were not used, as Lee received over 50% in the first round.[2]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William E. Lee | 102,757 | 52.64% | |
Republican | Adolph Olson Eberhart | 86,340 | 44.23% | |
Republican | Elwood L. Raab | 6,105 | 3.13% | |
Total votes | 195,202 | 100% |
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Candidates
Nominated
Eliminated in primary
- Daniel W. Lawler, former Mayor of St. Paul
Results
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Winfield Scott Hammond | 21,852 | 51.09% | |
Democratic | Daniel W. Lawler | 20,923 | 48.91% | |
Total votes | 42,775 | 100% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Winfield Scott Hammond | 156,304 | 45.54% | +14.24% | |
Republican | William E. Lee | 143,730 | 41.87% | +1.15% | |
Prohibition | Willis G. Calderwood | 18,582 | 5.41% | -3.97% | |
Socialist | Thomas J. Lewis | 17,225 | 5.02% | -3.07% | |
Industrial Labor | Herbert Johnson | 3,861 | 1.12% | n/a | |
Progressive | Hugh T. Halbert | 3,553 | 1.04% | -9.47% | |
Majority | 12,574 | 3.66% | |||
Turnout | 343,255 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
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- "Raab's Action Great Surprise". The Kenyon News. April 30, 1914. Archived from the original on September 11, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- Schmahl, Julius A. (1915). Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1915.
- http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=653
- http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=657
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