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The1910 Minnesota Senate election was held in theU.S. state ofMinnesota on November 8, 1910, to elect members to theSenate of the 37th and 38thMinnesota Legislatures.
TheMinnesota Republican Party won a large majority of seats, followed by theMinnesota Democratic Party, thePeople's Party, and theProhibition Party. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 1911.
14 Republicans and 4 Democrats were uncontested.[1]
Thelast election resulted in theMinnesota Republican Party winning a large majority of seats, which they had maintained since the 1859 State Senate Election. TheMinnesota Democratic Party was the main competition to the Republicans, although their chances of taking the body were considered slim to none. The major competitions of the election cycle were during the primary season, during which partisans faced off over the issue of the'county option.' Numerous incumbents lost renomination over the issue.[2]
Major issues of the general election campaign were addressed in a speech bythen-Governor Adolph Olson Eberhart on October 5, 1910, inMankato. He stood by what he called the "distinctly progressive" Republican Party platform. It advocated for a tariff commission that would be composed of non-partisan experts who would have control over taxes on imports, the end of politicalbossism, strong support for the'county option' (as opposed to the Prohibitionists who stood for an outright statewide alcohol ban, and the Democrats who offered tepid support for the 'county option'),conservation of natural resources, fair re-apportionment, and additional funding for the state road system.[3]
The 63 members of the Senate were elected fromsingle-member districts viafirst-past-the-post voting for four-year terms. Contested nominations of the parties for each district were determined by local party primaries. Minor party andindependent candidates were nominated by petition. This was the last Minnesota Senate election to be officially partisan until 1976.
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ||||
| Republican Party | 57 | 155,865 | 40 | 58.41 | |
| Democratic Party | 36 | 70,243 | 20 | 26.32 | |
| Prohibition Party | 10 | 15,948 | 1 | 5.98 | |
| People's Party | 1 | 3,694 | 1 | 1.38 | |
| Public Ownership Party | 11 | 13,379 | 0 | 5.01 | |
| Independent | 5 | 6,710 | 1 | 2.51 | |
| Total | 266,866 | 63 | 100.00 | ||
| Source:Minnesota Secretary of State[4] | |||||
| District | Incumbent | Candidates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | First elected | Name | Party | Votes | % | Winner Party | |
| 1 | John Q. Briggs‡ | Republican | 1906 | Francis A. Duxbury[5] | Republican | 1,657 | 100.00 | Republican |
| 2 | George D. French[6] | Republican | 1908* | M. J. McGrath[7] | Democratic | 2,776 | 48.90 | Democratic |
| George D. French | Republican | 2,652 | 46.71 | |||||
| William G. Thompson | Prohibition | 249 | 4.39 | |||||
| 3 | Lytle O. Cooke[8] | Republican | 1902 | Lytle O. Cooke | Republican | 2,028 | 52.96 | Republican |
| James A. Carley[9] | Democratic | 1,801 | 47.04 | |||||
| 4 | Horace H. Witherstine‡ | Democratic | 1902 | Alonzo T. Stebbins[10] | Republican | 1,993 | 50.74 | Republican |
| James I. Vermilya[11] | Democratic | 1,935 | 49.26 | |||||
| 5 | Samuel A. Nelson[12] | Republican | 1906 | Samuel A. Nelson | Republican | 2,710 | 100.00 | Republican |
| 6 | Alex S. Campbell[13]‡ | Republican | 1902 | Charles F. Cook[14] | Democratic | 1,791 | 51.03 | Democratic |
| Harlan G. Palmer | Republican | 1,719 | 48.97 | |||||
| 7 | Daniel E. White[15]‡ | Republican | 1906 | Fremont J. Thoe | Republican | 1,183 | 100.00 | Republican |
| 8 | Thomas E. Cashman[16] | Democratic | 1906 | Thomas E. Cashman | Democratic | 1,926 | 54.38 | Democratic |
| Samuel A. Rask[17] | Republican | 1,616 | 45.62 | |||||
| 9 | Bernhart N. Anderson[18] | Republican | 1906 | Bernhart N. Anderson | Republican | 2,034 | 57.65 | Republican |
| H. C. Nelson | Democratic | 1,360 | 38.55 | |||||
| Henry Kammer | Public Ownership | 134 | 3.80 | |||||
| 10 | John Moonan[19] | Democratic | 1906 | John Moonan | Democratic | 1,841 | 100.00 | Democratic |
| 11 | Samuel D. Works[20] | Democratic | 1906 | Samuel D. Works | Democratic | 2,745 | 50.16 | Democratic |
| Benjamin Taylor | Republican | 2,727 | 49.84 | |||||
| 12 | Frank E. Putnam[21] | Republican | 1902 | Frank E. Putnam | Republican | 1,845 | 67.81 | Republican |
| A. A. Johnson | Democratic | 876 | 32.19 | |||||
| 13 | William A. Hinton[22]‡[nb 1] | Republican | 1906 | Julius E. Haycraft[23] | Republican | 3,315 | 100.00 | Republican |
| 14 | Henry E. Hanson[24]‡ | Republican | 1906 | Andrew C. Olson[25] | Republican | 2,111 | 50.53 | Republican |
| T. J. Knox | Democratic | 2,067 | 49.47 | |||||
| 15 | Salathiel B. Bedford[26] | Republican | 1906 | Salathiel B. Bedford | Republican | 2,517 | 56.40 | Republican |
| A. J. Schaeffer | Democratic | 1,946 | 43.60 | |||||
| 16 | Edwin H. Canfield[27]§ | Republican | 1906 | Severt B. Duea[28] | Republican | 1,460 | 50.84 | Republican |
| Samuel B. Nelson | Democratic | 1,412 | 49.16 | |||||
| 17 | Virgil B. Seward[29] | Republican | 1906 | Olai A. Lende[30] | Republican | 4,862 | 100.00 | Republican |
| 18 | O. G. Dale[31] | Republican | 1902 | O. G. Dale | Republican | 2,452 | 56.32 | Republican |
| John H. Skogrand | Prohibition | 1,902 | 43.68 | |||||
| 19 | Frank Clague[32]‡ | Republican | 1906 | Frank Clague | Republican | 4,624 | 100.00 | Republican |
| 20 | Charles A. Johnson[33]‡ | Republican | 1902 | Henry N. Benson[34] | Republican | 1,738 | 100.00 | Republican |
| 21 | Albert A. Poehler[35] | Democratic | 1906 | Albert A. Poehler | Democratic | 1,379 | 61.13 | Democratic |
| J. W. Stark | Republican | 877 | 38.87 | |||||
| 22 | Darwin Hall[36]‡ | Republican | 1886,1906† | Frank Murray[37] | Republican | 2,314 | 59.47 | Republican |
| T. O'Connor | Independent | 1,577 | 40.53 | |||||
| 23 | Jonathan W. Wright[38] | Republican | 1906 | Edward P. Peterson[39] | Democratic | 1,810 | 52.72 | Democratic |
| John A. Martner | Independent | 1,027 | 29.92 | |||||
| Jonathan W. Wright | Republican | 596 | 17.36 | |||||
| 24 | Charles R. Donaldson[40] | Democratic | 1906 | Charles R. Donaldson | Democratic | 1,720 | 100.00 | Democratic |
| 25 | Frederick E. DuToit[41]‡ | Democratic | 1898 | Charles H. Klein[42] | Republican | 1,663 | 54.08 | Republican |
| J. J. Farrell | Democratic | 1,412 | 45.92 | |||||
| 26 | Julius A. Coller[43] | Democratic | 1898 | Julius A. Coller | Democratic | 1,029 | 100.00 | Democratic |
| 27 | Harry F. Weis[44] | Democratic | 1906 | Harry F. Weis | Democratic | 2,622 | 100.00 | Democratic |
| 28 | Frank L. Glotzbach[45] | Democratic | 1906 | Frank L. Glotzbach | Democratic | 2,544 | 56.94 | Democratic |
| W. F. Schilling | Republican | 1,924 | 43.06 | |||||
| 29 | Ole K. Naeseth[46]‡ | Republican | 1902 | Anton J. Rockne[47] | Republican | 2,990 | 61.08 | Republican |
| C. C. Holter | Prohibition | 1,905 | 38.92 | |||||
| 30 | Albert Schaller[48] | Democratic | 1894 | Albert Schaller | Democratic | 2,512 | 57.60 | Democratic |
| Marcus W. Brown | Republican | 1,849 | 42.40 | |||||
| 31 | George H. Sullivan[49] | Republican | 1906 | George H. Sullivan | Republican | 2,253 | 68.58 | Republican |
| M. L. Hilliard | Prohibition | 1,032 | 31.42 | |||||
| 32 | Victor L. Johnson[50] | Republican | 1906 | Victor L. Johnson | Republican | 6,346 | 100.00 | Republican |
| 33 | Winslow W. Dunn[51] | Republican | 1902 | Winslow W. Dunn | Republican | 3,229 | 58.78 | Republican |
| Charles E. Nyberg | Democratic | 2,264 | 41.22 | |||||
| 34 | Henry McColl[52]§ | Democratic | 1906 | James Handlan[53] | Democratic | 2,602 | 54.55 | Democratic |
| Carl Wirth | Republican | 2,168 | 45.45 | |||||
| 35 | John C. Hardy[54]‡ | Democratic | 1902 | Peter H. Van Hoven[55] | Democratic | 3,094 | 57.90 | Democratic |
| Vincent J. Hawkins | Republican | 2,250 | 42.10 | |||||
| 36 | Edmund S. Durment[56]§ | Republican | 1906 | James D. Denegre[57] | Republican | 4,572 | 100.00 | Republican |
| 37 | Joseph M. Hackney[58] | Republican | 1906 | Joseph M. Hackney | Republican | 4,711 | 100.00 | Republican |
| 38 | John T. McGowan[2]§ | Democratic | 1898 | Napoleon A. L'Herault[59] | Democratic | 1,616 | 58.94 | Democratic |
| J. W. Shadewald | Republican | 710 | 25.89 | |||||
| Charles E. Williams | Public Ownership | 416 | 15.17 | |||||
| 39 | James T. Elwell[60] | Republican | 1906 | James T. Elwell | Republican | 2,899 | 64.71 | Republican |
| Frank Plachy Jr. | Democratic | 1,581 | 35.29 | |||||
| 40 | John F. Calhoun[61]‡ | Republican | 1902 | William S. Dwinnell | Republican | 2,242 | 100.00 | Republican |
| 41 | George P. Wilson[62] | Republican | 1898 | George P. Wilson | Republican | 1,760 | 47.21 | Republican |
| Alonzo Phillips | Democratic | 1,271 | 34.09 | |||||
| C. M. Erickson | Public Ownership | 697 | 18.70 | |||||
| 42 | Manley L. Fosseen[63] | Republican | 1906 | Manley L. Fosseen | Republican | 3,544 | 58.06 | Republican |
| John H. Hirt | Public Ownership | 1,479 | 24.23 | |||||
| S. R. Tollefson | Prohibition | 1,081 | 17.71 | |||||
| 43 | Edward Everett Smith[64]‡ | Republican | 1898 | Carl L. Wallace[65] | Republican | 6,284 | 75.19 | Republican |
| A. T. Ankeny | Democratic | 2,074 | 24.81 | |||||
| 44 | John W. Pauly[66] | Democratic | 1906 | John W. Pauly | Democratic | 2,506 | 50.07 | Democratic |
| Thomas H. Girling[67] | Republican | 1,908 | 38.12 | |||||
| Andrew Hanson | Public Ownership | 591 | 11.81 | |||||
| 45 | Charles J. Swanson[68] | Republican | 1906 | Charles J. Swanson | Republican | 3,114 | 53.76 | Republican |
| William A. Rice | Prohibition | 2,678 | 46.24 | |||||
| 46 | George C. Carpenter[69] | Republican | 1906 | George C. Carpenter | Republican | 1,644 | 45.64 | Republican |
| Austin B. Rice | Prohibition | 1,282 | 35.59 | |||||
| W. F. Ludemann | Democratic | 676 | 18.77 | |||||
| 47 | John E. C. Robinson[70]§ | Democratic | 1906 | John D. Sullivan | Democratic | 1,739 | 52.41 | Democratic |
| Arthur C. Cooper | Republican | 1,579 | 47.59 | |||||
| 48 | Solomon F. Alderman[71]§ | Republican | 1906 | Charles D. Johnson | Democratic | 2,473 | 41.01 | Democratic |
| O. P. Erickson | Republican | 2,229 | 36.97 | |||||
| R. A. Henning | Public Ownership | 814 | 13.50 | |||||
| D. C. Henderson | Independent | 514 | 8.52 | |||||
| 49 | Patrick R. Vail[72]§ | Republican | 1906 | James P. Boyle | Republican | 5,144 | 71.22 | Republican |
| Bert N. Wheeler | Prohibition | 2,079 | 28.78 | |||||
| 50 | Thomas M. Pugh[73] | Republican | 1902 | Thomas M. Pugh | Republican | 1,649 | 62.49 | Republican |
| Ray E. Hunt | Prohibition | 990 | 37.51 | |||||
| 51 | George R. Laybourn | Republican | 1902 | Henry W. Cheadle[74] | Democratic | 2,154 | 51.72 | Democratic |
| George R. Laybourn[75] | Republican | 2,011 | 48.28 | |||||
| 52 | Daniel M. Gunn | Republican | 1906 | Daniel M. Gunn[76] | Republican | 4,607 | 58.13 | Republican |
| Charles D. Viebahn | Public Ownership | 3,318 | 41.87 | |||||
| 53 | James Johnston | Republican | 1906 | James Johnston[77] | Republican | 2,859 | 49.75 | Republican |
| Levi M. Davis | Democratic | 2,135 | 37.15 | |||||
| George W. Cralle | Public Ownership | 753 | 13.10 | |||||
| 54 | John J. Ahmann[78] | Democratic | 1906 | John J. Ahmann[79] | Democratic | 2,849 | 67.48 | Democratic |
| Henry J. Emmel | Independent | 1,373 | 32.52 | |||||
| 55 | Lars O. Thrope[80]‡ | Republican | 1894,1902† | Charles W. Odell | Republican | 1,684 | 51.39 | Republican |
| Victor E. Lawson | Prohibition | 1,593 | 48.61 | |||||
| 56 | Ray G. Farrington[81] | Democratic | 1906 | Saxe J. Froshaug | Prohibition | 1,406 | 33.71 | Prohibition |
| Ray G. Farrington | Democratic | 1,385 | 32.21 | |||||
| T. J. McElligott | Republican | 1,380 | 33.09 | |||||
| 57 | Ole O. Canestorp[82]‡ | Republican | 1890,1906† | Edward Rustad | Republican | 3,120 | 100.00 | Republican |
| 58 | Claus J. Gunderson[83] | Republican | 1906 | Claus J. Gunderson | Republican | 4,306 | 100.00 | Republican |
| 59 | Ole O. Sageng | People's | 1906 | Ole O. Sageng[84] | People's | 3,694 | 74.58 | People's |
| Sam G. Wallace | Public Ownership | 1,259 | 25.42 | |||||
| 60 | Frank H. Peterson[2]§ | Republican | 1902 | Charles S. Marden[2] | Republican | 4,871 | 67.74 | Republican |
| M. Kuhn | Democratic | 2,320 | 32.26 | |||||
| 61 | Albert L. Hanson | Republican | 1906 | Albert L. Hanson[85] | Republican | 6,041 | 63.29 | Republican |
| Carl Geil | Public Ownership | 3,504 | 36.71 | |||||
| 62 | Andrew D. Stephens | Republican | 1902 | Johannes Saugstad[86] | Independent | 2,997 | 48.46 | Independent |
| Andrew D. Stephens[86] | Republican | 2,773 | 44.84 | |||||
| H. C. Larson | Public Ownership | 414 | 6.69 | |||||
| 63 | Bengt E. Sundberg[87] | Republican | 1902 | Bengt E. Sundberg | Republican | 4,522 | 100.00 | Republican |
| Party | Incumbent | District | First elected | Winner | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | George D. French | 2 | 1908* | M. J. McGrath | Democratic |
| Alex S. Campbell‡ | 6 | 1902 | Charles F. Cook | Democratic | |
| Jonathan W. Wright | 23 | 1906 | Edward P. Peterson | Democratic | |
| Solomon F. Alderman§ | 48 | 1906 | Charles D. Johnson | Democratic | |
| George R. Laybourn | 51 | 1902 | Henry W. Cheadle | Democratic | |
| Andrew D. Stephens | 62 | 1902 | Johannes Saugstad | Independent | |
| Democratic | Horace H. Witherstine‡ | 4 | 1902 | Alonzo T. Stebbins | Republican |
| Frederick E. DuToit‡ | 25 | 1898 | Charles H. Klein | Republican | |
| Ray G. Farrington | 56 | 1906 | Saxe J. Froshaug | Prohibition |