All 67 seats in theMinnesota Senate 34 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1914 Minnesota Senate election was held on November 3, 1914, and was the first election following a 1913 law which made theMinnesota Legislature becomeNonpartisan. 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 byRepublicans, 20 were held byDemocrats, 1 by aProhibitionist, 1 by aPopulist and 1 by anIndependent.Primary elections were held on June 16, 1914. Following the general election, the Senate was completely composed of Nonpartisan members.[1][2][3]
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ||||
| Nonpartisan | 123 | 67 | 100.00 | ||
| Total | 123 | 67 | 100.00 | ||
| Source:Minnesota Secretary of State[4] | |||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisangain fromNonpartisan | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisangain fromNonpartisan | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | James I. Vermilya | 2,253 | 52.69% | |
| Nonpartisan | James Kelly | 2,023 | 47.31% | |
| Total votes | 4,276 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Frank E. Putnam (incumbent) | 2,888 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 2,888 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Albert L. Ward | 3,800 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 3,800 | 100.0% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisangain fromNonpartisan | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisangain fromNonpartisan | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John Steffen | 2,655 | 50.50% | |
| Nonpartisan | Edward W. Davies | 2,602 | 49.50% | |
| Total votes | 5,257 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Nathaniel John Holmberg | 2,266 | 52.75% | |
| Nonpartisan | Frank Murray | 2,030 | 47.25% | |
| Total votes | 4,296 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Oluf Gjerset | 2,513 | 50.35% | |
| Nonpartisan | Carl M. Anderson | 2,478 | 49.65% | |
| Total votes | 4,991 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Peter Anners Gandrud | 3,829 | 66.77% | |
| Nonpartisan | Leo McDermott | 1,906 | 33.23% | |
| Total votes | 5,735 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisangain fromNonpartisan | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisangain fromNonpartisan | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Carleton L. Wallace (incumbent) | 4,471 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 4,471 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | George A. Turnham | 2,313 | 53.11% | |
| Nonpartisan | Alexander McNeil | 2,042 | 46.89% | |
| Total votes | 4,355 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | James Handlan (incumbent) | 2,624 | 52.38% | |
| Nonpartisan | Alwin Rowe | 2,386 | 47.62% | |
| Total votes | 5,010 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | James D. Denegre | 3,883 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,883 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Winslow W. Dunn (incumbent) | 2,955 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 2,955 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John D. Sullivan (incumbent) | 3,668 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,668 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Pierre A. Hilbert | 3,208 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,208 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Edward Rustad (incumbent) | 4,682 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 4,682 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisangain fromNonpartisan | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Robert C. Dunn | 3,292 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,292 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisangain fromNonpartisan | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John A. Healy | 2,029 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 2,029 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Orrin H. Griggs | 2,852 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 2,852 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Albert L. Hanson (incumbent) | 2,203 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 2,203 | 100.00% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisanhold | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisangain fromNonpartisan | ||||
| 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% | ||
| Nonpartisangain fromNonpartisan | ||||