Minnesota State Attorneys General, 1858-2014(May beincomplete!) CharlesHenry Berry 1858-60GordonE. Cole 1860-66WilliamJ. Colvill, Jr. 1866-68FrancisR. E. Cornell 1868-74GeorgeP. Wilson 1874-80CharlesM. Start 1880-81WilliamJohn Hahn 1881-87MosesE. Clapp 1887-93H.W. Childs 1893-99WallaceB. Douglas 1899-1904WilliamJ. Donahower 1904-05EdwardT. Young 1905-09GeorgeT. Simpson 1909-11LyndonA. Smith 1912-18CliffordL. Hilton 1918-27AlbertF. Pratt 1927-28GustafAaron Youngquist 1928-29HenryN. Benson 1929-33HarryH. Peterson 1933-36WilliamS. Ervin 1936-39J.A. A. Burnquist 1939-55MilesLord 1955-60WalterF. Mondale 1960-64RobertW. Mattson 1964-67DouglasM. Head 1967-71WarrenSpannaus 1971-83SkipHumphrey 1983-99 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1872:JohnL. MacDonald (Dem), defeated. 1892 Nov 8:H.W. Childs (Rep), elected;JohnC. Nethaway (Dem), defeated;JohnL. MacDonald (People's), defeated;RobertTaylor (Prohibition), defeated. 1894 Nov 6:H.W. Childs (Rep), elected;LoganBrackenridge (Dem), defeated;JohnA. Keyes (People's), defeated;JamesE. Child (Prohibition), defeated. 1898:RobertC. Saunders, defeated. 1904 Mar 31:WallaceB. Douglas, resigned;WilliamJ. Donahower, appointed. 1911 Aug 17:GeorgeT. Simpson, resigned;LyndonA. Smith, appointed. 1916 Nov 7:LyndonA. Smith (Rep), elected unopposed. 1924:RobertC. Bell, defeated. 1929 Nov 20:HenryN. Benson, appointed. 1930 Nov 4:HenryN. Benson (Rep), elected;JosephB. Himsl (Farmer-Labor), defeated;WalterF. Dacey (Dem), defeated. 1934 Nov 6:HarryH. Peterson (Farmer-Labor), elected;OscarF. Youngdahl (Rep), defeated;AlricAnderson (Dem), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:HarryH. Peterson (Farmer-Labor), elected;OscarF. Youngdahl (Rep), defeated;ThomasF. Gallagher (Dem), defeated. 1938:J.A. A. Burnquist, elected. 1940:J.A. A. Burnquist, elected. 1942:J.A. A. Burnquist, elected. 1944:J.A. A. Burnquist, elected. 1946 Nov 5:J.A. A. Burnquist (Rep), elected;WalterC. Boland (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated. 1950 Nov 7:J.A. A. Burnquist (Rep), elected;OrvilleL. Freeman (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated. 1958 Nov 4:MilesLord (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;GaylordA. Saetre (Rep), defeated. 1982:SkipHumphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected. 1986:SkipHumphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected. 1990:SkipHumphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected. 1994:SkipHumphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected. 2006:JeffJohnson (Rep), defeated. 2014 Nov 4:DanR. Vacek (Legal Marijuana Now), defeated. | |
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