1914 Minnesota Senate election

1914 Minnesota Senate election
November 3, 1914
All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
34 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party
 
Party Nonpartisan
Last election 0
Seats won 67
Seat change Increase 67
Popular vote 100.00%

The 1914 Minnesota Senate election was held on November 3, 1914, and was the first election following a 1913 law which made the Minnesota Legislature become Nonpartisan. 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 by Republicans, 20 were held by Democrats, 1 by a Prohibitionist, 1 by a Populist and 1 by an Independent. Primary elections were held on June 16, 1914. Following the general election, the Senate was completely composed of Nonpartisan members.[1][2][3]

Incumbents defeated

  1. District 2: Mathew J. McGrath lost re-election to Samuel M. Knopp.
  2. District 3: Lytle O. Cooke lost re-election to James A. Carley.
  3. District 10: Andrew C. Olson lost re-election to Charles W. Gillam.
  4. District 11: Salathiel B. Bedford lost re-election to Samuel B. Nelson.
  5. District 27: George C. Carpenter lost re-election to John T. Alley.
  6. District 28: Napoleon A. L'Herault lost re-election to Jeremiah G. Callahan.
  7. District 53: Charles D. Johnson lost re-election to George H. Gardner.
  8. District 58: Thomas M. Pugh lost re-election to Richard T. Jones.
  9. District 66: John Saugstad lost re-election to Richard Thompson Buckler.
  10. District 67: Bengt E. Sundberg lost re-election to Nels S. Hegnes.

Results

Summary of the November 3, 1914 Minnesota Senate election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. %
Nonpartisan 123 67 100.00
Total 123 67 100.00
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State[4]

District 1

Minnesota's 1st State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 2

Minnesota's 2nd State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 3

Minnesota's 3rd State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 4

Minnesota's 4th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan James I. Vermilya 2,253 52.69%
Nonpartisan James Kelly 2,023 47.31%
Total votes 4,276 100.0%
Nonpartisan hold

District 5

Minnesota's 5th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 6

Minnesota's 6th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 7

Minnesota's 7th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Frank E. Putnam (incumbent) 2,888 100.0%
Total votes 2,888 100.0%
Nonpartisan hold

District 8

Minnesota's 8th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 9

Minnesota's 9th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Albert L. Ward 3,800 100.0%
Total votes 3,800 100.0%
Nonpartisan hold

District 10

Minnesota's 10th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 11

Minnesota's 11th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 12

Minnesota's 12th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan John Steffen 2,655 50.50%
Nonpartisan Edward W. Davies 2,602 49.50%
Total votes 5,257 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 13

Minnesota's 13th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 14

Minnesota's 14th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 15

Minnesota's 15th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 16

Minnesota's 16th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 17

Minnesota's 17th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 18

Minnesota's 18th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 19

Minnesota's 19th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 20

Minnesota's 20th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 21

Minnesota's 21st State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 22

Minnesota's 22nd State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 23

Minnesota's 23rd State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Nathaniel John Holmberg 2,266 52.75%
Nonpartisan Frank Murray 2,030 47.25%
Total votes 4,296 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 24

Minnesota's 24th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Oluf Gjerset 2,513 50.35%
Nonpartisan Carl M. Anderson 2,478 49.65%
Total votes 4,991 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 25

Minnesota's 25th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Peter Anners Gandrud 3,829 66.77%
Nonpartisan Leo McDermott 1,906 33.23%
Total votes 5,735 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 26

Minnesota's 26th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 27

Minnesota's 27th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 28

Minnesota's 28th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 29

Minnesota's 29th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 30

Minnesota's 30th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 31

Minnesota's 31st State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 32

Minnesota's 32nd State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 33

Minnesota's 33rd State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 34

Minnesota's 34th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Carleton L. Wallace (incumbent) 4,471 100.00%
Total votes 4,471 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 35

Minnesota's 35th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 36

Minnesota's 36th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan George A. Turnham 2,313 53.11%
Nonpartisan Alexander McNeil 2,042 46.89%
Total votes 4,355 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 37

Minnesota's 37th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 38

Minnesota's 38th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan James Handlan (incumbent) 2,624 52.38%
Nonpartisan Alwin Rowe 2,386 47.62%
Total votes 5,010 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 39

Minnesota's 39th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 40

Minnesota's 40th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan James D. Denegre 3,883 100.00%
Total votes 3,883 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 41

Minnesota's 41st State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Winslow W. Dunn (incumbent) 2,955 100.00%
Total votes 2,955 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 42

Minnesota's 42nd State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 43

Minnesota's 43rd State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 44

Minnesota's 44th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 45

Minnesota's 45th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan John D. Sullivan (incumbent) 3,668 100.00%
Total votes 3,668 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 46

Minnesota's 46th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Pierre A. Hilbert 3,208 100.00%
Total votes 3,208 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 47

Minnesota's 47th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 48

Minnesota's 48th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Edward Rustad (incumbent) 4,682 100.00%
Total votes 4,682 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 49

Minnesota's 49th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 50

Minnesota's 50th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 51

Minnesota's 51st State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 52

Minnesota's 52nd State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 53

Minnesota's 53rd State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 54

Minnesota's 54th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 55

Minnesota's 55th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Robert C. Dunn 3,292 100.00%
Total votes 3,292 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 56

Minnesota's 56th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 57

Minnesota's 57th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 58

Minnesota's 58th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 59

Minnesota's 59th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 60

Minnesota's 60th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan John A. Healy 2,029 100.00%
Total votes 2,029 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 61

Minnesota's 61st State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Orrin H. Griggs 2,852 100.00%
Total votes 2,852 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 62

Minnesota's 62nd State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 63

Minnesota's 63rd State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 64

Minnesota's 64th State Senate district election, 1914
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Albert L. Hanson (incumbent) 2,203 100.00%
Total votes 2,203 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 65

Minnesota's 65th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan hold

District 66

Minnesota's 66th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 67

Minnesota's 66th State Senate district election, 1914
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%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota's Non-Party Legislature" (PDF). leg.mn.gov. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
  2. ↑ "Minnesota Legislators Past & Present Search Results". lrl.mn.gov. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
  3. ↑ "Elections". electionarchives.lib.umn.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
  4. ↑ "GENERAL ELECTION RETURNS" (PDF). lrl.mn.gov. 1915. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
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