1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election

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1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election
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Nominee John Lind William Henry Eustis
Party Democratic–People's Republican
Popular vote131,980111,796
Percentage52.26%44.26%
1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Lind:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Eustis:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Governor before election

David Marston Clough
Republican

Elected Governor

John Lind
Democratic-People's

The 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1898. Democratic Party of Minnesota candidate John Lind defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger William Henry Eustis. This was the second of three successive elections in which John Lind ran as a candidate for a coalition formed from the Democrats and the People's Party. This was also the first time since 1857, and only the second time ever up to that point, that a Democrat was elected governor of Minnesota.

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Candidates

Campaigns

The Democratic State Convention was held on June 9, 1898, and was 'small and fast', consisting of only 35 delegates. John Lind was renominated. [1] Lind was a progressive and a populist.

The Republican State Convention was held on June 30, 1898. The primary was between three men; William Henry Eustis, Samuel Rinnah Van Sant, and Loren W. Collins. Eustis was nominated on the second ballot. [2] Eustis gained support for being a union negotiator during his time as mayor, peacefully ending a rail strike in 1893, and at the benefit of the strikers. This was at a time when most unions were suppressed, often with violence. Eustis was able to gain favor with some of the labor vote because of this, however not enough to secure the election. [3]

A major blow came to Eustis's campaign when incumbent republican governor David Marston Clough endorsed Lind, due to a personal disliking of Eustis. [4]

Upon his victory, Lind gave a speech in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota where credited his victory to the previous efforts the Farmer's Alliance and the Populist Party. [5]

Results

1898 Gubernatorial Election, Minnesota
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic-People's John Lind 131,98052.26%+4.15%
Republican William Henry Eustis 111,79644.26%−4.91%
Prohibition George W. Higgins 5,2992.10%+0.57%
Midroad-Populist Lionel C. Long 1,8020.71%n/a
Socialist Labor William B. Hammond 1,6850.67%+0.34%
Majority 20,1848.00%
Turnout 252,562
Democratic gain from Republican

See also

References

  1. ↑ "JOHN LIND AND ONE TOWNE". June 10, 1898.
  2. ↑ "GOV. EUSTIS". July 1, 1898.
  3. ↑ "EUSTIS AS A PEACEMAKER". November 4, 1898.
  4. ↑ "Leonard A. Rosing". Minnesota Historical Society.
  5. ↑ "YES, MR. LIND DID SAY IT". November 19, 1898.


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