1914 Minnesota Senate election

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1914 Minnesota Senate election
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All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
34 seats needed for a majority
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Party Nonpartisan
Last election0
Seats won67
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 67
Popular vote100.00%

The 1914 Minnesota Senate election was held on 3 November 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 16 June 1914. Following the general election, the Senate was completely composed of Nonpartisan members. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

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 3 November 1914 Minnesota Senate election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No.%
Nonpartisan12367100.00
Total12367100.00
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State [4]

District 1

Minnesota's 1st State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Francis A. Duxbury (incumbent) 3,465 52.52%
Nonpartisan Samuel A. Nelson3,13347.48%
Total votes6,598 100.0%
Nonpartisan hold

District 2

Minnesota's 2nd State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Samuel M. Knopp 3,247 53.60%
Nonpartisan Mathew J. McGrath (incumbent)2,81146.40%
Total votes6,058 100.0%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 3

Minnesota's 3rd State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan James A. Carley 2,641 69.81%
Nonpartisan Lytle O. Cooke (incumbent)1,14230.19%
Total votes3,783 100.0%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 4

Minnesota's 4th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan James I. Vermilya 2,253 52.69%
Nonpartisan James Kelly2,02347.31%
Total votes4,276 100.0%
Nonpartisan hold

District 5

Minnesota's 5th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Alex S. Campbell 2,998 50.33%
Nonpartisan Ralph E. Crane2,95949.67%
Total votes5,957 100.0%
Nonpartisan hold

District 6

Minnesota's 6th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Carl L. Swenson 2,139 54.00%
Nonpartisan Henry H. Emmons1,82246.00%
Total votes3,961 100.0%
Nonpartisan hold

District 7

Minnesota's 7th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Frank E. Putnam (incumbent) 2,888 100.0%
Total votes2,888 100.0%
Nonpartisan hold

District 8

Minnesota's 8th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John W. Andrews 2,949 51.13%
Nonpartisan John H. Hohmann2,81948.87%
Total votes5,768 100.0%
Nonpartisan hold

District 9

Minnesota's 9th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Albert L. Ward 3,800 100.0%
Total votes3,800 100.0%
Nonpartisan hold

District 10

Minnesota's 10th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Charles W. Gillam 2,904 62.78%
Nonpartisan Andrew C. Olson (incumbent)1,72237.22%
Total votes4,626 100.0%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 11

Minnesota's 11th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Samuel B. Nelson 2,432 61.04%
Nonpartisan Salathiel B. Bedford (incumbent)1,55238.96%
Total votes3,984 100.0%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 12

Minnesota's 12th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John Steffen 2,655 50.50%
Nonpartisan Edward W. Davies2,60249.50%
Total votes5,257 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 13

Minnesota's 13th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Olai A. Lende (incumbent) 3,096 57.63%
Nonpartisan Christian K. Melby2,27642.37%
Total votes5,372 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 14

Minnesota's 14th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan LaForest E. Potter 3,403 50.41%
Nonpartisan William W. Smith3,34849.59%
Total votes6,751 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 15

Minnesota's 15th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Henry N. Benson (incumbent) 2,822 51.11%
Nonpartisan Ole Peterson2,69948.89%
Total votes5,521 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 16

Minnesota's 16th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Eugene B. Collester 3,377 55.67%
Nonpartisan Samuel A. Rask2,68944.33%
Total votes6,066 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 17

Minnesota's 17th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Harry F. Weis (incumbent) 2,688 66.93%
Nonpartisan William S. O'Connell1,32833.07%
Total votes4,016 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 18

Minnesota's 18th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Frank L. Glotzbach (incumbent) 2,603 55.81%
Nonpartisan Ferdinand L. Klemer2,06144.19%
Total votes4,664 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 19

Minnesota's 19th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Anton Julius Rockne (incumbent) 3,184 57.56%
Nonpartisan Jens K. Grondahl2,34842.44%
Total votes5,532 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 20

Minnesota's 20th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan James M. Millett 2,233 50.54%
Nonpartisan William H. Wescott2,18549.46%
Total votes4,418 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 21

Minnesota's 21st State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John B. Ries 3,085 51.04%
Nonpartisan John J. Farrell2,95948.96%
Total votes6,044 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 22

Minnesota's 22nd State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Harlow H. Bonniwell 2,153 59.05%
Nonpartisan Garfield W. Brown1,49340.95%
Total votes3,646 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 23

Minnesota's 23rd State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Nathaniel John Holmberg 2,266 52.75%
Nonpartisan Frank Murray2,03047.25%
Total votes4,296 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 24

Minnesota's 24th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Oluf Gjerset 2,513 50.35%
Nonpartisan Carl M. Anderson2,47849.65%
Total votes4,991 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 25

Minnesota's 25th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Peter Anners Gandrud 3,829 66.77%
Nonpartisan Leo McDermott1,90633.23%
Total votes5,735 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 26

Minnesota's 26th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Edward P. Peterson (incumbent) 2,345 72.13%
Nonpartisan Jonathan W. Wright90627.87%
Total votes3,251 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 27

Minnesota's 27th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John T. Alley 2,662 57.11%
Nonpartisan George C. Carpenter (incumbent)1,99942.89%
Total votes4,661 100.00%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 28

Minnesota's 28th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Jeremiah G. Callahan 2,086 54.65%
Nonpartisan Napoleon A. L'Herault (incumbent)1,73145.35%
Total votes3,817 100.00%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 29

Minnesota's 29th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Frank L. Palmer 2,880 55.35%
Nonpartisan William B. Henderson2,32344.65%
Total votes5,203 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 30

Minnesota's 30th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan William S. Dwinnell (incumbent) 1,854 50.77%
Nonpartisan Fred B. Wright1,79849.23%
Total votes3,652 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 31

Minnesota's 31st State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Ellis J. Westlake 2,368 64.73%
Nonpartisan John G. Lennon1,29035.27%
Total votes3,658 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 32

Minnesota's 32nd State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan William A. Campbell 2,803 66.00%
Nonpartisan John A. Nordin1,44434.00%
Total votes4,247 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 33

Minnesota's 33rd State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Thomas J. Grose 3,292 51.76%
Nonpartisan William Ignatius Nolan3,06848.24%
Total votes6,360 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 34

Minnesota's 34th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Carleton L. Wallace (incumbent) 4,471 100.00%
Total votes4,471 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 35

Minnesota's 35th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John W. Pauly (incumbent) 3,000 55.45%
Nonpartisan James H. Duryea2,41044.55%
Total votes5,410 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 36

Minnesota's 36th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan George A. Turnham 2,313 53.11%
Nonpartisan Alexander McNeil2,04246.89%
Total votes4,355 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 37

Minnesota's 37th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Joseph A. Jackson 2,100 52.42%
Nonpartisan Charles A. Oberg1,90647.58%
Total votes4,006 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 38

Minnesota's 38th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan James Handlan (incumbent) 2,624 52.38%
Nonpartisan Alwin Rowe2,38647.62%
Total votes5,010 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 39

Minnesota's 39th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Peter Van Hoven (incumbent) 3,289 63.98%
Nonpartisan Emil Novotny1,85236.02%
Total votes5,141 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 40

Minnesota's 40th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan James D. Denegre 3,883 100.00%
Total votes3,883 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 41

Minnesota's 41st State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Winslow W. Dunn (incumbent) 2,955 100.00%
Total votes2,955 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 42

Minnesota's 42nd State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Charles N. Orr 3,270 57.35%
Nonpartisan Edwin G. Perry2,43242.65%
Total votes5,702 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 43

Minnesota's 43rd State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan George H. Sullivan (incumbent) 2,202 59.50%
Nonpartisan Randolph A. Wilkinson1,49940.50%
Total votes3,701 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 44

Minnesota's 44th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Theodore C. Blomgren 2,616 69.70%
Nonpartisan Edwin Spencer Cahoon1,13730.30%
Total votes3,753 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 45

Minnesota's 45th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John D. Sullivan (incumbent) 3,668 100.00%
Total votes3,668 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 46

Minnesota's 46th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Pierre A. Hilbert 3,208 100.00%
Total votes3,208 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 47

Minnesota's 47th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Engebret E. Lobeck 2,755 53.28%
Nonpartisan Thomas T. Ofsthun2,41646.72%
Total votes5,171 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 48

Minnesota's 48th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Edward Rustad (incumbent) 4,682 100.00%
Total votes4,682 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 49

Minnesota's 49th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Frank H. Peterson 2,457 50.74%
Nonpartisan Alfred A. Haagenson2,38549.26%
Total votes4,842 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 50

Minnesota's 50th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Ole O. Sageng (incumbent) 2,913 51.08%
Nonpartisan Andrew Gerhard Anderson2,79048.92%
Total votes5,703 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 51

Minnesota's 51st State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan James Johnston (incumbent) 2,656 51.64%
Nonpartisan Arthur B. Church2,48748.36%
Total votes5,143 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 52

Minnesota's 52nd State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Patrick H. McGarry 2,613 53.83%
Nonpartisan William J. Stock2,24146.17%
Total votes4,854 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 53

Minnesota's 53rd State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan George H. Gardner 3,427 51.77%
Nonpartisan Charles D. Johnson (incumbent)3,19348.23%
Total votes6,620 100.00%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 54

Minnesota's 54th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Fred D. Vibert 2,594 61.84%
Nonpartisan Charles D. Viebahn1,60138.16%
Total votes4,195 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 55

Minnesota's 55th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Robert C. Dunn 3,292 100.00%
Total votes3,292 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 56

Minnesota's 56th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John A. Rystrom 2,398 51.16%
Nonpartisan Peter A. Christianson2,28948.84%
Total votes4,687 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 57

Minnesota's 57th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Charles E. Adams 3,006 60.42%
Nonpartisan Alex G. McKnight1,96939.58%
Total votes4,975 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 58

Minnesota's 58th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Richard T. Jones 1,655 52.93%
Nonpartisan Thomas M. Pugh (incumbent)1,47247.07%
Total votes3,127 100.00%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 59

Minnesota's 59th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan George M. Peterson 2,128 55.32%
Nonpartisan Phil G. Phillips1,71944.68%
Total votes3,847 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 60

Minnesota's 60th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John A. Healy 2,029 100.00%
Total votes2,029 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 61

Minnesota's 61st State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Orrin H. Griggs 2,852 100.00%
Total votes2,852 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 62

Minnesota's 62nd State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Leonard H. Nord 3,017 60.96%
Nonpartisan F.A. Wilson1,61232.57%
Nonpartisan Walter N. Weber3206.47%
Total votes4,949 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 63

Minnesota's 63rd State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John Harvey Baldwin 2,691 64.29%
Nonpartisan Charles F. Scheers1,49535.71%
Total votes4,186 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 64

Minnesota's 64th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Albert L. Hanson (incumbent) 2,203 100.00%
Total votes2,203 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 65

Minnesota's 65th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Daniel P. O'Neill 2,139 51.85%
Nonpartisan Christian L. Hansen1,98648.15%
Total votes4,125 100.00%
Nonpartisan hold

District 66

Minnesota's 66th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Richard Thompson Buckler 2,593 50.38%
Nonpartisan John Saugstad (incumbent)2,55449.62%
Total votes5,147 100.00%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

District 67

Minnesota's 66th State Senate district election, 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Nels S. Hegnes 3,595 53.30%
Nonpartisan Bengt E. Sundberg (incumbent)3,15046.70%
Total votes6,745 100.00%
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan

See also

References

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