1952 Wyoming state elections

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday, November 4, 1952. Two statewide elections were held: a special election for Wyoming State Treasurer following the death of incumbent Treasurer J. Roy Mitchell, and an election for a seat on the Supreme Court of Wyoming. Incumbent Treasurer Minnie A. Mitchell, who had been appointed to succeed her husband by Governor Frank A. Barrett, won the election to serve the balance of her husband's term, and Justice Harry P. Ilsley was unopposed for re-election.

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Treasurer

On May 6, 1952, incumbent Republican State Treasurer J. Roy Mitchell, who had just been elected to his post in 1950, died in office. [1] On May 13, Governor Barrett announced that he was appointing Minnie A. Mitchell as her husband's successor, making her the state's first woman to serve as State Treasurer. [2] Following Mitchell's death, a special election was held to fill the balance of his term. [1] In accepting the appointment as Treasurer, Minnie Mitchell agreed to run in the special election. [2]

Democratic primary

No Democratic candidates filed to run for State Treasurer, [3] but the Wyoming Democratic Party organized a write-in campaign for John Bentley, an insurance broker in Sheridan. [4] In the primary election, the write-in campaign succeeded in getting Bentley 1,789 votes, [5] enough to earn him the nomination, which he accepted. [6]

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Minnie A. Mitchell, incumbent State Treasurer

Results

Republican Primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Minnie A. Mitchell (inc.) 33,817 100.00%
Total votes33,817 100.00%

General election

Results

1952 Wyoming Treasurer special election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Minnie A. Mitchell (inc.) 72,591 58.68% +2.35%
Democratic John Bentley51,11241.32%-2.35%
Majority21,47917.36%+4.70
Turnout 123,703
Republican hold

Supreme Court of Wyoming

On December 7, 1951, Justice Ralph Kimball of the Supreme Court of Wyoming announced that he would step down from the court effective January 7, 1952. [7] A week later, on December 14, Governor Frank A. Barrett announced that he would appoint Judge Harry P. Ilsley of the Sixth Judicial District Court to fill the balance of Kimball's term, which expired on January 5, 1953. [8] Ilsley announced that he would seek re-election to the Court on May 15, 1952, [9]

When no candidates filed to run against him, Ilsley won re-election unopposed, receiving 100% of the votes cast in the August primary and in the November general election. [10] However, several weeks into Ilsley's first full term in office, he died, and was succeeded by Justice Harry Harnsberger.

Candidates

Primary results

Nonpartisan primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Harry P. Ilsley (inc.) 57,252 100.00%
Total votes57,252 100.00%

General election results

Nonpartisan primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Harry P. Ilsley (inc.) 106,454 100.00%
Total votes106,454 100.00%

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References

  1. 1 2 "J. R. Mitchell of Casper, Treasurer of Wyoming, Dies". Casper Star-Tribune . Casper, Wyo. May 6, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Treasurer's Wife Named To Office". Casper Star-Tribune . Casper, Wyo. May 13, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Few Contests So Interest Lags in Primary Election". Casper Star-Tribune . Casper, Wyo. August 4, 1952. p. 2. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Democrats Plan to Fill Out Ticket by Write-In Drive". Casper Star-Tribune . Casper, Wyo. August 7, 1952. p. 2. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Rogers, C. J. "Doc" (1953). 1953 Wyoming Official Directory and 1952 Election Returns. pp. 55–58.
  6. ↑ "Bentley Accepts Dem Nomination". Casper Star-Tribune . Casper, Wyo. September 8, 1952. p. 2. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Kimball Will Quit State Court Jan. 7". Casper Star-Tribune . Casper, Wyo. December 7, 1951. p. 1. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Ilsley Named Supreme Court". Casper Star-Tribune . Casper, Wyo. December 14, 1951. p. 1. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Judge Ilsley to Be a Candidate for Election". Big Piney Examiner. Big Piney, Wyo. May 15, 1952. p. 3. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Field Clear For Two in Senate Race". Casper Star-Tribune . Casper, Wyo. July 11, 1952. pp. 1–2. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
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