| 11/06/1883 |
Lieutenant Governor
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General |
Charles A. (C.A.) Gilman (Republican) won with 75,021 votes (55.26%) and a winning margin of +14.33
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| Candidate |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Percent |
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Charles A. (C.A.) Gilman
Incumbent
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Man |
Republican |
75,021
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55.26
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Randolph (R.L.) Frazee
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Man |
Democrat |
55,561
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40.93
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Cornelius B. (C.B.) Shove
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Man |
Democrat-Anti-Monopoly |
5,001
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3.68
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Thomas A. Clark
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Man |
Write-In |
79
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0.06
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Lieutenant Governor Gilman was reelected to a third term.
Frazee was owned a sawmill and flourmill in Frazee City.
Shove was an insurance agent from Minneapolis and future Republican State Representative (HD 40, 1903-1905).
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| 11/06/1883 |
Governor
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General |
Lucius Hubbard (Republican) won with 72,462 votes (53.37%) and a winning margin of +10.47
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| Candidate |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Percent |
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Lucius Hubbard
Incumbent
|
Man |
Republican |
72,462
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53.37
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Adolph Biermann
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Man |
Democrat |
58,251
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42.90
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Charles Evans Holt
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Man |
Prohibition |
4,924
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3.63
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Ignatius Donnelly
|
Man |
Write-In |
79
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0.06
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Governor Hubbard was reelected to a second term. A constitutional amendment passed in 1883 requiring state elections to be held in even-numbered years; as such, Hubbard's new term was set for three years through December 1886.
Biermann was a resident of Rochester, former Olmsted County Auditor (1875-1880), Democratic nominee for Secretary of State in 1875, and 1882 and 1884 nominee for the 1st Congressional District. He later served as state Auditor (1891-1893).
Holt was a resident of Sauk Rapids.
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| 11/06/1883 |
State Senate, District 13
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Special |
Erasmus C. (E.C.) Severance (Republican) won with 1,021 votes (56.32%) and a winning margin of +24.32
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| Candidate |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Percent |
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Erasmus C. (E.C.) Severance
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Man |
Republican |
1,021
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56.32
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John Adams (i)
|
Man |
Democrat |
580
|
31.99
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Henry (H.B.) Lewis
|
Man |
Prohibition |
212
|
11.69
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Special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of state Senator James McLaughlin on February 22, 1883. McLaughlin was the first state Senator to die while the legislature was in session.
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| 11/06/1883 |
State Senate, District 03
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Special |
William (W.T.) Wilkins (Republican) won with 1,132 votes (54.06%) and a winning margin of +8.12
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| Candidate |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Percent |
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William (W.T.) Wilkins
|
Man |
Republican |
1,132
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54.06
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John Frank
|
Man |
Democrat |
962
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45.94
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Special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of state Senator William L. Hollister in May 1883 after being appointed inspector of internation revenue for Minnesota and Iowa.
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| 11/06/1883 |
Railroad Commissioner
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General |
James H. Baker (Republican) won with 78,329 votes (58.80%) and a winning margin of +21.40
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| Candidate |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Percent |
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James H. Baker
Incumbent
|
Man |
Republican |
78,329
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58.80
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Axel (A.T.) Lindholm
|
Man |
Democrat |
49,827
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37.41
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S. Meeker
|
Man |
Prohibition |
4,861
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3.65
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F. Gueswine
|
Man |
Write-In |
162
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0.12
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Commissioner Baker was reelected to a second term. This was the last election to the Railroad Commission as an 1885 bill would change the single-member, directly elected Railroad Commission to a three-member, appointed Railroad and Warehouse Commission. The remaining offices were for three-year terms for this single cycle and then two-year terms beginning with the Election of 1886. Elections for the Railroad and Warehouse Commission would commence in 1900.
Lindholm was a resident of St. Paul and nominee for Washington County Treasurer in 1879.
Meeker was a resident of Evansville and hotel keeper.
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