Attorney General, 1875 Election
General
| Date: | November 2, 1875 |
| Cycle: | 1875 |
| Office: | Attorney General |
| State: | Minnesota |
| District: | Statewide |
| Candidate | Gender | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George P. Wilson Incumbent | Man | Republican | 45,091 | 54.64 | +12.61 |
| Richard A. (R.A.) Jones | Man | Democrat | 34,683 | 42.03 | |
| Cornelius (C.M.) McCarthy | Man | Temperance-Anti-Monopoly | 2,749 | 3.33 |
Attorney General Wilson was reelected to a second term.
Jones was an attorney from Rochester who was a former state Representative (HD 12, 1871-1872; HD 10, 1872-1873, 1879-1881).
McCarthy was the Temperance nominee who was later nominated by the Anti-Monopolists.
Sources
- Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighteenth Legislature of the State of Minnesota, 1876 (p. 17).