Treasurer, 1875 Election
General
| Candidate | Gender | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Pfaender | Man | Republican | 41,743 | 50.72 | +5.88 |
| Albert Scheffer | Man | Democrat | 36,908 | 44.85 | |
| Edwin W. (E.W.) Dike Incumbent | Man | Anti-Monopoly | 2,005 | 2.44 | |
| Horatio D. (H.D.) Brown | Man | Temperance | 1,544 | 1.88 |
Dike became the first Minnesota Treasurer to be defeated at the ballot box.
Pfaender was the Mayor of New Ulm.
Scheffer was the brother of former Republican Treasurer Charles Scheffer (1860-1868). Albert Scheffer would later serve as a Republican in the state Senate (SD 26, 1887-1891).
Brown was a banker from Albert Lea. Brown won a plurality of votes on the first ballot for governor at the Temperance Party convention but subsequently withdrew. He was then nominated for Treasurer.
Sources
- Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighteenth Legislature of the State of Minnesota, 1876 (p. 16).