Treasurer, 1883 Election

General

Date: November 6, 1883
Cycle: 1883
Office: Treasurer
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Charles Kittelson Incumbent Man Republican 79,365 58.49 +20.70
John Ludwig Man Democrat 51,270 37.78
Christopher M. (C.M.) Anderson Man Prohibition 4,923 3.63
John Doyle Man Write-In 78 0.06

Treasurer Kittelson was reelected to a third term.

Ludwig operated a hotel in Winona, was a former Winona Treasurer, Mayor of Winona, and the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1894.

Anderson was a teacher, former Lac qui Parle County Register of Deeds, and sitting Lac qui Parle County Treasurer.

Sources

  • Freeborn County Standard, January 9, 1884 (p. 2). Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties, November 6, 1883.