Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1886 Election

General

Date: November 2, 1886
Cycle: 1886
Office: Supreme Court Associate Justice
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
William B. Mitchell Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 195,540 32.47 +30.99
Daniel A. (D.A.) Dickinson Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 193,945 32.21 +30.73
Charles Vanderburgh Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 185,938 30.88 +29.40
Charles E. Shannon Man Nonpartisan 8,927 1.48
Joseph McKnight Man Nonpartisan 8,873 1.47
J.W. Cochran Man Nonpartisan 8,863 1.47

Associated Justices Mitchell and Dickinson were reelected to a third term. Associate Justice Vanderburgh was reelected to a second term.

Shannon was an attorney from Duluth, Prohibition nominee for Attorney General in 1888, independent candidate for HD54 in 1894, and Democratic nominee for HD 51 in 1900.

McKnight was an attorney from LeRoy and Greenback nominee for Attorney General in 1881.

Cochran was a resident of Minneapolis.

Shannon, McKnight, and Cochran were each endorsed by the Prohibition Party.

Sources

  • The Worthington Advance, January 6, 1887 (p. 2). The Rochester Post, January 7, 1887 (p. 1). Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties, November 2, 1886.