Clerk of the Supreme Court, 1890 Election

General

Date: November 4, 1890
Cycle: 1890
Office: Clerk of the Supreme Court
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Charles P. Holcombe Man Republican 95,668 40.48 +5.06
Thomas (T.F.) O'Hair Man Democrat 83,708 35.42
Frank W. Kolars Man Farmers' Alliance 47,007 19.89
William E. (W.E.) Dean Man Prohibition 9,951 4.21

Holcomb was Sheriff of Washington County.

O'Hair was an attorney from Wheaton.

Kolars was a former Le Sueur County District Court Clerk (1874-1886), Register of Deeds of Le Sueur County, and Democratic nominee for HD 62 in 1908.

Dean was a resident of Tyler.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1891 (p. 559).