State House, District 24, 1896 Election

General

Date: November 3, 1896
Cycle: 1896
Office: State House
State: Minnesota
District: 24
Counties: Dakota
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Ignatius Donnelly Man Democrat-People's 2,353 29.26 +5.53
Charles F. (C.F.) Staples Incumbent Man Republican 1,941 24.13 +0.41
M.H. Sullivan Man Republican 1,908 23.72
John Pennington Man Democrat 1,841 22.89

Donnelly was a resident of Nininger. He identified as a Populist.

Sullivan was a former Dakota County Judge of Probate.

Pennington was a resident of Waterford. He identified as a Democrat.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1897 (p. 495).