Lieutenant Governor, 1900 Election

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Date: November 6, 1900
Cycle: 1900
Office: Lieutenant Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Lyndon Smith Incumbent Man Republican 169,503 55.34 +14.07
Thomas J. Meighen Man Democrat-People's 126,419 41.27
Chauncey (C.B.) Wilkinson Man Prohibition 8,364 2.73
Erick G. (E.G.) Wallinder Man Midroad Populist 2,008 0.66
Scattering Write-In 2 0.00

This marked the 20th consecutive GOP victory for the office. Smith was reelected to a second term.

Meighen was a resident of Fillmore County who was also a candidate for many offices over the decades: People's nominees for the 1st CD in 1894 and Governor in 1902, Democratic nominee for state Auditor in 1910 and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1922, and Farmer-Labor nominee for Treasurer in 1926 and Lieutenant Governor in 1928.

Wilkinson was a dairy farmer from Owatonna.

Wallinder was the St. Louis County People's Party Chairman and People's Party nominee for SD 54 in 1896.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1901 (p. 533). The Worthington Advance, December 28, 1900 (p. 3).