Secretary of State, 1902 Election

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Date: November 4, 1902
Cycle: 1902
Office: Secretary of State
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Peter E. Hanson Incumbent Man Republican 159,165 60.38 +28.82
Spurgeon Odell Man Democrat 83,181 31.55
Charles T. Lanman Man People's 8,315 3.15
William W. (W.W.) Loveless Man Prohibition 7,653 2.90
Bircham (B.F.) Morledge Man Socialist 5,303 2.01

Secretary of State Hanson was reelected to a second term.

Odell, of Marshall was Clerk of Court for Lyon, and first elected to the office as a Populist in 1894. He was later elected Mayor of Marshall.

Lanman was editor of the McIntosh Times and a resident of Polk County.

Loveless was a resident of Worthington and director of the Citizens National Bank.

Moreledge was a harnessmaker from St. Paul, Public Ownership candidate for Mayor of St. Paul in 1906, and Public Ownership nominee for HD 37 in 1906 and 1912.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1903 (p. 513).