Railroad & Warehouse Commissioner, 1904 Election

General

Date: November 8, 1904
Cycle: 1904
Office: Railroad & Warehouse Commissioner
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Ira B. Mills Incumbent Man Republican 166,913 34.61 +18.06
William E. Young Man Republican 156,694 32.49 +15.94
William F. (W.F.) Kelso Man Democrat 79,824 16.55
Hiram E. (H.E.) Hoard Man Democrat 78,854 16.35

The election for this seat was for a four-year term. Republicans won their 10th and 11th consecutive seats to the office of Railroad / Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner.

Commissioner Mills was reelected to a second term.

Young was an attorney from Mankato.

Kelso was a resident of Hallock, Democratic nominee for CD 07 in 1892, and nominee for SD 63 in 1902.

Hoard was a resident of Montevideo, publisher of the Montevideo Leader, and Democratic-People's nominee for SD 18 in 1898.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1905 (p. 509).