Secretary of State, 1908 Election

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Date: November 3, 1908
Cycle: 1908
Office: Secretary of State
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Julius Schmahl Incumbent Man Republican 175,465 58.45 +26.28
Richard F. (R.F.) Lamb Man Democrat 96,561 32.17
James (J.F.) Damon Man Prohibition 15,216 5.07
John LeFevre Man Public Ownership 10,939 3.64
J.S. Waterston Man Independence League 2,024 0.67

Secretary of State Schmahl was reelected to a second term.

Lamb was a resident of Slayton, founded the Western Implement Company, was president of the Minnesota Retail Implement Dealers' Association, and Democratic nominee for HD 15 in 1912.

Damon was a resident of Winnebago City and Prohibition nominee for HD 12 in 1906.

LeFevre was a resident of Grand Rapids and Public Ownership nominee for HD 52 in 1906.

Waterston was a resident of Scanlong. The Independence League was backed and founded by William Randolph Hearst. The party fielded nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and treasurer in Minnesota in 1908.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1909 (p. 529).