Treasurer, 1908 Election
General
| Candidate | Gender | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence C. (C.C.) Dinehart Incumbent | Man | Republican | 179,867 | 60.26 | +25.64 |
| P.H. Nelson | Man | Democrat | 103,330 | 34.62 | |
| John Kolu | Man | Public Ownership | 12,404 | 4.16 | |
| Andrew Nordloef | Man | Independence League | 2,880 | 0.96 |
Treasurer Dinehart was reelected to a second term. Dinehart died in office on June 8, 1910 following an operation for appendicitis at the age of 33. Governor Adolph Eberhart appointed Chief Deputy State Treasurer Elias S. Pettijohn of St. Peter to the office on June 9th.
Nelson was a resident of Hibbing and a bank director at Merchants and Miners State Bank of Hibbing.
Kolu was a resident of Hibbing, Public Ownership nominee for Treasurer in 1906, and later headed the Socialist Party in Duluth.
Nordloef was a resident of Willmar and president and promoter of the Twentieth Century Wheel and Tire Company.
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).