Treasurer, 1912 Election

Primary Public Ownership

Date: September 17, 1912
Cycle: 1912
Office: Treasurer
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Jay E. (J.E.) Nash Man Public Ownership 5,314 100.00 +100.00

Nash was a hardware store owner from Robbinsdale, co-founder of the Social Democratic Party of Minnesota and the Public Ownership (Socialist) Party of Minnesota, Democratic nominee for SD 44 in 1898, Public Ownership gubernatorial nominee in 1902 and 1904, and Socialist nominee for Treasurer in 1914.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1913 (p. 355).