The 1.67-point margin was the closest single-seat general election for the Minnesota Supreme Court since the initial election for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1857 (decided by 2.80 points). It remains the narrowest victory margin in state history.
Quinn was an attorney from Fairmont, former Faribault County Attorney, and sitting Seventeeth Judicial District Judge.
Kneeland was an attorney from Minneapolis and sitting state Representative (HD 41, 1909-1915; HD 31, 1915-1917).
Anderson was an attorney from Winona, former Winona County Attorney, former state Representative (HD 02, 1901-1903, 1905-1907), candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1922, and eventual state Senator (SD 33, 1927-1940).