Governor, 1926 Election

Primary Farmer-Labor

Date: June 21, 1926
Cycle: 1926
Office: Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Magnus Johnson Man Farmer-Labor 40,330 53.64 +7.28
Tom E. Davis Man Farmer-Labor 34,853 46.36

Johnson was a farmer from Litchfield, former state Representative (HD 26, 1915-1919), state Senator (SD 26, 1919-1923), U.S. Senator (1923-1925), and 1922 Farmer-Labor gubernatorial nominee. Johnson later won election to an at-large U.S. House seat (1933-1935) and sought the Farmer-Labor gubernatorial nomination in 1936.

Davis was an attorney from Minneapolis, former publisher, former Marshall County Attorney, former Mayor of Marshall (1910-1913), former state Representative (HD 13, 1917-1919), Farmer-Labor nominee for Attorney General in 1918, and candidate for Governor in 1924.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1927 (p. 184).