Attorney General, 1928 Election

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Date: November 6, 1928
Cycle: 1928
Office: Attorney General
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Gustaf (G. Aaron) Youngquist Incumbent Man Republican 524,151 56.83 +34.53
George Cahill Man Democrat 205,681 22.30
Christian (C.F.) Gaarenstroom Man Farmer-Labor 192,472 20.87

Youngquist was appointed to the office of attorney general by Governor Theodore Christianson on February 2, 1928 after the death of appointed Attorney General Albert Pratt. Youngquist resigned in November 1929 for a position in the U.S. Department of Justice. Christianson appointed former state senator and St. Peter attorney Henry Benson to replace Youngquist.

Cahill was a St. Paul attorney and former failed Democratic nominee for attorney general in 1926.

Gaarenstroom as an attorney from Fairmount.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1929 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).