Attorney General, 1934 Election

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Date: November 6, 1934
Cycle: 1934
Office: Attorney General
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Harry H. Peterson Incumbent Man Farmer-Labor 436,140 44.89 +9.34
Oscar Youngdahl Man Republican 345,372 35.55
Alric Anderson Man Democrat 190,049 19.56

Attorney General Peterson was reelected to a second term.

Youngdahl, an attorney from Minneapolis, was the older brother of future Minnesota Governor Luther Youngdahl and would later serve two terms in the U.S. House (CD 05, 1939-1943).

Anderson was an attorney from St. Paul.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1935 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).