Attorney General, 1938 Election
Primary Republican
Date: | June 20, 1938 |
Cycle: | 1938 |
Office: | Attorney General |
State: | Minnesota |
District: | Statewide |
Candidate | Gender | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph Alfred Arner (J.A.A.) Burnquist | Man | Republican | 127,038 | 54.35 | +28.79 |
Chester Wilson | Man | Republican | 59,748 | 25.56 | |
Lewis L. Anderson | Man | Republican | 46,957 | 20.09 |
Burnquist was a former two-term state Representative (1909-1913), twice-elected lieutenant governor (1913-1915), and three-term governor (1915-1921).
Wilson, a Stillwater attorney and an assistant attorney general since 1925, later served as Minnesota's Commissioner of Conservation from 1943 to 1955.
Anderson was an attorney in St. Paul.
Sources
- The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1939 (p. 211).