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).