Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1940 Election

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Date: November 5, 1940
Cycle: 1940
Office: Supreme Court Associate Justice
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Clifford L. Hilton Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 518,524 30.45 +7.70
Julius Olson Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 487,034 28.60 +5.86
Clifford W. Gardner Man Nonpartisan 387,308 22.74
Joseph A. (J.A.) Morrison Man Nonpartisan 310,146 18.21

Associate Justice Hilton was reelected to a fourth term. Hilton resigned on May 1, 1943. Governor Edward Thye appointed Clarence Magney to fill the vacancy effective June 24, 1943. Magney was a resident of Duluth, former Mayor of Duluth, and sitting Eleventh Judicial District Judge (1921-1943).

Associate Justice Olson was elected to a third term.

Gardner was an attorney from St. Paul and candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1942.

Morrison was an attorney from Hutchinson who served as probate and juvenile judge of McLeod County. He was also a candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1944.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1941 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).