U.S. Senate, 1942 Election

Primary Republican

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Date: September 8, 1942
Cycle: 1942
Office: U.S. Senate
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Joseph H. Ball Incumbent Man Republican 198,733 51.92 +22.70
Walter K. Mickelson Man Republican 111,834 29.22
Henry J. Soltau Man Republican 53,138 13.88
Harson A. Northrup Man Republican 19,027 4.97

Ball was a journalist from St. Paul who was appointed on October 14, 1940 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ernest Lundeen on August 31, 1940. Senator Ball did not run in the special election for the remaining two months of the unexpired term.

Mickelson was editor and publisher of the New Ulm Daily Journal.

Soltau was a reverend from Minneapolis. He was convicted and imprisoned in February 1942 for perjury related to a liquor raid case in Minneapolis.

Northrup was a resident of Owatonna.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1943 (p. 265).