Clerk of the Supreme Court, 1946 Election

General

Date: November 5, 1946
Cycle: 1946
Office: Clerk of the Supreme Court
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Grace F. Kaercher Incumbent Woman Republican 464,543 55.35 +10.70
Charles J. Petersen Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 374,775 44.65

Clerk of the Supreme Court Kaercher Davis was reelected to a sixth nonconsecutive term.

Peterson was a postal worker from St. Paul who had never previously held public office. He was also a candidate for Clerk of the Supreme Court Clerk in 1950.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1947 (p. 360).