1872 Election Cycle

Ulysses Grant carried Minnesota en route to his landslide reelection victory. His 22.5-point win was his fifth best showing in the 10-state Midwest region behind Nebraska (41.4 points), Kansas (33.7 points), Iowa (27.9 points), and Michigan (27.2 points).

Congressional apportionment awarded Minnesota a third U.S. House seat with Republicans Mark Dunnell and John Averill reelected to two of them and Shakopee Mayor Horace Strait carrying the other. Republicans continued to hold the offices of state Auditor (O.P. Whitcomb) and Clerk of the Supreme Court with Sherwood Hough winning his third and final term for the latter.

Republicans entered the 15th Legislature in 1873 holding a 30-11 advantage over the Democrats in the state Senate and 78-28 advantage in the state House.

Elections

Date Office Stage Winners Details
11/05/1872 Clerk of the Supreme Court General Sherwood Hough (Republican) won with 53,322 votes (60.81%) and a winning margin of +21.68
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
Sherwood Hough Incumbent Man Republican 53,322 60.81
James George Man Democrat 34,314 39.14

Clerk of the Supreme Court Hough was reelected to a third term.

George was a colonel from Rochester, Democratic nominee for an At-large U.S. House seat in 1860 and for U.S. Senate in 1865.

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11/05/1872 State Senate, District 05 General Charles (C.G.) Johnsrud (Republican) won with 1,568 votes (100.00%) and a winning margin of +100.00
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
Charles (C.G.) Johnsrud Man Republican 1,568 100.00
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11/05/1872 State Senate, District 09 General Milo White (Republican) won with 865 votes (60.70%) and a winning margin of +21.40
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
Milo White Incumbent Man Republican 865 60.70
Herbert (H.G.) McCaleb Man Democrat 560 39.30

McCaleb was a resident of Marion.

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11/05/1872 State House, District 05 General Edwin (E.D.) Rodgers (Republican) won with 1,314 votes (42.51%) and a winning margin of +24.49
Jediah (J.W.) Devereaux (Republican) won with 1,220 votes (39.47%) and a winning margin of +21.45
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
Edwin (E.D.) Rodgers Incumbent Man Republican 1,314 42.51
Jediah (J.W.) Devereaux Man Republican 1,220 39.47
William G. (W.G.) Kellar Man Independent 557 18.02
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11/05/1872 State Senate, District 23 General Edmund Rice (Democrat) won with 1,458 votes (52.39%) and a winning margin of +4.78
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
Edmund Rice Man Democrat 1,458 52.39
C.H. Schurmeier Man Republican 1,325 47.61
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