Republican Governor Knute Nelson easily won reelection as did fellow incumbents Lieutenant Governor David Clough, Attorney General Henry Childs, and Associate Supreme Court Justice Loren Collins. GOP nominees for Chief Justice (Charles Start), Secretary of State (Albert Berg), Treasurer (August Koerner), Auditor (Robert Dunn), and Clerk of the Supreme Court (Darius Reese) completed the party’s sweep with Dunn knocking Democrat Adolph Biermann out of office.
Republicans flipped three U.S. House seats en route to winning all seven districts – unseating Democrats Osee Hall and Melvin Baldwin and Haldor Boen of the People’s Party.
Republicans also gained more than 20 seats in each state legislative chamber. In the Senate the GOP entered the 29th Legislature with 46 seats compared to five for the Populists and just three for the Democrats. Republicans held 95 seats in the House with 10 for the Democrats and nine for the Populists.
Elections
Date
Office
Stage
Winners
Details
11/06/1894
State House, District 53
General
Daniel M. (D.M.) Gunn (Republican) won with 3,225 votes (56.17%) and a winning margin of +34.04
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Daniel M. (D.M.) Gunn
Man
Republican
3,225
56.17
J.A. Bowman
Man
Democrat
1,271
22.14
W.H. Skemp
Man
People's
1,064
18.53
Eugene A. Arnold
Man
Independent
181
3.15
Arnold was a resident of La Prairie and Itasca County Judge of Probate.
John D. Knuteson (People's) won with 4,875 votes (21.57%) and a winning margin of +9.94
Nils L. (N.L.) Nelson (People's) won with 4,430 votes (19.60%) and a winning margin of +7.97
Sverre J. (S.J.) Lee (People's) won with 4,398 votes (19.46%) and a winning margin of +7.83
Wallace Barton (W.B.) Douglas (Republican) won with 2,817 votes (18.51%) and a winning margin of +4.42
Dennis F. (D.F.) McGrath (Republican) won with 2,332 votes (15.33%) and a winning margin of +1.23
Evan (E.J.) Moore (People's) won with 2,220 votes (14.59%) and a winning margin of +0.49
Jay M. Smith (Republican) won with 8,171 votes (23.95%) and a winning margin of +17.95
William A. Cant (Republican) won with 6,831 votes (20.02%) and a winning margin of +14.03
Neil McInnis (Republican) won with 6,685 votes (19.59%) and a winning margin of +13.60