Lieutenant Governor, 1875 Election

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Date: November 2, 1875
Cycle: 1875
Office: Lieutenant Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
James B. Wakefield Man Republican 43,874 54.73 +12.20
Edward W. (E.W.) Durant Man Democrat 34,090 42.52
Jonah (J.B.) Tuttle Man Temperance-Anti-Monopoly 2,205 2.75

Wakefield was an attorney from Blue Earth, former state Representative (HD 14, 1857-1859; HD 20, 1863-1864, 1866-1867) and House Speaker (1866), former state Senator (SD 20, 1867-1870), and future U.S. Representative (CD 02, 1883-1887).

Durant was a lumberman from Stillwater, state Representative (HD 22, 1873-1874; 1875-1876; HD 24, 1885-1887), and future state Senator (SD 24, 1887-1891; SD 31, 1903-1907).

Tuttle was a Baptist clergyman from Anoka. He was the Temperance nominee and was later nominated by the Anti-Monopolists.

Sources

  • Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighteenth Legislature of the State of Minnesota, 1876 (p. 16).