Lieutenant Governor, 1886 Election

General

Date: November 2, 1886
Cycle: 1886
Office: Lieutenant Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Albert E. (A.E.) Rice Man Republican 114,038 51.75 +7.72
John Frank Man Democrat 97,028 44.03
James P. Pinkham Man Prohibition 9,271 4.21

Rice was a former editor and merchant from Wilmar and state Senator (SD 40, 1874-1876, 1878-1883; HD 36, 1883-1887).

Frank was a farmer from Le Roy and former state Representative (HD 03, 1883-1885).

Pinkham, a minister from Minneapolis, later was the Prohibition U.S. House nominee U.S. for the 4th CD in 1888. an at-large Minnesota delegation member to the 1888 Prohibition Party National Convention, and Prohibition nominee for Governor in 1890.

Sources

  • The Worthington Advance, January 6, 1887 (p. 2). The Rochester Post, January 7, 1887 (p. 1). Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties, November 2, 1886.