Attorney General, 1886 Election

General

Date: November 2, 1886
Cycle: 1886
Office: Attorney General
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Moses E. Clapp Man Republican 115,512 52.42 +8.91
John H. Ives Man Democrat 95,881 43.51
W.M. Hatch Man Prohibition 8,908 4.04

Clapp was an attorney from Fergus Falls.

Ives was an attorney from St. Paul who later served multiple terms in the Minnesota House (HD 27, 1889-1891; HD 26, 1893-1895) and Senate (SD 35, 1899-1903).

Hatch was a resident of Fergus Falls.

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.