Lieutenant Governor, 1888 Election
General
Date: | November 6, 1888 |
Cycle: | 1888 |
Office: | Lieutenant Governor |
State: | Minnesota |
District: | Statewide |
Candidate | Gender | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albert E. (A.E.) Rice Incumbent | Man | Republican | 139,774 | 53.64 | +13.46 |
Daniel Buck | Man | Democrat | 104,708 | 40.18 | |
Theodore Reimstad | Man | Prohibition | 15,565 | 5.97 | |
Milan (M.N.) Pond | Man | Union Labor | 497 | 0.19 |
Lieutenant Governor Rice was reelected to a second term.
Buck was an attorney from Mankato, Democratic nominee for Secretary of State in 1861, former state Representative (HD 17, 1866-1867), state Senator (SD 14, 1879-1883), and future Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice (1893-1899).
Reimstad was a professor from Minneapolis and Prohibition U.S. House nominee for the 5th CD in 1894.
Pond was a resident of Faribault.
Sources
- The Saint Paul Daily Globe, December 20, 1888 (p. 4).