Lieutenant Governor, 1892 Election

General

Date: November 8, 1892
Cycle: 1892
Office: Lieutenant Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
David Clough Man Republican 104,466 42.30 +5.46
Henry (H.H.) Hawkins Man Democrat 90,992 36.84
Swan Nelson Man People's 37,691 15.26
Ole Kron Man Prohibition 13,828 5.60

Clough was a lumberman from Minneapolis and former state Senator (SD 28, 1887-1891).

Hawkins was a resident of Thompson and failed candidate for SD 53 in 1890 and HD 52 in 1900.

Nelson was a resident of Kandiyohi County.

Kron was a resident of Evansville and Prohibition nominee for the 7th CD in 1894.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1893 (p. 463).