Attorney General, 1892 Election
General
| Date: | November 8, 1892 |
| Cycle: | 1892 |
| Office: | Attorney General |
| State: | Minnesota |
| District: | Statewide |
| Candidate | Gender | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry W. (H.W.) Childs | Man | Republican | 108,785 | 43.31 | +7.20 |
| John Nethaway | Man | Democrat | 90,690 | 36.11 | |
| John Louis (J.L.) MacDonald | Man | People's | 37,702 | 15.01 | |
| Robert Taylor | Man | Prohibition | 14,000 | 5.57 |
Childs was an attorney from St. Paul.
Nethaway was a defense attorney from Stillwater.
MacDonald was the Democratic nominee for the office in 1871 and was elected to the 50th Congress in 1886, serving one term (CD 03, 1887-1889) before losing his reelection bid in 1888.
Taylor, an attorney in Kasson, was the nominee for both the Prohibition and Alliance parties in 1890.
Sources
- The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1893 (p. 467).