Lieutenant Governor, 1894 Election

General

Date: November 6, 1894
Cycle: 1894
Office: Lieutenant Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
David Clough Incumbent Man Republican 148,914 51.47 +28.65
Edwin E. Lommen Man People's 66,026 22.82
John Ludwig Man Democrat 65,025 22.48
Charles M. Way Man Prohibition 9,347 3.23

Clough was reelected to a second term by the second largest margin of the 19 contests held for the office since statehood at this point.

Lommen was a farmer from Crookson and sitting state Senator (SD 51, 1891-1895).

Ludwig operated a hotel in Winona, was a former Winona Treasurer, Mayor of Winona, and Democratic nominee for Treasurer in 1883.

Way was a resident of Minneapolis and state Chair of the Prohibition Party and former independent candidate for SD 30 in 1890.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1895 (p. 463).