Secretary of State, 1898 Election
General
| Date: | November 8, 1898 |
| Cycle: | 1898 |
| Office: | Secretary of State |
| State: | Minnesota |
| District: | Statewide |
| Candidate | Gender | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Berg Incumbent | Man | Republican | 136,687 | 55.39 | +16.18 |
| Julius Heinrich | Man | Democrat-People's | 96,765 | 39.21 | |
| Archibald (A.A.) Stone | Man | Prohibition | 8,725 | 3.54 | |
| Michael Wesenberg | Man | Midroad Populist | 4,608 | 1.87 |
Secretary of State Berg was reelected to a third term - tying a state record shared with Republicans Fred Von Baumbach and Hans Mattson.
Henrich was the former Register of Deeds for Hennepin County and Democrat-People's nominee for Secretary of State in 1896.
Stone was a resident of Stevens County.
Wesenberg was a Norwegian-born newspaperman from Duluth and Farmers' Alliance nominee for Secretary of State in 1890.
Sources
- The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1899 (p. 501).