Clerk of the Supreme Court, 1898 Election

General

Date: November 8, 1898
Cycle: 1898
Office: Clerk of the Supreme Court
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Darius F. Reese Incumbent Man Republican 138,282 57.11 +17.10
Z.H. Austin Man Democrat-People's 96,884 40.01
Stephen W. (S.W.) Powell Man Midroad Populist 6,976 2.88

Clerk of the Supreme Court Reese was reelected to a second term.

Austin was a resident of Duluth. He was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Insurance by Governor John Lind following the 1898 election.

Powell was a resident of Washington County.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1899 (p. 503).