State House, District 59, 1898 Election

General

Date: November 8, 1898
Cycle: 1898
Office: State House
State: Minnesota
District: 59
Counties: Otter Tail
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Edmund C. (E.C.) Weston Man Republican 1,446 12.38 +0.69
Knud Pederson Incumbent Man People's 1,395 11.94 +0.26
Charles N. (C.N.) Haugen Man Republican 1,384 11.85 +0.16
Henry Plowman Man People's 1,382 11.83 +0.15
Ole O. Sageng Man People's 1,365 11.68
Homer Crocker Man Republican 1,342 11.49
Bronson Strain Man Republican 1,332 11.40
John O. Emerson Incumbent Man People's 1,309 11.20
Nils Erickson Man Prohibition 227 1.94
Steuer A. Leonson Man Prohibition 186 1.59
Andrew Haarstad Man Prohibition 165 1.41
John N. Rovang Man Prohibition 151 1.29

Peterson was a resident of Underwood.

Plowman was a farmer from Luce and former state Representative (HD 43, 1887-1889).

Emerson was a resident of Perham.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1899 (p. 517).