Lieutenant Governor, 1900 Election

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Date: November 6, 1900
Cycle: 1900
Office: Lieutenant Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Lyndon Smith Incumbent Man Republican 169,503 55.34 +14.07
Thomas J. Meighen Man Democrat-People's 126,419 41.27
Chauncey (C.B.) Wilkinson Man Prohibition 8,364 2.73
Erick G. (E.G.) Wallinder Man Midroad Populist 2,008 0.66

This marked the 20th consecutive GOP victory for the office. Smith was reelected to a second term.

Meighen was a resident of Fillmore County who was also a candidate for many offices over the decades: People's nominees for the 1st CD in 1894 and Governor in 1902, Democratic nominee for state Auditor in 1910 and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1922, and Farmer-Labor nominee for Treasurer in 1926 and Lieutenant Governor in 1928.

Wilkinson was a dairy farmer from Owatonna.

Wallinder was the St. Louis County People's Party Chairman and People's Party nominee for SD 54 in 1896.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1901 (p. 533). The Worthington Advance, December 28, 1900 (p. 3).