Secretary of State, 1904 Election

General

Date: November 8, 1904
Cycle: 1904
Office: Secretary of State
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Peter E. Hanson Incumbent Man Republican 181,706 63.35 +33.70
John E. King Man Democrat 85,050 29.65
J. Ed. Carlson Man Public Ownership 10,235 3.57
Hendrick (H.A.) Rygh Man Prohibition 9,839 3.43

Secretary of State Hanson was reelected to a third term - tying a state record shared with Republicans Fred Von Baumbach, Hans Mattson, and Albert Berg.

King was a newspaper publisher from Red Lake Falls and Democratic nominee to HD 07 in 1894.

Carlson was a resident of St. Paul and Socialist nominee for Auditor in 1902.

Rygh was a resident of Litchfield and Prohibition nominee for HD 59 in 1900.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1905 (p. 507).