Secretary of State, 1910 Election

General

Date: November 8, 1910
Cycle: 1910
Office: Secretary of State
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Julius Schmahl Incumbent Man Republican 153,656 55.32 +21.98
Fred W. Johnson Man Democrat 92,608 33.34
Torkel Hoiland Man Public Ownership 17,369 6.25
Frank F. (F.F.) Marzahn Man Prohibition 14,148 5.09

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

Johnson was a hotel manager in New Ulm, former state librarian (1899-1901), and brother of Governor John Johnson (1905-1909).

Hoiland was a lumberman from Columbia Township.

Marzahn was a resident of Waterville, Prohibition nominee fo SD 27 in 1906, and Prohibition nominee for CD 03 in 1912.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1911 (p. 479).