This election for this seat was for a four-year term. Republicans won their 15th consecutive seat to the office of Railroad / Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner.
Commissioner Staples was reelected to a fourth term. Staples resigned on March 30, 1914 after being unanimously elected by the Interstate Commerce Commission to be a member of the advisory board in the division of valuation. Governor Adolph Eberhart appointed Ole Jacobson of Fergus Falls to fill the vacancy. Jacobson was a newspaper editor, president of the Ugeblad Publishing Company, and member of the state Board of Grain Appeals for the Minneapolis district.
Tracy was a resident of Rochester who worked in the grain and coal business.
Simonson was a resident of Duluth, Prohibition nominee for HD 49 in 1912, Prohibition nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1916, and National Party nominee for Treasurer in 1918.