State House, District 10, 1912 Election

General

Date: November 5, 1912
Cycle: 1912
Office: State House
State: Minnesota
District: 10
Counties: Waseca
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
John W. Papke Man Republican 1,581 58.75 +33.04
Thorvald (T.H.) Johnson Man Prohibition 692 25.72
Syrene (S.C.) Merrill Man Independent 418 15.53

Merrill was a resident of Waseca. A month following the election he was declared insane and institutionalized at an asylum for threatening to shoot the man who encouraged him to run for the state House.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1913 (p. 517). <br><br>The Faribault Journal, November 4, 1912 (p. 4).