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 | |
| 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).