Secretary of State, 1914 Election

General

Date: November 3, 1914
Cycle: 1914
Office: Secretary of State
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Julius Schmahl Incumbent Man Republican 180,070 57.01 +26.43
Nels N. (N.N.) Bergheim Man Democrat 96,585 30.58
Iver (I.M.) Kalnes Man Prohibition 22,515 7.13
John C. Lewis Man Progressive 16,684 5.28

Secretary of State Schmahl was reelected to a state record fifth term.

Bergheim was an attorney from Little Falls, secretary of the Morrison County Democratic Committee, and Democratic nominee for HD 48 in 1906.

Kalnes was an editor and publisher from Starbuck.

Lewis was a resident of Nashwauk. Lewis was originally the Progressive nominee for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner, but replaced Duluth attorney John Saari as the party's nominee for Secretary of State.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1915 (p. 536-537).