Lieutenant Governor, 1914 Election

Primary Republican

Date: June 16, 1914
Cycle: 1914
Office: Lieutenant Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Joseph Alfred Arner (J.A.A.) Burnquist Incumbent Man Republican 89,366 53.45 +6.89
Elias Steenerson Man Republican 77,843 46.55

Lieutenant Governor Burnquist was renominated in his campaign for a second term.

Steenerson was a progressive Republican, former postmaster from Crookson, and candidate for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner in 1916. He was the brother of 9th CD Congressman Halvor Steenerson.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1915 (p. 187).