Treasurer, 1914 Election

Primary Republican

Date: June 16, 1914
Cycle: 1914
Office: Treasurer
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Walter J. Smith Incumbent Man Republican 103,478 70.58 +41.15
Robert L. (R.L.) Johnson Man Republican 43,141 29.42

Treasurer Smith was renominated in his campaign for a third term.

Johnson was a resident of Austin, former teacher, former secretary of the Farmers' Co-Operative Grain Dealers' Association of Minnesota, former Mower County Auditor, secretary and treasurer of the Home Investment Company in Austin, and candidate for Treasurer in 1916.

Sources

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