Secretary of State, 1916 Election

General

Date: November 7, 1916
Cycle: 1916
Office: Secretary of State
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Julius Schmahl Incumbent Man Republican 261,292 75.64 +51.29
Charles (C.L.) Johnson Man Prohibition 84,131 24.36

This marked the first contest for Minnesota Secretary of State in which the Democratic Party did not field a nominee. Secretary of State Schmahl was reelected to a state record sixth term.

Charles (C.L.) Johnson was a resident of Anoka, Democratic-People's-Prohibition nominee for HD 35 in 1894, and Prohibition nominee for Secretary of State in 1912.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1917 (p. 513).