Railroad & Warehouse Commissioner, 1916 Election

Primary Republican

Date: June 19, 1916
Cycle: 1916
Office: Railroad & Warehouse Commissioner
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Ira B. Mills Incumbent Man Republican 99,932 60.94 +21.88
Elias Steenerson Man Republican 64,053 39.06

Commissioner Mills was renominated in his campaign for a fifth term.

Steenerson was a progressive Republican, former postmaster from Crookson, and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1914. He was the brother of 9th CD Congressman Halvor Steenerson.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1917 (p. 191).