Lieutenant Governor, 1918 Election

General

Date: November 5, 1918
Cycle: 1918
Office: Lieutenant Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Thomas Frankson Incumbent Man Republican 198,766 58.47 +29.84
Charles H. Helweg Man Democrat 97,327 28.63
George D. Haggard Man National 43,828 12.89

Frankson was reelected to a second term.

Helweg was a resident of Fulda.

Haggard was a physician and university instructor from Minneapolis and the Prohibition nominee for the 5th CD in 1902, for Governor in 1908, and for HD 43 in 1912.

Sources

  • Wilmar Tribune, November 20, 1918 (p. 4).