Attorney General, 1918 Election

General

Date: November 5, 1918
Cycle: 1918
Office: Attorney General
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Clifford L. Hilton Incumbent Man Republican 180,768 51.39 +22.99
Tom E. Davis Man Farmer-Labor 99,920 28.41
Bjorn (B.B.) Gislason Man Democrat 56,001 15.92
Lars Haug Man National 15,047 4.28

Attorney General Hilton was elected to a second term.

Davis, a former mayor of Marshall and Marshall City Attorney, was the first non-major party nominee to place second in an election for state attorney general. Davis was nominated by petition.

Gislason served as Lyon County Attorney, defeating Davis for that office in 1904. At the end of the campaign, Gislason urged Minnesota voters to back the incumbent Hilton.

Haug was a Norwegian-born Minneapolis attorney who was nominated by petition.

Sources

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