U.S. Senate, 1922 Election

General

Date: November 7, 1922
Cycle: 1922
Office: U.S. Senate
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Henrik Shipstead Man Farmer-Labor 325,372 47.10 +12.09
Frank B. Kellogg Incumbent Man Republican 241,833 35.01
Anna D. Olesen Woman Democrat 123,624 17.90

Senator Kellogg became the fourth incumbent to lose reelection joining Democrat James Shields in 1859, Democrat Charles Towne in 1901, and Republican Moses Clapp in 1916.

Shipstead was a dentist from Glenwood, former Glenwood Mayor (1911-1913), former state Representative (HD 47, 1917-1919), and Republican candidate for Governor in 1920.

Olesen was a resident of Cloquet and former vice-president of the Minnesota State Federated Women's Clubs. She was the first woman candidate and nominee for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota history.

Sources

  • Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1922 (p. 7).