U.S. House, District 03, 1922 Election

General

Date: November 7, 1922
Cycle: 1922
Office: U.S. House
State: Minnesota
District: 03
Counties: Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Rice, Scott, Sibley, Washington
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Charles Russell (C.R.) Davis Incumbent Man Republican 42,708 69.82 +39.64
Lillian Cox Gault Man Democrat 18,462 30.18

Gault was the Mayor of Saint Peter, the first woman mayor in Minnesota, and the first woman to appear on a ballot for the U.S. House in Minnesota history.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1923 (p. 452).