Railroad & Warehouse Commissioner, 1924 Election

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Date: November 4, 1924
Cycle: 1924
Office: Railroad & Warehouse Commissioner
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Frank W. Matson Incumbent Man Republican 403,332 51.48 +8.83
A.E. Smith Man Farmer-Labor 334,174 42.65
John (J.J.) Lanin Man Democrat 46,031 5.87

The election for this seat was for a six-year term.

Matson was a resident of St. Paul, St. Paul City Councilor, and former president of the Minnesota Police Association. Matson was appointed by Governor J.A.O. Preus to the seat following resignations by two of his predecessors: Commissioner Fred Putnam on May 1, 1923 (to become a member of the Minneapolis law firm Shaw, Safford & Shaw) and Commissioner Charles Sterling (to become the campaign manager for Judge Oscar Hallam in the special U.S. Senate election).

Smith was a resident of St. Paul, former St. Paul Commissioner of Public Safety, and Farmer-Labor nominee for the 4th CD in 1934.

Lanin was a resident of St. Paul and former track supervisor of the Chicago Great Western Railroad.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1925 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).