Lieutenant Governor, 1924 Election

Primary Farmer-Labor

Date: June 16, 1924
Cycle: 1924
Office: Lieutenant Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Emil E. Holmes Man Farmer-Labor 41,017 22.76 +1.46
Juls J. Anderson Man Farmer-Labor 38,387 21.30
John S. (J.S.) Christensen Man Farmer-Labor 35,966 19.95
Willis G. Calderwood Man Farmer-Labor 33,128 18.38
Frank H. Keyes Man Farmer-Labor 31,746 17.61

Holmes was a resident of Hopkins and national secretary of World War Veterans.

Anderson was a resident of Crookston, Socialist nominee for the 8th CD in 1916, and Farmer-Labor nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1942.

Christensen was a resident of Red Wing.

Calderwood was a resident of Minneapolis, former state chair of the Prohibition Party, and Prohibition nominee for HD 30 in 1894, HD 39 in 1904, 1906, 1908, and 1910, the at-large U.S. House seat in 1912, Governor in 1914, and the U.S. Senate in 1916 and 1918 (on the National ticket).

Keyes a hardware merchant from International Falls, former Mayor of International Falls, and Farmer-Labor and Democratic nominee for Tresurer in 1922.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1925 (p. 313).