Secretary of State, 1924 Election

Primary Farmer-Labor

Date: June 16, 1924
Cycle: 1924
Office: Secretary of State
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Susie W. Stageberg Woman Farmer-Labor 63,864 36.26 +11.86
Louis Abrahamson Man Farmer-Labor 42,967 24.39
Edward (E.A.) Preuss Man Farmer-Labor 39,225 22.27
Rollef A. (R.A.) Trovatten Man Farmer-Labor 30,087 17.08

Stageberg was a resident of Red Wing and the 1922 Farmer-Labor nominee for Secretary of State. She became known as the "Mother of the Farmer-Labor Party" and was president of Red Wing's Women's Christian Temperance Union. She would also receive the Farmer-Labor nomination for the office in 1928 and the Progressive nomination for Lieutenant Governor in 1950. Stageberg was the first woman to appear on a general election ballot for Secretary of State in Minnesota for her 1922 bid.

Abrahamson was a resident of Minneapolis.

Preuss was a resident of St. Paul.

Trovatten was a farmer and state Representative from Clarkfield (HD 13, 1923-1925).

Sources

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