Associate Justice Holt was renominated in his campaign for a third full term and fourth term overall.
Associate Justice Stone was appointed to the Court by Governor J.A.O. Preus on May 25, 1923 following the resignation of Associate Justice Oscar Hallum to run in the U.S. Senate special election. Stone was an attorney from St. Paul, former Assistant Attorney General (1905-1907), and former president of the Minnesota State Bar Association.
Anderson was a resident of Minneapolis and nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1922 and 1934.
Fraser was an attorney from Rochester, candidate for Attorney General in 1912, and nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1918.
Roeser was a resident of St. Cloud, sitting Seventh Judicial District Judge, and former German-language newspaper editor.
Vanderburgh was an attorney from Minneapolis, candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1918, 1920, 1922, and 1928, and nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1926, 1930, 1932, 1934, and 1936. He was the son of Charles Vandenburgh, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1882-1894.
Naplin was a resident of Thief River Falls, former Thief River Falls City Attorney, and former state Senator (SD 65, 1919-1923, 1927).