Attorney General, 1930 Election

General

Date: November 6, 1930
Cycle: 1930
Office: Attorney General
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Henry N. Benson Incumbent Man Republican 358,955 51.16 +14.59
Joseph B. Himsl Man Farmer-Labor 256,581 36.57
Walter F. Dacey Man Democrat 86,037 12.26

Benson was a former state Senator (SD 20, 1911-1915; SD 15, 1915-1923) and St. Peter attorney who was appointed attorney general by Governor Theodore Christianson in November 1929 after the resignation of Gustaf (G. Aaron) Youngquist.

Himsl, a probate court judge, was a former Stearns County Attorney.

Dacey was an attorney in Duluth.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1931 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).