Lieutenant Governor, 1932 Election

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Date: November 8, 1932
Cycle: 1932
Office: Lieutenant Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Konrad Knute (K.K.) Solberg Man Farmer-Labor 429,759 45.34 +12.17
Thomas (T.O.) Streissguth Man Republican 314,369 33.16
Ruth Haynes Carpenter Woman Democrat 193,671 20.43
John Lindman Man Communist 10,159 1.07

Solberg was a farmer and bank vice-president from Clarkfield and former state Senator (SD 13, 1923-1931).

Streissguth was an attorney from New Ulm and candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1944.

Carpenter, a resident of Minneapolis, was the first woman to appear on a Minnesota primary or general election ballot for Lieutenant Governor. In 1928 she became the first woman nominated for the office of Secretary of State by the Democrats in Minnesota history. Carpenter came from the 'rumper' faction of the Democratic Party.

Lindman was a resident of Embarrass and nominated by petition.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1933 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).