Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1932 Election

General

Date: November 8, 1932
Cycle: 1932
Office: Supreme Court Associate Justice
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Charles Loring Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 477,505 23.75 +5.37
Homer Dibell Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 442,157 21.99 +3.62
Ingerval (I.M.) Olsen Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 438,672 21.82 +3.44
Edward J. Lee Man Nonpartisan 369,440 18.37

Associate Justices Loring and Olsen were appointed to the Court by Governor Theodore Christianson on November 20, 1930 following the passage of a constitutional amendment increasing the size of the Court from five to seven seats.

Loring was an attorney from Crookston, former Henderson school principal, former St. Cloud City Attorney, former district court judge, and former Supreme Court Commissioner (1930).

Olsen was a resident of New Ulm, former Ninth Judicial District Judge, and former Supreme Court Commissioner (1927-1930). Olsen resigned on December 15, 1936 due to ill health. Governor Hjalmar Petersen appointed Harry H. Peterson to to fill the vacancy on December 15, 1936. Peterson was a resident of St. Paul, sitting Attorney General (1933-1937), and former Ramsey County Attorney (1923-1926).

Associate Justice Dibell was reelected to a fourth term. Dibell died in office on February 17, 1934. Governor Floyd Olson appointed Julius Olson to fill the vacancy on March 5, 1934. Olson was a resident of Warren and sitting Fourteenth Judicial District Judge.

Lee was an attorney from Minneapolis, nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1928, 1930, and 1936, and Democratic candidate for the 5th CD in 1934.

Vanderburgh was an attorney from Minneapolis, candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, and 1928 and nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1926, 1930, 1934, and 1936. He was the son of Charles Vandenburgh, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1882-1894.

Sources

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