Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1934 Election

General

Date: November 6, 1934
Cycle: 1934
Office: Supreme Court Associate Justice
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Clifford L. Hilton Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 485,580 33.97 +11.92
Julius Olson Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 424,468 29.69 +7.64
William A. Anderson Man Nonpartisan 315,246 22.05

Associate Justice Hilton was reelected to a third term.

Olson was appointed to the Court by Governor Floyd Olson on March 5, 1934 to fill the vacancy after Associate Justice Homer Dibell died in office on February 17, 1934. Olson was a resident of Warren and Fourteenth Judicial District Judge.

Anderson was a resident of Minneapolis and nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1922 and 1924.

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, 1932, 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, 1935 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).