State House, District 50, 1936 Election

General

Date: November 3, 1936
Cycle: 1936
Office: State House
State: Minnesota
District: 50
Counties: Otter Tail
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Roy E. Dunn Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 8,708 14.15 +1.76
Clarence (C.B.) Hultquist Man Nonpartisan 8,691 14.13 +1.73
William F. Ost Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 8,372 13.61 +1.21
Hannah J. Kempfer Incumbent Woman Nonpartisan 7,730 12.56 +0.17
Leonard Eriksson Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 7,627 12.40
Martin M. Olson Man Nonpartisan 7,582 12.32
Elmer E. Adams Man Nonpartisan 7,099 11.54
W.D. Bruce Man Nonpartisan 5,714 9.29

Adams was a former newspaper editor and bank president from Fergus Falls and former state Representative (HD 59, 1905-1911; HD 50, 1915-1917, 1919-1921) and state Senator (SD 50, 1931-1935).

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1937 (p. 393).