Clerk of the Supreme Court, 1938 Election

Primary Farmer-Labor

Date: June 20, 1938
Cycle: 1938
Office: Clerk of the Supreme Court
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Irwin (I.C., Dutch) Strout Man Farmer-Labor 155,603 50.33 +0.66
Russell O. Gunderson Incumbent Man Farmer-Labor 153,569 49.67

Clerk of the Supreme Court Gunderson became the third incumbent for this office to lose his party's nomination in a primary following Republicans Irving Caswell in 1918 and Herman Mueller in 1922. Gunderson did not allow his name to be placed for endorsement at the state convention.

Strout was a resident of St. Paul, statistician in the state Highway Department, and former state Budget Commissioner, and the party-endorsed candidate.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1939 (p. 209).