Treasurer, 1942 Election

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Date: November 3, 1942
Cycle: 1942
Office: Treasurer
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Julius Schmahl Incumbent Man Republican 453,110 61.20 +36.42
Charles Joseph (Charlie) Johnson Man Farmer-Labor 183,458 24.78
Richard M. Fitzgerald Man Democrat 103,850 14.03

Treasurer Schmahl was reelected to an eighth nonconsecutive term.

Johnson was an accountant from St. Paul. He was the Farmer-Labor candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1940, a DFL candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1944, for Clerk of the Supreme Court in 1954, and for Secretary of State in 1970.

Fitzgerald was a resident of Minneapolis, Democratic nominee for Treasurer in 1940, and DFL candidate for Treasurer in 1950.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1943 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).