Lieutenant Governor, 1950 Election
General
| Date: | November 7, 1950 |
| Cycle: | 1950 |
| Office: | Lieutenant Governor |
| State: | Minnesota |
| District: | Statewide |
| Candidate | Gender | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Elmer Anderson Incumbent | Man | Republican | 588,777 | 58.35 | +18.60 |
| Francis L. (Frank) Murphy | Man | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | 401,148 | 39.76 | |
| Susie W. Stageberg | Woman | Progressive | 19,043 | 1.89 |
Lieutenant Governor Anderson was reelected to a sixth nonconsecutive term.
Murphy was a railroad traffic man from St. Paul and DFL nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1944.
Stageberg, was a former prohibitionist from Red Wing and three-time Farmer-Labor nominee for Secretary of State in 1922, 1924, and 1928. She was known as the "Mother of the Farmer-Labor Party." Stageberg was nominated by petition.
Sources
- The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1951 (p. 354).