Attorney General, 1952 Election

General

Date: November 5, 1952
Cycle: 1952
Office: Attorney General
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Joseph Alfred Arner (J.A.A.) Burnquist Incumbent Man Republican 793,501 58.59 +17.19
Allan L. Johnson Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 560,760 41.41

Attorney General Burnquist was reelected to a record-setting eighth and final term.

Johnson was an attorney from Wayzata and a former state Representative (HD 36, 1933-1935).

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1953 (p. 536).