Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1954 Election

General

Date: November 2, 1954
Cycle: 1954
Office: Supreme Court Associate Justice
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Oscar Knutson Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 629,876 67.86 +35.71
Allan L. Johnson Man Nonpartisan 298,370 32.14

Associate Justice Knutson was reelected to a third term.

Johnson was an attorney from Wayzata, former state Representative (HD 36, 1933-1935), and nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1944.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1955 (p. 534).