Governor, 1956 Election

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Date: November 6, 1956
Cycle: 1956
Office: Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Orville Freeman Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 731,180 51.41 +3.23
Ancher Nelsen Man Republican 685,196 48.18
Rudolph Gustafson Man Industrial Government 5,785 0.41

Governor Freeman was reelected to a second term.

Nelson was a farmer from Hutchinson, former Lieutenant Governor (1953), and Administrator of the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration (1953-1956). He would later serve eight terms in the U.S. House (CD 02, 1959-1974).

Gustafson was a resident of Duluth and Industrial Government nominee for Governor in 1946, 1948, and 1960. He was nominated by petition.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1957-1958 (p. 640).