Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1956 Election

General

Date: November 6, 1956
Cycle: 1956
Office: Supreme Court Associate Justice
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
William P. Murphy Incumbent Man Nonpartisan 650,137 54.69 +9.37
Leslie L. Anderson Man Nonpartisan 538,700 45.31

Associate Justice Murphy was appointed to the Court by Governor Orville Freeman on September 24, 1955 following the death of Associate Justice Theodore Christianson, Jr. on September 19, 1955. Murphy was an attorney from Duluth and former Assistant U.S. Attorney (1939-1951).

Anderson was a resident of Hopkins and sitting Fourth Judicial District Judge.

Sources

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