Governor, 1956 Election

Primary Democratic-Farmer-Labor

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Date: September 11, 1956
Cycle: 1956
Office: Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Orville Freeman Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 269,740 89.50 +84.89
Francis P. McGrath Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 13,910 4.62
Thomas P. Duffy Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 12,851 4.26
Mamie Norby Woman Democratic-Farmer-Labor 4,876 1.62

Governor Freeman was renominated.

McGrath owned a softwater conditioning business from St. Paul.

Duffy was a retired electrician from St. Paul and a DFL gubernatorial candidate in 1946.

Norby was a part-time teacher from Minneapolis.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1957-1958 (p. 523).