Attorney General, 1956 Election

Primary Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Date: September 11, 1956
Cycle: 1956
Office: Attorney General
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Miles W. Lord Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 174,868 59.73 +38.10
Gordon C. Peterson Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 63,319 21.63
Frank Patrick Ryan Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 54,600 18.65

Attorney General Lord was nominated for the second time.

Peterson was an attorney from St. Louis Park, former four-term state Representative (HD 44, 1939-1947), and nominee for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1950.

Ryan, a Minneapolis attorney, was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 1940, DFL candidate for U.S. Senate in 1946, DFL candidate for Attorney General in 1950 and 1954, an independent Liberal candidate for U.S. Senate in 1954, and DFL candidate for the 2nd CD in 1960.

Sources

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