Railroad & Warehouse Commissioner, 1960 Election

General

Date: November 8, 1960
Cycle: 1960
Office: Railroad & Warehouse Commissioner
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Hjalmar Petersen Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 840,516 56.23 +12.47
Robert M. (Bob) Johnson Man Republican 654,173 43.77

The election for this seat was for a six-year term. Commissioner Peterson was reelected to a third nonconsecutive term.

Johnson was a dairy farmer from Lakeville and GOP nominee for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner in 1962.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1961-1962 (p. 491).