1875 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 December 2025 ly 1875 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election Minnesota Presidential no 1873 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election 1873 1877 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election 1877 November 2, 1875 125px James Wakefield Republican Party (United States) 43,874 54.73% 125px Edward W. Durant Democratic Party (United States) 34,090 42.52% Lieutenant Governor Alphonso Barto Republican Party (United States) James Wakefield Republican Party (United States) The 1875 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1875, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Minnesota. Republican nominee and former member of the Minnesota Senate James Wakefield defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent member of the Minnesota House of Representatives Edward W. Durant and Temperance nominee Jonah B. Tuttle.https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2318751099921600/ Lieutenant Governor, 1875 Election electionarchives.lib.umn.edu 2024-09-27 General election On election day, November 2, 1875, Republican nominee James Wakefield won the election by a margin of 9,784 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Edward W. Durant, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of lieutenant governor. Wakefield was sworn in as the 8th lieutenant governor of Minnesota on January 7, 1876.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1057895 MN Lieutenant Governor ourcampaigns.com March 18, 2024 2024-09-27 Candidates Edward W. Durant, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (Democratic) James Wakefield, incumbent (Republican) Jonah B. Tuttle, Baptist clergyman (Prohibition, Anti-Monopoly) Results Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1875 Republican Party (United States) James Wakefield 43,874 54.73 Democratic Party (United States) Edward W. Durant 34,090 42.52 Prohibition Party Jonah B. Tuttle 2,205 2.75 80,169 100.00 Republican Party (United States) References Category:1875 Minnesota elections Category:Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:November 1875 in the United States