1914 Minnesota Senate election

none December 2025 ly 1914 Minnesota Senate election Minnesota 1893 legislative no 1910 Minnesota Senate election 1910 1918 Minnesota Senate election 1918 All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate 34 November 3, 1914 File:No image.svg Nonpartisan 0 67 67 100.00% The 1914 Minnesota Senate election was held on November 3, 1914, and was the first election following a 1913 law which made the Minnesota Legislature become Nonpartisan. This election also saw the addition of four seats to the senate, increasing its membership from 63 to 67 seats. Prior to the election 40 seats were held by Republicans, 20 were held by Democrats, 1 by a Prohibitionist, 1 by a Populist and 1 by an independent. Primary elections were held on June 16, 1914. Following the general election, the Senate was completely composed of Nonpartisan members.https://www.leg.mn.gov/docs/nonmnpub/oclc09563307.pdf Minnesota's Non-Party Legislature leg.mn.gov 2025-11-16https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/results?search=session&q=&gender=&sess=39&body=Senate Minnesota Legislators Past & Present Search Results lrl.mn.gov 2025-11-16https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/search/ Elections electionarchives.lib.umn.edu 2025-11-16 Incumbents defeated District 2: Mathew J. McGrath lost re-election to Samuel M. Knopp. District 3: Lytle O. Cooke lost re-election to James A. Carley. District 10: Andrew C. Olson lost re-election to Charles W. Gillam. District 11: Salathiel B. Bedford lost re-election to Samuel B. Nelson. District 27: George C. Carpenter lost re-election to John T. Alley. District 28: Napoleon A. L'Herault lost re-election to Jeremiah G. Callahan. District 53: Charles D. Johnson lost re-election to George H. Gardner. District 58: Thomas M. Pugh lost re-election to Richard T. Jones. District 66: John Saugstad lost re-election to Richard Thompson Buckler. District 67: Bengt E. Sundberg lost re-election to Nels S. Hegnes. Results + Summary of the November 3, 1914 Minnesota Senate election results Party Candidates Votes Seats No. Number % Nonpartisan 123 67 100.00 Total 123 67 100.00 Source: Minnesota Secretary of Statehttps://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1914-11-03-g-man.pdf GENERAL ELECTION RETURNS lrl.mn.gov 1915 2025-11-16 District 1 Minnesota's 1st State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Francis A. Duxbury (incumbent) 3,465 52.52% Nonpartisan election Samuel A. Nelson 3,133 47.48% 6,598 100.0% Nonpartisan election District 2 Minnesota's 2nd State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Samuel M. Knopp 3,247 53.60% Nonpartisan election Mathew J. McGrath (incumbent) 2,811 46.40% 6,058 100.0% Nonpartisan election Nonpartisan election District 3 Minnesota's 3rd State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election James A. Carley 2,641 69.81% Nonpartisan election Lytle O. Cooke (incumbent) 1,142 30.19% 3,783 100.0% Nonpartisan election Nonpartisan election District 4 Minnesota's 4th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election James I. Vermilya 2,253 52.69% Nonpartisan election James Kelly 2,023 47.31% 4,276 100.0% Nonpartisan election District 5 Minnesota's 5th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Alex S. Campbell 2,998 50.33% Nonpartisan election Ralph E. Crane 2,959 49.67% 5,957 100.0% Nonpartisan election District 6 Minnesota's 6th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Carl L. Swenson 2,139 54.00% Nonpartisan election Henry H. Emmons 1,822 46.00% 3,961 100.0% Nonpartisan election District 7 Minnesota's 7th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Frank E. Putnam (incumbent) 2,888 100.0% 2,888 100.0% Nonpartisan election District 8 Minnesota's 8th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election John W. Andrews 2,949 51.13% Nonpartisan election John H. Hohmann 2,819 48.87% 5,768 100.0% Nonpartisan election District 9 Minnesota's 9th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Albert L. Ward 3,800 100.0% 3,800 100.0% Nonpartisan election District 10 Minnesota's 10th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Charles W. Gillam 2,904 62.78% Nonpartisan election Andrew C. Olson (incumbent) 1,722 37.22% 4,626 100.0% Nonpartisan election Nonpartisan election District 11 Minnesota's 11th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Samuel B. Nelson 2,432 61.04% Nonpartisan election Salathiel B. Bedford (incumbent) 1,552 38.96% 3,984 100.0% Nonpartisan election Nonpartisan election District 12 Minnesota's 12th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election John Steffen 2,655 50.50% Nonpartisan election Edward W. Davies 2,602 49.50% 5,257 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 13 Minnesota's 13th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Olai A. Lende (incumbent) 3,096 57.63% Nonpartisan election Christian K. Melby 2,276 42.37% 5,372 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 14 Minnesota's 14th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election LaForest E. Potter 3,403 50.41% Nonpartisan election William W. Smith 3,348 49.59% 6,751 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 15 Minnesota's 15th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Henry N. Benson (incumbent) 2,822 51.11% Nonpartisan election Ole Peterson 2,699 48.89% 5,521 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 16 Minnesota's 16th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Eugene B. Collester 3,377 55.67% Nonpartisan election Samuel A. Rask 2,689 44.33% 6,066 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 17 Minnesota's 17th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Harry F. Weis (incumbent) 2,688 66.93% Nonpartisan election William S. O'Connell 1,328 33.07% 4,016 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 18 Minnesota's 18th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Frank L. Glotzbach (incumbent) 2,603 55.81% Nonpartisan election Ferdinand L. Klemer 2,061 44.19% 4,664 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 19 Minnesota's 19th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Anton Julius Rockne (incumbent) 3,184 57.56% Nonpartisan election Jens K. Grondahl 2,348 42.44% 5,532 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 20 Minnesota's 20th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election James M. Millett 2,233 50.54% Nonpartisan election William H. Wescott 2,185 49.46% 4,418 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 21 Minnesota's 21st State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election John B. Ries 3,085 51.04% Nonpartisan election John J. Farrell 2,959 48.96% 6,044 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 22 Minnesota's 22nd State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Harlow H. Bonniwell 2,153 59.05% Nonpartisan election Garfield W. Brown 1,493 40.95% 3,646 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 23 Minnesota's 23rd State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Nathaniel John Holmberg 2,266 52.75% Nonpartisan election Frank Murray 2,030 47.25% 4,296 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 24 Minnesota's 24th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Oluf Gjerset 2,513 50.35% Nonpartisan election Carl M. Anderson 2,478 49.65% 4,991 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 25 Minnesota's 25th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Peter Anners Gandrud 3,829 66.77% Nonpartisan election Leo McDermott 1,906 33.23% 5,735 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 26 Minnesota's 26th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Edward P. Peterson (incumbent) 2,345 72.13% Nonpartisan election Jonathan W. Wright 906 27.87% 3,251 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 27 Minnesota's 27th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election John T. Alley 2,662 57.11% Nonpartisan election George C. Carpenter (incumbent) 1,999 42.89% 4,661 100.00% Nonpartisan election Nonpartisan election District 28 Minnesota's 28th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Jeremiah G. Callahan 2,086 54.65% Nonpartisan election Napoleon A. L'Herault (incumbent) 1,731 45.35% 3,817 100.00% Nonpartisan election Nonpartisan election District 29 Minnesota's 29th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Frank L. Palmer 2,880 55.35% Nonpartisan election William B. Henderson 2,323 44.65% 5,203 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 30 Minnesota's 30th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election William S. Dwinnell (incumbent) 1,854 50.77% Nonpartisan election Fred B. Wright 1,798 49.23% 3,652 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 31 Minnesota's 31st State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Ellis J. Westlake 2,368 64.73% Nonpartisan election John G. Lennon 1,290 35.27% 3,658 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 32 Minnesota's 32nd State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election William A. Campbell 2,803 66.00% Nonpartisan election John A. Nordin 1,444 34.00% 4,247 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 33 Minnesota's 33rd State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Thomas J. Grose 3,292 51.76% Nonpartisan election William Ignatius Nolan 3,068 48.24% 6,360 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 34 Minnesota's 34th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Carleton L. Wallace (incumbent) 4,471 100.00% 4,471 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 35 Minnesota's 35th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election John W. Pauly (incumbent) 3,000 55.45% Nonpartisan election James H. Duryea 2,410 44.55% 5,410 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 36 Minnesota's 36th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election George A. Turnham 2,313 53.11% Nonpartisan election Alexander McNeil 2,042 46.89% 4,355 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 37 Minnesota's 37th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Joseph A. Jackson 2,100 52.42% Nonpartisan election Charles A. Oberg 1,906 47.58% 4,006 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 38 Minnesota's 38th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election James Handlan (incumbent) 2,624 52.38% Nonpartisan election Alwin Rowe 2,386 47.62% 5,010 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 39 Minnesota's 39th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Peter Van Hoven (incumbent) 3,289 63.98% Nonpartisan election Emil Novotny 1,852 36.02% 5,141 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 40 Minnesota's 40th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election James D. Denegre 3,883 100.00% 3,883 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 41 Minnesota's 41st State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Winslow W. Dunn (incumbent) 2,955 100.00% 2,955 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 42 Minnesota's 42nd State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Charles N. Orr 3,270 57.35% Nonpartisan election Edwin G. Perry 2,432 42.65% 5,702 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 43 Minnesota's 43rd State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election George H. Sullivan (incumbent) 2,202 59.50% Nonpartisan election Randolph A. Wilkinson 1,499 40.50% 3,701 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 44 Minnesota's 44th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Theodore C. Blomgren 2,616 69.70% Nonpartisan election Edwin Spencer Cahoon 1,137 30.30% 3,753 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 45 Minnesota's 45th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election John D. Sullivan (incumbent) 3,668 100.00% 3,668 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 46 Minnesota's 46th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Pierre A. Hilbert 3,208 100.00% 3,208 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 47 Minnesota's 47th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Engebret E. Lobeck 2,755 53.28% Nonpartisan election Thomas T. Ofsthun 2,416 46.72% 5,171 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 48 Minnesota's 48th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Edward Rustad (incumbent) 4,682 100.00% 4,682 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 49 Minnesota's 49th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Frank H. Peterson 2,457 50.74% Nonpartisan election Alfred A. Haagenson 2,385 49.26% 4,842 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 50 Minnesota's 50th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Ole O. Sageng (incumbent) 2,913 51.08% Nonpartisan election Andrew Gerhard Anderson 2,790 48.92% 5,703 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 51 Minnesota's 51st State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election James Johnston (incumbent) 2,656 51.64% Nonpartisan election Arthur B. Church 2,487 48.36% 5,143 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 52 Minnesota's 52nd State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Patrick H. McGarry 2,613 53.83% Nonpartisan election William J. Stock 2,241 46.17% 4,854 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 53 Minnesota's 53rd State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election George H. Gardner 3,427 51.77% Nonpartisan election Charles D. Johnson (incumbent) 3,193 48.23% 6,620 100.00% Nonpartisan election Nonpartisan election District 54 Minnesota's 54th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Fred D. Vibert 2,594 61.84% Nonpartisan election Charles D. Viebahn 1,601 38.16% 4,195 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 55 Minnesota's 55th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Robert C. Dunn 3,292 100.00% 3,292 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 56 Minnesota's 56th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election John A. Rystrom 2,398 51.16% Nonpartisan election Peter A. Christianson 2,289 48.84% 4,687 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 57 Minnesota's 57th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Charles E. Adams 3,006 60.42% Nonpartisan election Alex G. McKnight 1,969 39.58% 4,975 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 58 Minnesota's 58th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Richard T. Jones 1,655 52.93% Nonpartisan election Thomas M. Pugh (incumbent) 1,472 47.07% 3,127 100.00% Nonpartisan election Nonpartisan election District 59 Minnesota's 59th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election George M. Peterson 2,128 55.32% Nonpartisan election Phil G. Phillips 1,719 44.68% 3,847 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 60 Minnesota's 60th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election John A. Healy 2,029 100.00% 2,029 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 61 Minnesota's 61st State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Orrin H. Griggs 2,852 100.00% 2,852 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 62 Minnesota's 62nd State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Leonard H. Nord 3,017 60.96% Nonpartisan election F.A. Wilson 1,612 32.57% Nonpartisan election Walter N. Weber 320 6.47% 4,949 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 63 Minnesota's 63rd State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election John Harvey Baldwin 2,691 64.29% Nonpartisan election Charles F. Scheers 1,495 35.71% 4,186 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 64 Minnesota's 64th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Albert L. Hanson (incumbent) 2,203 100.00% 2,203 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 65 Minnesota's 65th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Daniel P. O'Neill 2,139 51.85% Nonpartisan election Christian L. Hansen 1,986 48.15% 4,125 100.00% Nonpartisan election District 66 Minnesota's 66th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Richard Thompson Buckler 2,593 50.38% Nonpartisan election John Saugstad (incumbent) 2,554 49.62% 5,147 100.00% Nonpartisan election Nonpartisan election District 67 Minnesota's 66th State Senate district election, 1914 Nonpartisan election Nels S. Hegnes 3,595 53.30% Nonpartisan election Bengt E. Sundberg (incumbent) 3,150 46.70% 6,745 100.00% Nonpartisan election Nonpartisan election See also 1914 Minnesota House of Representatives election 1914 Minnesota gubernatorial election References Category:1914 Minnesota elections Category:Minnesota Senate elections Category:November 1914 in the United States Category:1914 state legislature elections in the United States