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1924 United States Senate election in Minnesota
Minnesota
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1923 United States Senate special election in Minnesota
1923 (special)
1930 United States Senate election in Minnesota
1930
November 4, 1924
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Thomas D. Schall
Republican Party (Minnesota)
388,594
46.45%
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Magnus Johnson
Farmer–Labor Party
380,646
45.50%
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John J. Farrell
Democratic Party of Minnesota
53,709
6.42%
1924 United States Senate election in Minnesota results map by county.svg
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County results Schall: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Johnson: #7EE5C1 40–50% #47CC9D 50–60% #2CB283 60–70%
U.S. Senator
Magnus Johnson
Farmer–Labor Party
Thomas D. Schall
Republican Party (Minnesota)
The 1924 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 1924. Republican U.S. Representative Thomas D. Schall defeated incumbent Farmer–Labor U.S. Senator Magnus Johnson and Democratic challenger John J. Farrell. Johnson, who was elected in the 1923 special election, had been in office for less than a year and a half when his attempt to win a full six-year term was defeated by Schall, by a narrow margin of 7,948 votes.
Farmer–Labor primary
Candidates
Declared
Hjalmar Dantes, Resident of Orr, endorsed by the state Communist PartyUniversity of Minnesota Libraries University of Minnesota 1924 Minnesota U.S. Senate Farmer-Labor Primary https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319243032411600/ live 2021-08-24 Minnesota Historical Election Archive en https://web.archive.org/web/20210824153312/https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319243032411600/ 2021-08-24
Michael Ferch, Banker and farmer from Minneapolis, Republican nominee for the 56th Senate District in 1906, Independent Progressive candidate for governor in 1924
Magnus Johnson, Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1923
Results
Farmer–Labor primary election resultsPrimary Election Results of Election held June 16th, 1924 https://www.leg.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1924-06-16-p-man.pdf Minnesota Legislature
Farmer–Labor Party
Magnus Johnson (Incumbent)
174,343
88.43%
Farmer–Labor Party
Michael Ferch
15,254
7.74%
Farmer–Labor Party
Hjalmar Dantes
7,548
3.83%
197,145
100.00%
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Oscar Hallam, Associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court since 1912
Ole Sageng, former State Senator from the 50th district (1915–1923) and 59th district (1907–1915), and former State Representative from the 59th district (1901–1903)
Thomas D. Schall, U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 10th congressional district since 1915
Declined
Theodore Christianson, State Representative (Running for Governor)CHRISTIANSON URGED TO RUN FOR SENATOR February 16, 1914 St. Paul Pioneer Press https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19240216.1.1&srpos=26&e=------192-en-20--21--img-txIN-Christianson----1924-------
Results
Republican primary election results
Republican Party of Minnesota
Thomas D. Schall
81,701
35.46%
Republican Party of Minnesota
Oscar Hallam
80,491
34.94%
Republican Party of Minnesota
Ole Sageng
68,198
29.60%
230,390
100.00%
General election
Results
thumb|130px|Merle Birmingham
General election resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=86214 Our Campaigns - MN US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1924
Republican Party of Minnesota
Thomas D. Schall
388,594
46.45%
Farmer–Labor Party
Magnus Johnson (Incumbent)
380,646
45.50%
Democratic Party of Minnesota
John J. Farrell
53,709
6.42%
Independent (United States)
Merle Birmingham
8,620
1.03%
Independent (United States)
Thomas Keefe
4,994
0.60%
836,563
100.00%
7,948
0.95%
Republican Party of Minnesota
Farmer–Labor Party
See also
United States Senate elections, 1924 and 1925
References
Minnesota
1924
Category:1924 Minnesota elections