1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election Minnesota 1893 presidential no 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1898 1902 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1902 November 6, 1900 File:Samuel R. Van Sant (1844-1936) (3467740188) (cropped).jpg Samuel Rinnah Van Sant Republican Party of Minnesota 152,905 48.67% LIND, JOHN. GOVERNOR LCCN2016858371 (cropped).jpg John Lind Democratic People's Party 3333FF 150,651 47.95% 1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsSant: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Lind: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor John Lind Democratic-People's Samuel Rinnah Van Sant Republican The 1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1900. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Samuel Rinnah Van Sant narrowly defeated incumbent Democratic Party of Minnesota Governor John Lind. This was the third of three successive elections in which Lind headed a coalition of the Democrats with the People's Party. Candidates Sylvester M. Fairchild, retired farmer (Midroad-Populist) Bernt B. Haugan, minister (Prohibition) Edward Kriz, boilermaker (Socialist Labor) John Lind, incumbent (Democratic, Populist) Thomas H. Lucas, former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (Social Democratic) Samuel Rinnah Van Sant, former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives (Republican) Campaigns The Republican State Convention was held on June 21, 1900. As the Republicans were not running as incumbents for the first time since 1859, the stakes were high for them. Van Sant was nominated unanimously.REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS June 22, 1900 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19000622.1.8&srpos=5&e=------190-en-20--1--img-txIN-Van+Sant----1900------- Lind had opposition from within the Democratic party, but faced much more opposition from within the Populist party. Running a primary campaign against him was Adolphe Paradis. The Populist convention, held August 30, 1900, split, with one behind Paradis, and another, nicknamed the 'Bolter's Convention', nominating Lind. Paradis would not continue his run for governor independently of Lind, instead asking Lind to return to the convention for a "fair fight", and a primary. Lind did not return to the Populist convention, and as Paradis was no longer officially running, Lind won by default.LIND CROWD BOLTS THE CONVENTION August 31, 1900 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19000831.1.8&srpos=40&e=------190-en-20--21--img-txIN-Lind----1900------- Within the Democratic party, Lind faced continued opposition from party boss Michael Doran. Doran stated, "Let him get the nomination. He will be slaughtered at the polls."GOV. LIND SEES HANDWRITING January 10, 1900 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19000110.1.1&srpos=28&e=------190-en-20--21--img-txIN-Lind----1900------- Van Sant and Lind competed for the labor vote, and both advocated in favor of legal trade unions. Lind mostly adopted the labor policy already championed by Van Sant.MAJESTY OF LABOR September 4, 1900 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19000904.1.3&srpos=34&e=------190-en-20--21--img-txIN-Lind----1900------- Van Sant campaigned with Joseph Bobleter on a statewide tour, giving speeches in nearly every town, including New Ulm, Lind's hometown.VAN SANT AT LIND'S HOME November 1, 2026 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19001101.1.1&srpos=6&e=------190-en-20--1--img-txIN-Van+Sant----1900------- Results 1900 gubernatorial election, Minnesota Republican Party (United States) Samuel Rinnah Van Sant 152,905 48.67% +4.41% Democratic-People's John Lind (incumbent) 150,651 47.95% -4.31% Prohibition Party (United States) Bernt B. Haugan 5,430 1.73% -0.37% Social Democratic Party of America Thomas H. Lucas 3,546 1.13% n/a Socialist Labor Party of America Edward Kriz 886 0.28% -0.39% Midroad-Populist Party Sylvester M. Fairchild 763 0.24% -0.47% Write-ins 2 0.00% 2,254 0.72% 314,183 Republican Party (United States) Democratic-People's See also List of Minnesota gubernatorial elections References External links Minnesota Historical Election Archive Minnesota Gubernatorial 1900 Category:November 1900 in the United States