1952 Minnesota gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1952 Minnesota gubernatorial election Minnesota 1893 presidential no 1950 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1950 1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1954 November 4, 1952 File:C. Elmer Anderson.jpg 150x150px C. Elmer Anderson Republican Party (United States) 785,125 55.33% File:Orville L. Freeman (MN).png Orville Freeman Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 624,480 44.01% 1952 Minnesota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 280px County resultsAnderson: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Freeman: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor C. Elmer Anderson Republican Party of Minnesota C. Elmer Anderson Republican Party of Minnesota The 1952 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1952. Republican incumbent C. Elmer Anderson defeated Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party challenger Orville Freeman. At this point, it was the eighth consecutive Minnesota gubernatorial election won by the Republican Party. C. Elmer Anderson became governor in 1951 after the resignation of Luther Youngdahl to become a federal judge. Anderson was running to be elected in his own right. Republican primary Anderson was nominated. Sigrid Schmidt was the first Republican woman to run for governor, and the second woman in general. Mabel Caroline Wiesner, a DFLer, was the first woman to run, in 1944. Schmidt campaigned against water fluoridation, and claimed to have contact with extraterrestrials.Ostermeier Dr. Eric Demuth, Robbins, and the Thin History of Women Running for Minnesota's GOP Gubernatorial Nomination November 4, 2025 smart politics https://smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2025/11/04/demuth-robbins-and-the-thin-history-of-women-running-for-minnesotas-gop-gubernatorial-nomination/ Candidates Nominated C. Elmer Anderson, incumbent Eliminated in primary Paul Indykiewicz, welder Stafford King, state auditor John C. Peterson, painter Sigrid Schmidt, homemaker August Scramstad, railroad tower worker Results Republican Party of Minnesota primary results Republican Party (United States) C. Elmer Anderson 276,677 70.42% Republican Party (United States) Stafford King 102,823 26.17% Republican Party (United States) John C. Peterson 6,283 1.60% Republican Party (United States) Sigrid Schmidt 3,165 0.81% Republican Party (United States) August Scramstad 1,979 0.50% Republican Party (United States) Paul Indykiewicz 1,967 0.50% 392,894 100% Governor, 1952 Election Minnesota Historical Election Archive https://mnelectionarchive.datamade.us/election/2319524015020600/ Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary Freeman was nominated, defeating Ryan in a landslide. Candidates Nominated Orville Freeman, DFL party chairman Eliminated in primary Ed Ryan, Hennepin County sheriff Results Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary results Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Orville Freeman 173,946 71.14% Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Ed Ryan 70,571 28.86% 244,517 100% Governor, 1952 Election Minnesota Historical Election Archive https://mnelectionarchive.datamade.us/election/2319524010120600/ Candidates C. Elmer Anderson, incumbent (Republican) Eldrid Bauers, stationary engineer (Industrial Government) Martin Fredrickson, farmer (Progressive) Orville Freeman, DFL chairman (DFL) Campaigns In September, Freeman challenged Anderson to a debate. Anderson declined, stating that his campaign schedule was already set and it was too late in the campaign to change it. If the debate had happened, it would have been the first gubernatorial debate in Minnesota.Freeman Asks Debate; No, C. Elmer Says September 19, 1952 St. Paul Pioneer Press https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19520919.1.15&srpos=3&e=------195-en-20--1--img-txIN-Freeman----1952------- Freeman's campaign was mostly based on Anderson's lack of active campaigning. Freeman responded with extensive and details policy plans. His policy programs were called "Freeman Programs", and included increasing aid to schools so $100 was invested in every student, removing limits on old-age pension and providing housing to those of a needy age, conducting a survey of all industry in the state and send the results to universities so new industry could be developed from existing infrastructure, establishing a well-planned forestry and reforestation program, and creating a public health program to help those with debilitating physical injuries and disabilities adjust into society.ORVILLE L. FREEMAN ATTACKS REPUBLICAN CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE, LACK OF LEADERSHIP November 2, 1952 St. Paul Pioneer Press https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19521102.1.31&srpos=1&e=------195-en-20--1--img-txIN-Freeman----1952------- Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error OrvilleFreeman (DFL) C. ElmerAnderson (R)St. Paul Pioneer PressIke, Anderson Get Big Margin November 2, 1952 St. Paul Pioneer Press https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19521102.1.1&srpos=2&e=------195-en-20--1--img-txIN-Straw+Poll----1952------- October 12, 1952 The total number of votes was not reported. – 31.4% 68.6% Results 1952 gubernatorial election, Minnesota Republican Party (United States) C. Elmer Anderson (incumbent) 785,125 55.33% -5.41% Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Orville Freeman 624,480 44.01% +5.73% Progressive Party (United States, 1948) Martin Fredrickson 5,227 0.36% n/a Industrial Government Party (United States) Eldrid Bauers 4,037 0.28% -0.69% 160,645 11.32% 1,418,869 Republican Party (United States) See also List of Minnesota gubernatorial elections Notes References External links Minnesota Historical Election Archive Minnesota Gubernatorial 1952 Category:November 1952 in the United States