1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election Minnesota 1893 presidential no 1894 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1894 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1898 November 3, 1896 File:David Marston Clough.jpg David Marston Clough Republican Party of Minnesota 165,806 49.17% File:John Lind.jpg John Lind Democratic Party of Minnesota People's Party 162,254 48.11% 1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsClough: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Lind: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor David Marston Clough Republican David Marston Clough Republican The 1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1896. Republican Party of Minnesota incumbent David Marston Clough narrowly defeated Democratic Party of Minnesota challenger John Lind. Lind later won the 1898 gubernatorial election and became the first Democrat elected to the office of governor of Minnesota since Henry Hastings Sibley left office in 1860. 1896 was the first of three successive elections in which Lind ran for governor at the head of a coalition consisting of the Democratic Party and the majority faction of the People's Party. Candidates A.A. Ames, former mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota (Independent) David Marston Clough, incumbent (Republican) William J. Dean, Civil War veteran (Prohibition) William B. Hammond, secretary of the State Federation of Labor (Socialist Labor) John Lind, former representative from Minnesota's 2nd congressional district (Democratic, People's) Campaigns In the Republican primary, incumbent Clough prevailed, with 40 delegates. In second place, with 33, was John L. Gibbs. Moses Clapp, Samuel Rinnah Van Sant, and William E. Lee each had fewer votes.FLOCKING TO GOV. CLOUGH June 26, 1896 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18960626.1.1&srpos=6&e=------189-en-20--1--img-txIN-Clough----1896------- William Henry Eustis also gained four delegates at end of voting.CLOUGH SURE OF NOMINATION June 27, 1896 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18960627.1.1&srpos=9&e=------189-en-20--1--img-txIN-Clough----1896------- On August 1, 1896, the Democratic State Convention was held. Populist John Lind was nominated without opposition. Previous conservative candidate Daniel W. Lawler was denounced by the convention, as the party now hoped for success running with, instead of against, the Populists.FOR LIND AND FREE SILVER August 2, 1896 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18960802.1.6&srpos=7&e=------189-en-20--1--img-txIN-Lind----1896------- Lind, jokingly nicknamed "Honest John" by Republicans, was accused by Republicans of collaborating with the County Commissioners of Brown County in 1881 to alter tax laws that would result in Lind being secretly personally enriched. No actual evidence to support this claim was ever brought forward.SOME TRUTHS ABOUT LIND October 19, 1896 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18961019.1.8&srpos=5&e=------189-en-20--1--img-txIN-Lind----1896------- Results 1896 gubernatorial election, Minnesota Republican Party (United States) David Marston Clough (incumbent) 165,806 49.17% -0.77% Democratic-People's John Lind 162,254 48.11% +30.02% Prohibition Party (United States) William J. Dean 5,154 1.53% -0.77% Independent politician A. A. Ames 2,890 0.86% n/a Socialist Labor Party of America William B. Hammond 1,125 0.33% n/a 3,552 1.06% 337,229 Republican Party (United States) See also List of Minnesota gubernatorial elections References External links Minnesota Historical Election Archive Minnesota Gubernatorial 1896 Category:November 1896 in the United States