1898 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 December 2025 ly 1898 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election Minnesota Presidential no 1896 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election 1896 1900 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election 1900 November 8, 1898 125px Lyndon A. Smith Republican Party (United States) 129,226 52.23% 125px James Madison Bowler Democratic People's Party (United States) 104,483 42.23% Lieutenant Governor John L. Gibbs Republican Party (United States) Lyndon A. Smith Republican Party (United States) The 1898 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898, to elect the lieutenant governor of Minnesota. Republican nominee Lyndon A. Smith defeated Democratic-People's nominee and candidate for lieutenant governor in the 1896 election James Madison Bowler, Prohibition nominee Addison H. Gilmore, and Midroad Populist nominee and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota's 5th district Kittel Halvorson.https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1898-11-08-g-man.pdf Election Returns lrl.mn.gov November 8, 1898 2023-07-07 General election On election day, November 8, 1898, Republican nominee Lyndon A. Smith won the election by a margin of 24,743 votes against his foremost opponent, Democratic-People's nominee James Madison Bowler, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of lieutenant governor. Smith was sworn in as the 15th lieutenant governor of Minnesota on January 3, 1899.https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/search/ Lieutenant Governor electionarchives.lib.umn.edu 2023-07-07 Results Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1898https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=120005 MN Lt. Governor ourcampaigns.com June 4, 2023 2023-07-07 Republican Party (United States) Lyndon A. Smith 129,226 52.23 Democratic-People's James Madison Bowler 104,483 42.23 Prohibition Party (United States) Addison H. Gilmore 7,942 3.21 Midroad Populist Kittel Halvorson 5,764 2.33 247,415 100.00 Republican Party (United States) References Category:1898 Minnesota elections Category:November 1898 in the United States Category:Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:1898 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections