1867 Minnesota gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1867 Minnesota gubernatorial election presidential 1865 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1865 1869 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1869 no November 5, 1867 160x160px William Rainey Marshall Republican Party (United States) 34,874 54.16% 160x160px Charles Eugene Flandrau Democratic Party (United States) 29,502 45.82% 1867 Minnesota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County results Marshall: #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40818 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% #a80000 90–100% Flandrau: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d0596 90–100% Unknown/no vote: #808080 Governor William Rainey Marshall Republican Party (United States) William Rainey Marshall Republican Party (United States) The 1867 Minnesota gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1867, to elect the governor of Minnesota. Incumbent governor William Rainey Marshall was reelected to a second term. Candidates Charles Eugene Flandrau, associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (Democrat) William Rainey Marshall, incumbent (Republican) Campaigns The Democratic State Convention took place on July 10, 1867. Flandrau was nominated without opposition, and voted by acclamation. Flandrau was not actually present at the convention. The party took a clear stance against Black suffrage in the state, a policy Governor Marshall had attempted to pass previously.DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION July 11, 1867 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=spp18670711.1.4&srpos=9&e=------186-en-20--1--img-txIN-Convention----1867------- Like the Democratic nominee before him, Henry Mower Rice, Flandrau had difficulties in proving to the public he had no Confederate sympathies. Flandrau had an advantage, being a veteran, but never fought the Confederacy, only the Dakota, in combat. Flandrau had also been an opponent of the war and refused to join the Union Army for any purpose of aggression against the Confederates, damaging his credibility further.FLANDRAU’S MILITARY RECORD HOW IT ENDED BEFORE IT BEGAN AND WHY. October 18, 1867 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=spp18671018.1.1&srpos=15&e=------186-en-20--1--img-txIN-Flandrau----1867------- On September 7, 1867, the Republican State Convention took place. Every attending delegate had already pledged to re-nominate Marshall before the Convention even began.THE GREAT CONVENTION DAY September 8, 1867 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=spp18670908.1.1&srpos=3&e=------186-en-20--1--img-txIN-Republican+State+Convention----1867------- Marshall was renominated unanimously. In mid-September of 1867, Flandrau gave a speech using racial slurs, garnering him national attention for his explicit opposition to protections for African-Americans and support for racial violence. Secretary of State William H. Seward urged Minnesotans not to vote for Flandrau.FLANDRAU'S BENEFICENT STATESMANSHIP September 17, 1867 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=spp18670917.1.1&srpos=18&e=------186-en-20--1--img-txIN-Flandrau----1867------- Results Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1867http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=61543 Our Campaigns - MN Governor Race - Nov 05, 1867 May 7, 2016http://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/1353/chapter-10_mn-votes-2015.pdf Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Minnesota Legislative Manual (Blue Book) - Chapter 10 Minnesota Elections 2015-04-01 2016-05-07 Republican Party (United States) William Rainey Marshall (incumbent) 34,874 54.16 Democratic Party (United States) Charles Eugene Flandrau 29,502 45.82 Write-Ins 9 0.01 64,385 100 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References External links Minnesota Historical Election Archive collapsed 1867 Minnesota gubernatorial Category:November 1867 in the United States