1924 Minnesota gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1924 Minnesota gubernatorial election Minnesota 1893 presidential no 1922 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1922 1926 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1926 November 4, 1924 Theodore Christianson 1925 edit.jpg Theodore Christianson Republican Party of Minnesota 406,692 48.71% File:Floyd Olson 1925.jpg Floyd B. Olson Farmer–Labor Party 366,029 43.84% File:Carlos Avery 1921.jpg Carlos Avery Democratic Party of Minnesota 49,353 5.91% 1924 Minnesota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 280px County resultsChristianson: #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70%Olson: #7EE5C1 40–50% #47CC9D 50–60% #2CB283 60–70% Governor J. A. O. Preus Republican Party of Minnesota Theodore Christianson Republican Party of Minnesota The 1924 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1924. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Theodore Christianson defeated Farmer–Labor Party challenger Floyd B. Olson. Republican primary Incumbent Republican J.A.O. Preus did not run for a third term, and had no chosen successor. Candidates Nominated Theodore Christianson, state representative Eliminated in primary Franklin Ellsworth, former member of the United States House of Representatives Ole P.B. (O.P.B.) Jacobson, Minnesota railroad and warehouse commissionerChristianson in the lead June 17, 1924 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19240617.1.1&srpos=5&e=------192-en-20--1--img-txIN-Christianson----1924------- Curtis M. Johnson, president of the State Agricultural Society George E. Leach, mayor of Minneapolis Julius A. Schmahl, former Minnesota secretary of state Thomas Vollum Farmer-Labor primary The Farmer-Labor Party was divided between the Progressive faction and the Communist faction, colloquially referred to as the "Red" faction. The nomination's winner, Floyd B. Olson, was a member of the Progressive faction.OLSON IN DISFAVOR FOR RED LEANINGS October 19, 1924 St. Paul Pionner Press https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19241019.1.22&srpos=2&e=------192-en-20--1--img-txIN-Olson----1924------- Candidates Nominated Floyd B. Olson, county attorney of Hennepin County Eliminated in primary Tom E. Davis, former mayor of Marshall Louis A. Fritsche, mayor of New Ulm Victor Lawson, mayor of Willmar William Royster, locomotive engineer William Schaper, former political science professor at the University of MinnesotaWilliam Schaper Candidate https://mnelectionarchive.datamade.us/candidate/william-schaper/ March 2, 2026 Democratic primary Lambrecht withdrew from the race on May 14, 1924, to save the state the money that would be needed for a primary election. Avery became the unanimous nominee by default.LAMBRECHT GIVES UP RACE FOR GOVERNOR May 15, 1924 St. Paul Pioneer Press https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19240515.1.1&srpos=32&e=------192-en-20--21--img-txIN-Avery----1924------- Candidates Nominated Carlos Avery, former mayor of Hutchinson Withdrawn Michael Lambrecht, pacifist and wallpaper hanger Candidates Oscar R. Anderson (Industrial) Carlos Avery, former mayor of Hutchinson (Democratic) Theodore Christianson, state representative (Republican) Michael Ferch, bank president (Prohibition) Floyd B. Olson, county attorney of Hennepin County (Farmer-Labor) Campaigns Christianson officially opened his campaign on September 20. He received endorsements from incumbent governor J.A.O. Preus and Representative Thomas D. Schall. Christianson's campaign was focused on "No compromise with Socialism in any of its disguises." He believed that the Farmer-Labor policies of state-owned railroads and utilities would bring the country into debt. Instead, he proposed that the state's finances should be redirected to funding education.CHRISTIANSON PLEDGES PROGRAM OF ECONOMY September 20, 1924 St. Paul Pioneer Press https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19240920.1.1&srpos=6&e=------192-en-20--1--img-txIN-Christianson----1924------- Christianson was the first gubernatorial candidate to campaign towards women, speaking at local women's Republican gatherings.WOMEN WILL HEAR CHRISTIANSON MONDAY. June 4, 1924 St. Paul Pioneer Press https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19240604.1.10&srpos=27&e=------192-en-20--21--img-txIN-Christianson----1924------- Olson and the Farmer-Labor party as a whole were branded as "socialist and radical" by Republican journalists. Olson attacked Christianson on his tax and financial policy. Christianson campaigned on the slogan of "More Ted, less taxes". Olson argued that as a member of the legislature, Christianson was partially responsible for the taxes he was now campaigning against, and had proposed no actual plan to financially restructure the state other than lowering taxes. Olson focused on internal changes to be made to the state, such as advocating for the elimination of the position of surveyor general of logs and state timber agent, as the duties of both were already supposed to be carried out by the attorney general.St. Paul Pioneer Press OLSON FLIPS BRICKS AT POLITICAL FOES August 20, 1924 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19240820.1.2&srpos=24&e=------192-en-20--21--img-txIN-Olson----1924------- Democratic nominee Carlos Avery dismissed the Farmer-Labor party as a party of "misguided fledglings." He positioned himself as a reformer, hoping to be an alternative for progressive voters put off by the socialist factions of the Farmer-Labor party. Avery campaigned on an extensive policy of limited government and internal reform, a strong environmentalist policy (including supporting a state constitutional amendment mandating that forests could not be cleared for farmland) a massive irrigation effort for agriculture, new funding for highways and public transportation, and the expansion of welfare.AVERY BLAMES G. O. P. FOR CAPITAL “SCANDALS”; PROMISES PROGRAM OF ECONOMY IF ELECTED October 1, 2014 St. Paul Pioneer Press https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19241001.1.4&e=------192-en-20--1--img-txIN-Avery----1924------- Results 1924 gubernatorial election, Minnesota Republican Party (United States) Theodore Christianson 406,692 48.71% +3.49% Farmer–Labor Party Floyd B. Olson 366,029 43.84% +0.71% Democratic Party (United States) Carlos Avery 49,353 5.91% -5.75% Prohibition Party (United States) Michael Ferch 9,052 1.08% n/a Industrial Party (United States) Oscar Anderson 3,876 0.46% n/a 40,663 4.87% 835,002 Republican Party (United States) See also List of Minnesota gubernatorial elections References External links Minnesota Historical Election Archive Gubernatorial 1924 Minnesota Category:November 1924 in the United States