1902 Minnesota Senate election

1902 Minnesota Senate election

November 4, 1902 (1902-11-04)
All 63 seats in the Minnesota Senate 32 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   GOP DEM Party Republican Democratic Seats won 51 12 Seat change 7 5 Popular vote 158,204 74,235 Percentage 64.4% 30.2%
President pro-tempore before election Albert Williams Republican Elected President pro-tempore Richard Thompson Republican

The 1902 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 1902, to elect members to the Senate of the 33rd and 34th Minnesota Legislatures.

Two years after Democrat John Lind lost the governorship to Republican Samuel Rinnah Van Sant, the Minnesota Democratic Party was set to lose seats in the Senate. Without Lind, the Party lost the third party support that they had consolidated in 1898. The People's Party ran candidates against a handful of Democratic candidates in rural areas, hurting Democratic prospects.

The Minnesota Republican Party won a large majority of seats, followed by the Minnesota Democratic Party. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1903.

16 Republicans and 3 Democrats ran uncontested.^[1]

Results

Summary of the November 4, 1902 Minnesota Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			#	%
	Republican Party	60	158,204	54.42	51
	Democratic Party	41	74,235	30.23	12
	People's Party	6	9,468	3.86	0
	Prohibition Party	3	589	0.24	0
	Independent	2	2,836	1.15	0
Total			245,578	100.00	63
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State[2]

See also

• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1902

References

1. 1903 Minnesota Legislative Manual. Minnesota Secretary of State. 1903. pp. 520–528.
2. "Election Results - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved January 8, 2020.

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