1908 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election
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The 1908 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1908.
Democratic Party of Minnesota The Minnesota Democratic Party was a political party in Minnesota that existed from the formation of Minnesota Territory in 1849 until 1944, when the party merged with the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party to form the modern Minnesota Democratic-Fa ...
candidate
John Albert Johnson John Albert Johnson (July 28, 1861September 21, 1909) was an American politician. He served in the Minnesota State Senate from January 1897 to January 1901. He was the List of Governors of Minnesota, 16th governor of Minnesota from January 4, 190 ...
defeated
Republican Party of Minnesota The Republican Party of Minnesota is the state affiliate of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party in Minnesota and the oldest active political party in the state. Founded in 1855, the party is headquartered in Edina, Minnesota, E ...
challenger
Jacob F. Jacobson Jacob F. Jacobson (January 13, 1849 – April 19, 1938) was an American businessman and politician. Jacobson was born in Ryfylke, Rogaland, Norway and emigrated to the United States in 1857. He moved to Dover Township, Fayette County, Iowa ...
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List of Minnesota gubernatorial elections {{ElectionsMN Results and election information for past Minnesota governor races. The first election was in 1857 ahead of Minnesota becoming a state. Elections were set for every two years beginning in 1859. In 1886 elections were moved from odd ...


External links

* http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=653 * http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=657
Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
Gubernatorial A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ...
1908 This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January ...
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