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The 1924 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 1924. Republican
U.S. Representative
The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...
Thomas D. Schall defeated incumbent Farmer–Labor U.S. Senator
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Magnus Johnson
Magnus Johnson (September 19, 1871September 13, 1936) was an American politician. He served in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives from Minnesota as a member of the Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party, Farmer–Labor P ...
and Democratic challenger John J. Farrell
John J. Farrell (1872 – July 22, 1946) was the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Dairy and Food Commissioner of Minnesota in 1917 and president of the National Creamery Buttermakers' Association. By 1921 he was the secretary of National Dairy ...
. Johnson, who was elected in the 1923 special election, had been in office for less than a year and a half when his attempt to win a full six-year term was defeated by Schall, by a narrow margin of 7,948 votes.
Farmer–Labor primary
Candidates
Declared
* Hjalmar Dantes, Resident of Orr, endorsed by the state Communist Party * Michael Ferch, Banker and farmer from Minneapolis, Republican nominee for the 56th Senate District in 1906, Independent Progressive candidate for governor in 1924 *Magnus Johnson
Magnus Johnson (September 19, 1871September 13, 1936) was an American politician. He served in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives from Minnesota as a member of the Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party, Farmer–Labor P ...
, Incumbent U.S. Senator
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since 1923
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
*Oscar Hallam
Oscar Hallam (October 19, 1865 – September 23, 1945) was an American lawyer, judge, and academic from Minnesota. He served as a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1912 to 1924, and served as a Minnesota state Second District Court judg ...
, Associate justice
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of the Minnesota Supreme Court
The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The court hears cases in the Supreme Court chamber in the Minnesota State Capitol or in the nearby Minnesota Judicial Center.
History
The court was first assemb ...
since 1912
* Ole Sageng, former State Senator
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History
There are typically fewer state senators than there ...
from the 50th district (1915–1923) and 59th district (1907–1915), and former State Representative
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* The legislative branches of each of the fifty state governments of the United St ...
from the 59th district (1901–1903)
* Thomas D. Schall, U.S. Representative
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from Minnesota's 10th congressional district since 1915
Results
General election
Results
See also
* United States Senate elections, 1924 and 1925References
{{1924 United States electionsMinnesota
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 ...
1924
Events
January
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1924 Minnesota elections