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Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election
1898 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 1898 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 8 November 1898 in order to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota . Republican nominee Lyndon A. Smith defeated Democratic-People's nominee and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in the 1896 election James Madison Bowler , Prohibition nominee Addison H. Gilmore and Midroad Populist nominee and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota's 5th district Kittel Halvorson .[1]
General election
On election day, 8 November 1898, Republican nominee Lyndon A. Smith won the election by a margin of 24,743 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic-People's nominee James Madison Bowler , thereby retaining Republican control over the office of Lieutenant Governor. Smith was sworn in as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on 3 January 1899.[2]
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