The 1923 United States Senate special election in Minnesota took place on July 16, 1923. The election was held to fill, for the remainder of the unexpired term, the seat in the
1922
, brought both of Minnesota's seats in the United States Senate into the hands of the Farmer–Labor Party for the first time in history.
Johnson's victory marked the first time, since Morton S. Wilkinson took office in 1859, that neither of Minnesota's seats in the United States Senate were held by a Republican. It also marked the first time, since Wilkinson's assumption of the office, that the person holding Minnesota's Class 2 U.S. Senate seat was not a Republican, and Johnson became just the second non-Republican to ever hold that seat (the first being the Democrat James Shields, whose term of office ended when Wilkinson's began).
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominated
J.A.O. Preus, Governor (1921-1925), former state Insurance Commissioner (1911-1915), former state Auditor (1915-1921), Minneapolis attorney[1]
Eliminated in Primary
Sydney Anderson, Lanesboro attorney, U.S. Representative from the 1st CD (1911-1925)[1]
Joseph A. A. Burnquist, former state representative from the 33rd HD (1909-1913), former lieutenant governor (1913-1915), former governor (1915-1921)[1]
Oscar Hallam, St. Paul attorney, former Second Judicial District judge, former associate justice of the Supreme Court (1913-1923)[1]
Ernest Lundeen, former state representative from the 42nd HD (1911-1915), former U.S. Representative from the 5th CD (1917-1919), candidate for U.S. Senate in 1922, Minneapolis attorney[1]
Victor L. Power, attorney and mayor of Hibbing (1913-1922, 1923–1924)[1]
Thomas D. Schall, Excelsior attorney, Progressive-turned-Republican U.S. Representative from the 10th CD (1915-1925)[1]
Halvor Steenerson, former Polk County prosecuting attorney (1881-1883), former city attorney of Crookson, former state Senator from the 45th SD (1883-1887), former U.S. Representative from the 9th CD (1903-1923), resident of Crookson[1]
Charles A. Lindbergh, former prosecuting attorney of Morrison County (1891-1893), former Republican U.S. Representative (CD 06, 1907–1917), candidate for U.S. Senate in 1916, candidate for governor in 1918, resident of Little Falls[2]
^ abcUniversity of Minnesota Libraries, University of Minnesota. "1923 Minnesota U.S. Senate Special Election". Minnesota Historical Election Archive. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
