The Political Graveyard: Minnesota: State Attorneys General

Minnesota: State Attorneys General

Minnesota State Attorneys General, 1858-1999 (May be incomplete!)
Charles Henry Berry 1858-60 Gordon E. Cole 1860-66 William J. Colville 1866-68 Francis R. E. Cornell 1868-74 George P. Wilson 1874-80 Charles M. Start 1880-81 William John Hahn 1881-87 Moses E. Clapp 1887-93 H. W. Childs 1893-99 Wallace B. Douglas 1899-1904 William J. Donahower 1904-05 Edward T. Young 1905-09 George T. Simpson 1909-11 Lyndon A. Smith 1912-18 Clifford L. Hilton 1918-27 Albert F. Pratt 1927-28 Gustaf Aaron Youngquist 1928-29 Henry N. Benson 1929-33 Harry H. Peterson 1933-36 William S. Ervin 1936-39 J. A. A. Burnquist 1939-55 Miles Lord 1955-60 Walter F. Mondale 1960-64 Robert W. Mattson 1964-67 Douglas M. Head 1967-71 Warren Spannaus 1971-83 Skip Humphrey 1983-99

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1872: John L. MacDonald (Dem), defeated.

1892 Nov 8: H. W. Childs (Rep), elected; John C. Nethaway (Dem), defeated; John L. MacDonald (People's), defeated; Robert Taylor (Prohibition), defeated.

1894 Nov 6: H. W. Childs (Rep), elected; Logan Brackenridge (Dem), defeated; John Arnold Keyes (People's), defeated; James E. Child (Prohibition), defeated.

1898: Robert C. Saunders, defeated.

1904 Mar 31: Wallace B. Douglas, resigned; William J. Donahower, appointed.

1911 Aug 17: George T. Simpson, resigned; Lyndon A. Smith, appointed.

1916 Nov 7: Lyndon A. Smith (Rep), elected unopposed.

1924: Robert C. Bell, defeated.

1929 Nov 20: Henry N. Benson, appointed.

1930 Nov 4: Henry N. Benson (Rep), elected; Joseph B. Himsl (Farmer-Labor), defeated; Walter F. Dacey (Dem), defeated.

1934 Nov 6: Harry H. Peterson (Farmer-Labor), elected; Oscar F. Youngdahl (Rep), defeated; Alric Anderson (Dem), defeated.

1936 Nov 3: Harry H. Peterson (Farmer-Labor), elected; Oscar F. Youngdahl (Rep), defeated; Thomas F. Gallagher (Dem), defeated.

1938: J. A. A. Burnquist, elected.

1940: J. A. A. Burnquist, elected.

1942: J. A. A. Burnquist, elected.

1944: J. A. A. Burnquist, elected.

1946 Nov 5: J. A. A. Burnquist (Rep), elected; Walter C. Boland (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated.

1950 Nov 7: J. A. A. Burnquist (Rep), elected; Orville L. Freeman (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated.

1958 Nov 4: Miles Lord (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected; Gaylord A. Saetre (Rep), defeated.

1982: Skip Humphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected.

1986: Skip Humphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected.

1990: Skip Humphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected.

1994: Skip Humphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected.

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