1898 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election

1898 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election

8 November 1898

Nominee Lyndon A. Smith James Madison Bowler Party Republican Democratic-People's Popular vote 129,226 104,483 Percentage 52.23% 42.23%

Lieutenant Governor before election John L. Gibbs Republican Elected Lieutenant Governor Lyndon A. Smith Republican

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.

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.

Results

Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lyndon A. Smith	129,226	52.23
	Democratic-People's	James Madison Bowler	104,483	42.23
	Prohibition	Addison H. Gilmore	7,942	3.21
	Midroad Populist	Kittel Halvorson	5,764	2.33
Total votes			247,415	100.00
	Republican hold