1894_Minnesota_Senate_election Knowpia

The 1894 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6, 1894, to elect members to the Senate of the 29th and 30th Minnesota Legislatures.

The Minnesota Republican Party won a large majority of seats, followed by the new People's Party and the Minnesota Democratic Party. The new Legislature convened on January 8, 1895.

Numerous Democratic candidates were also endorsed by the People's Party, and one was also endorsed by the Prohibition Party. However, all planned to caucus with the Democrats in the Senate, and are thus listed as part of their total.^[1]

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Summary of the November 6, 1894 Minnesota Senate election results
Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
Party		Candidates	Votes	No.	%
	Republican Party	53	148,421	46	52.02
	People's Party	36	46,912	5	16.44
	Democratic Party	44	77,418	3	27.13
	Prohibition Party	11	4036	0	1.41
	Independent	12	8,523	0	2.99
Total			285,310	54	100.00
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State^[2]

*These totals count candidates endorsed by the Democratic and People's Parties in the totals for the Democratic Party.

References edit

^ 1895 Minnesota Legislative Manual. Minnesota Secretary of State. 1895. pp. 471–479.
^ "Election Results - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved January 7, 2020.

[1] 1895 Minnesota Legislative Manual. Minnesota Secretary of State. 1895. pp. 471–479.

[2] "Election Results - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved January 7, 2020.

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