1890 Minnesota Senate election

The 1890 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 1890, to elect members to the Senate of the 27th and 28th Minnesota Legislatures.

1890 Minnesota Senate election

November 4, 1890
All 54 seats in the Minnesota Senate 28 seats needed for a majority
GOP DEM ALL Party Republican Democratic Alliance Seats won 26 15 13 Popular vote 102,579 82,499 41,807 Percentage 44.2% 35.6% 18.0%

The Minnesota Republican Party won a plurality of seats, followed by the Minnesota Democratic Party and the new Minnesota Alliance Party. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1890.

The 23rd District of Washington County was contested in the opening days of the newly convened legislature. The originally certified results counted Republican Jasper N. Searles as the winner by 4 votes, but after a tabulation discrepancy was discovered in Marine Township, Democrat James S. O'Brien was awarded the seat by the Senate's vote of 32 to 21 on January 29, 1891.[1]

Three Republicans who lost their party's endorsement ran as Independent Republicans and won, then caucused as Republicans in the Senate. A handful of candidates ran with the endorsement of two parties in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota but ultimately caucused with either the Democratic or Republican Parties.[2]

Results

Summary of the November 4, 1890 Minnesota Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			#	%	No.
	Republican Party	54	102,579	44.23	26
	Democratic Party	42	82,499	35.57	15
	Alliance Party	29	41,807	18.03	13
	Prohibition Party	2	684	0.29	0
	Independent	27	4,356	1.88	0
Total			231,925	100.00	54
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State[3]

*These totals include the disputed values for the 23rd District, and non-endorsed candidates that still asserted a party of preference are grouped with that party.

See also

• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1890

References

1. "O'Brien, James S. "J.S." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
2. 1891 Minnesota Legislative Manual. Minnesota Secretary of State. 1891. pp. 560–571.
3. "Election Results - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2020-01-07.