1888 Minnesota Secretary of State election

1888 Minnesota Secretary of State election

← 1886 6 November 1888 1890 →
 
Nominee Hans Mattson William Bredenhagen Peter Thompson
Party Republican Democratic Prohibition
Popular vote 141,373 104,806 15,475
Percentage 53.93% 39.98% 5.90%

Secretary of State before election

Hans Mattson
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Hans Mattson
Republican

The 1888 Minnesota Secretary of State election was held on 6 November 1888 in order to elect the Secretary of State of Minnesota. Republican nominee and incumbent Secretary of State Hans Mattson defeated Democratic nominee William Bredenhagen, Prohibition nominee Peter Thompson and Union Labor nominee John P. Schoenbeck.[1]

  1. ^ "Secretary of State, 1888 Election". electionarchives.lib.umn.edu. Retrieved 29 September 2024.