1892 Minnesota Attorney General election

1892 Minnesota Attorney General election

← 1890 8 November 1892 1894 →
 
Nominee Henry W. Childs John Nethaway
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 108,785 90,690
Percentage 43.31% 36.11%

 
Nominee John L. MacDonald Robert Taylor
Party Populist Prohibition
Popular vote 37,702 14,000
Percentage 15.01% 5.57%

Attorney General before election

Moses E. Clapp
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Henry W. Childs
Republican

The 1892 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on 8 November 1892 in order to elect the attorney general of Minnesota. Republican nominee Henry W. Childs defeated Democratic nominee John Nethaway, People's nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 3rd district John L. MacDonald and Prohibition nominee Robert Taylor.[1]

  1. ^ "Attorney General, 1892 Election". electionarchives.lib.umn.edu. Retrieved 6 October 2024.