1857 Minnesota Secretary of State election

1857 Minnesota Secretary of State election

13 October 1857 1859 →
 
Nominee Francis Baasen Lucius Stannard
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 18,172 17,113
Percentage 51.50% 48.50%

Secretary of State before election

Charles L. Chase (Territorial)
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Francis Baasen
Democratic

The 1857 Minnesota Secretary of State election was held on 13 October 1857 in order to elect the first Secretary of State of Minnesota upon Minnesota acquiring statehood on 11 May 1858. Democratic nominee Francis Baasen defeated Republican nominee Lucius Stannard.[1]

  1. ^ "Secretary of State, 1857 Election". electionarchives.lib.umn.edu. Retrieved 28 September 2024.