1898 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election

1898 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election

← 1896 8 November 1898 1900 →
 
Nominee Lyndon A. Smith James Madison Bowler
Party Republican Democratic-People's
Popular vote 129,226 104,483
Percentage 52.23% 42.23%

Lieutenant Governor before election

John L. Gibbs
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Lyndon A. Smith
Republican

The 1898 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 8 November 1898 in order to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. Republican nominee Lyndon A. Smith defeated Democratic-People's nominee and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in the 1896 election James Madison Bowler, Prohibition nominee Addison H. Gilmore and Midroad Populist nominee and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota's 5th district Kittel Halvorson.[1]

  1. ^ "Election Returns" (PDF). lrl.mn.gov. November 8, 1898. Retrieved July 7, 2023.