1878 Minnesota State Auditor election

The 1878 Minnesota State Auditor election was held on November 5, 1878, in order to elect the state auditor of Minnesota. Republican nominee and incumbent state auditor Orlan P. Whitcomb defeated Democratic nominee and former Mayor of Stillwater Mahlon Black, Greenback nominee Orin H. Page and Prohibition nominee Theodore G. Carter.

General election

On election day, November 5, 1878, Republican nominee Orlan P. Whitcomb won re-election by a margin of 19,940 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Mahlon Black, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of state auditor. Whitcomb was sworn in for his third term on January 7, 1879.