1914 Minnesota gubernatorial election
The 1914 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1914. Democratic Party of Minnesota candidate Winfield Scott Hammond defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger William E. Lee. Hammond would be the last governor from the Minnesota Democratic Party. The next party to defeat the Republicans would be the Farmer-Labor Party, and decades after that, the DFL.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominated
- William E. Lee, former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Eliminated in primary
- Adolph Olson Eberhart, incumbent Governor of Minnesota, former Lieutenant Governor and State Senator
- Elwood L. Raab, mining engineer
Results
Republicans conducted a ranked-choice primary, though second choices were not used, as Lee received over 50% in the first round.Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominated
Eliminated in primary
- Daniel W. Lawler, former Mayor of St. Paul
Candidates
- Herbert Johnson, Machinist
- Hugh T. Halbery, Attorney
- Thomas J. Lewis, organizer
- Winfield S. Hammond, member of the United States House of Representatives
- William E. Lee, former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- Willis G. Calderwood, founder and treasurer of the Ministers Life and Casualty Union