Election Name: | 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Year: | 1893 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1896 |
Next Election: | 1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1900 |
Election Date: | November 8, 1898 |
Nominee1: | John Lind |
Party1: | Democratic–People's |
Color1: | 3333FF |
Popular Vote1: | 131,980 |
Percentage1: | 52.26% |
Nominee2: | William Henry Eustis |
Party2: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
Popular Vote2: | 111,796 |
Percentage2: | 44.26% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | David Marston Clough |
Before Party: | Republican |
After Election: | John Lind |
After Party: | Democratic-People's |
The 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1898. Democratic Party of Minnesota candidate John Lind defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger William Henry Eustis. This is the second of three successive elections in which John Lind ran as a candidate for a coalition formed from the Democrats and the People's Party.