Election Name: | 1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Year: | 1893 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1898 |
Next Election: | 1902 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1902 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1900 |
Nominee1: | Samuel Rinnah Van Sant |
Party1: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
Popular Vote1: | 152,905 |
Percentage1: | 48.67% |
Nominee2: | John Lind |
Party2: | Democratic–People's |
Color2: | 3333FF |
Popular Vote2: | 150,651 |
Percentage2: | 47.95% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | John Lind |
Before Party: | Democratic-People's |
After Election: | Samuel Rinnah Van Sant |
After Party: | Republican |
The 1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1900. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Samuel Rinnah Van Sant narrowly defeated incumbent Democratic Party of Minnesota Governor John Lind. This was the third of three successive elections in which Lind headed a coalition of the Democrats with the People's Party.