Election Name: | 1900 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1898 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1898 |
Next Election: | 1902 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1902 |
Election Date: | 6 November 1900 |
Nominee1: | Lyndon A. Smith |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 169,503 |
Percentage1: | 55.34% |
Nominee2: | Thomas J. Meighen |
Party2: | Democratic-People's |
Popular Vote2: | 126,419 |
Percentage2: | 41.27% |
Lieutenant Governor | |
Before Election: | Lyndon A. Smith |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Lyndon A. Smith |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1900 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 6 November 1900 in order to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Lyndon A. Smith defeated Democratic-People's nominee Thomas J. Meighen, Prohibition nominee C.B. Wilkinson and Midroad Populist nominee Erick G. Wallinder.[1]
On election day, 6 November 1900, Republican nominee Lyndon A. Smith won re-election by a margin of 43,084 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic-People's nominee Thomas J. Meighen, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of Lieutenant Governor. Smith was sworn in for his second term on 7 January 1901.[2]