1918 United States Senate election in Minnesota explained
| Election Name: | 1918 United States Senate election in Minnesota |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1893 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1913 United States Senate election in Minnesota |
| Previous Year: | 1913 |
| Next Election: | 1923 United States Senate special election in Minnesota |
| Next Year: | 1923 (special) |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1918 |
| Image1: | Knute Nelson cph.3a45938.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Knute Nelson |
| Party1: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| Popular Vote1: | 206,428 |
| Percentage1: | 60.05% |
| Party2: | National Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 137,334 |
| Percentage2: | 39.95% |
| U.S. Senator |
| Before Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| After Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
The 1918 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 1918. It was the first election for Minnesota's Class 2 seat in the United States Senate, and the second U.S. Senate election in Minnesota overall, held after the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which established the popular election of United States Senators. Incumbent U.S. Senator Knute Nelson of the Republican Party of Minnesota easily defeated his challenger in the general election, Willis Greenleaf Calderwood of the National Party, to win a fourth term in the Senate.
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Knute Nelson, Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1895
- James A. Peterson, Minneapolis attorney, former Hennepin County Attorney (1897–1899), former State Representative from the 42nd district (1901–1903), Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 1912[1]
Results
General election
Candidates
- Willis G. Calderwood, state chair of the Prohibition Party, Prohibition nominee for state House District 30 in 1894, for state House District 39 in 1904, 1906, 1908, and 1910, for the at-large U.S. House seat in 1912, for Governor in 1914, and for the U.S. Senate in 1916; Farmer-Labor candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1924[2]
Results
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: University of Minnesota Libraries. University of Minnesota. 1918 Minnesota U.S. Senate Republican Primary. live. 2021-08-23. Minnesota Historical Election Archive. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210823151638/https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319183015011600/ . 2021-08-23 .
- Web site: University of Minnesota Libraries. University of Minnesota. 1918 Minnesota U.S. Senate General Election. live. 2021-08-23. Minnesota Historical Election Archive. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210823153931/https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319181000111600/ . 2021-08-23 .
