1920 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1920
Country:Minnesota
Flag Year:1893
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1918
Previous Year:1918
Next Election:Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1922
Next Year:1922
Election Date:November 2, 1920
Nominee1:Louis L. Collins
Party1:Republican Party of Minnesota
Popular Vote1:432,226
Percentage1:
Nominee2:George H. Mallon
Party2:Independent (politician)
Popular Vote2:224,601
Nominee3:James P. McDonnell
Party3:Minnesota Democratic Party
Popular Vote3:79,414
Lieutenant Governor
Before Election:Thomas Frankson
Before Party:Republican Party of Minnesota
After Election:Louis L. Collins
After Party:Republican Party of Minnesota

The 1920 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1920. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Louis L. Collins defeated Independent challenger George H. Mallon and Minnesota Democratic Party candidate James P. McDonnell.

Captain Mallon was the nominee of the young Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party. However, the Farmer-Labor nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor in the general election of 1920 were unable to use the Farmer-Labor party designation and ran as Independents instead.

Also among the defeated candidates was Lillian Friedman of the Socialist Party of Minnesota, who was the first woman ever to be nominated for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, and the final nominee of the Socialist Party for that office. The 1920 general election—the first held since the ratification of the 19th Amendment—also saw the first nomination of a woman for the office of Minnesota Secretary of State: Lily J. Anderson of the Farmer-Labor Party.

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