{{short description|none}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see WP:SDNONE --> {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox election | 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 | image1 = LIND, JOHN. GOVERNOR LCCN2016858371 (cropped).jpg | nominee1 = '''John Lind''' | party1 = Democratic | alliance1 = People's Party | color1 = 3333FF | popular_vote1 = '''131,980''' | percentage1 = '''52.26%''' | image2 = File:William Henry Eustis 001.jpg | nominee2 = William Henry Eustis | party2 = Republican Party of Minnesota | popular_vote2 = 111,796 | percentage2 = 44.26% | map_image = 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg | map_size = 250px | map_caption = County results<br/>'''Lind''': {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} <br/>'''Eustis''': {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} | title = Governor | before_election = David Marston Clough | before_party = Republican | after_election = John Lind | after_party = Democratic-People's }} {{ElectionsMN}}
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 was 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. This was also the first time since 1857, and only the second time ever up to that point, that a Democrat was elected governor of Minnesota.
==Candidates== *George W. Higgins, Local business owner in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Prohibition) *John Lind, Former representative from Minnesota's 2nd congressional district (Democratic, People's) *Lionel C. Long, Farmer (Midroad-Populist) *William B. Hammond, Secretary of the State Federation of Labor (Socialist Labor) *William Henry Eustis, Former mayor of Minneapolis (Republican)
==Campaigns== The Democratic State Convention was held on June 9, 1898, and was 'small and fast', consisting of only 35 delegates. John Lind was renominated.<ref>{{cite news|title=JOHN LIND AND ONE TOWNE|date=June 10, 1898|url=https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18980610.1.7&srpos=12&e=------189-en-20--1--img-txIN-Lind----1898-------}}</ref> Lind was a progressive and a populist.
The Republican State Convention was held on June 30, 1898. The primary was between three men; William Henry Eustis, Samuel Rinnah Van Sant, and Loren W. Collins. Eustis was nominated on the second ballot.<ref>{{cite news|title=GOV. EUSTIS|date=July 1, 1898|url=https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18980701.1.5&e=------189-en-20--1--img-txIN-Eustis----1898-------}}</ref> Eustis gained support for being a union negotiator during his time as mayor, peacefully ending a rail strike in 1893, and at the benefit of the strikers. This was at a time when most unions were suppressed, often with violence. Eustis was able to gain favor with some of the labor vote because of this, however not enough to secure the election.<ref>{{cite news|title=EUSTIS AS A PEACEMAKER|date=November 4, 1898|url=https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18981104.1.5&srpos=11&e=------189-en-20--1--img-txIN-Eustis----1898-------}}</ref>
A major blow came to Eustis's campaign when incumbent republican governor David Marston Clough endorsed Lind, due to a personal disliking of Eustis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leonard A. Rosing|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|url=https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/person/rosing-leonard-august-1861-1909}}</ref>
Upon his victory, Lind gave a speech in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota where credited his victory to the previous efforts the Farmer's Alliance and the Populist Party.<ref>{{cite news|title=YES, MR. LIND DID SAY IT|date=November 19, 1898|url=https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18981119.1.1&srpos=4&e=------189-en-20--1--img-txIN-Lind----1898-------}}</ref>
==Results== {{Election box begin | title=1898 Gubernatorial Election, Minnesota}} {{Election box candidate| |party = '''Democratic-People's''' |candidate = '''John Lind''' |votes = '''131,980''' |percentage = '''52.26%''' |change = '''+4.15%''' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = William Henry Eustis |votes = 111,796 |percentage = 44.26% |change = -4.91% }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Prohibition Party (United States) |candidate = George W. Higgins |votes = 5,299 |percentage = 2.10% |change = +0.57% }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Midroad-Populist Party |candidate = Lionel C. Long |votes = 1,802 |percentage = 0.71% |change = n/a }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Labor Party of America |candidate = William B. Hammond |votes = 1,685 |percentage = 0.67% |change = +0.34% }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 20,184 |percentage = 8.00% |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 252,562 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box gain| |winner = Democratic-People's |loser = Republican Party (United States) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
==See also== * List of Minnesota gubernatorial elections
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== [https://mnelectionarchive.datamade.us/election/2318981099920600/ Minnesota Historical Election Archive]
{{Minnesota elections}} {{1898 United States elections}}
Minnesota Gubernatorial 1898 Category:November 1898 in the United States