{{short description|American politician (1842–1914)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{infobox officeholder |name=Adolph Biermann |image=Adolph Biermann.jpg |office=5th Auditor of Minnesota |term_start=1891 |term_end=1895 |predecessor=William W. Braden |successor=Robert C. Dunn |birth_date={{birth date|1842|11|19}} |birth_place=Christiania, Norway |death_date={{death date and age|1914|1|5|1842|11|19}} |death_place=Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |party=Democratic |occupation=Politician, farmer |allegiance=United States (Union) |branch=United States Army (Union army) |unit=24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment |battles= {{tree list}} *American Civil War **Battle of Perryville **Battle of Stones River {{tree list/end}} }} '''Adolph Biermann''' (November 19, 1842 – January 5, 1914) was an American farmer and politician who served as the fifth state auditor of Minnesota from 1891 to 1895 as a member of the Democratic Party.
==Biography== Born in Christiania, Norway, Biermann emigrated to the United States in 1862.<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|title=Biermann død |language=no |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93634055/adolph-biermann-1842-1914/ |newspaper=Minneapolis Tidende |date=January 8, 1914 |location=Minneapolis, MN |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date=January 28, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> He first settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and served in the 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, during the American Civil War, until 1865.<ref name="Obit"/> He was involved in the Battle of Perryville and Battle of Stones River.<ref name="Obit"/> In 1866, he moved to Rochester, Minnesota, worked as a bookkeeper and settled on a farm. In 1874, Biermann was elected Auditor of Olmsted County, Minnesota. Biermann ran for Governor of Minnesota in 1883, as a replacement for William W. McNair, receiving about 43% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=62055|title=Our Campaigns - MN Governor Race - Nov 06, 1883|accessdate=May 5, 2016}}</ref> He also ran for Minnesota Secretary of State, and the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat losing the elections. In 1885, President Grover Cleveland appointed Biermann the United States Collector of Internal Revenue for Minnesota. From 1891 to 1895, Biermann served as Minnesota State Auditor. In 1907 he sold his Rochester home and farm to Charlie Mayo. The Bierman farm became the center of the Mayowood Estate. He died in Rochester, Minnesota, of a stroke.<ref name="Obit"/><ref>Former State Auditor Dies-Adolph Biermann Passes Away at Rochester, Minn., Home, ''Duluth Herald'' (Minnesota), January 7, 1914, p. 10.</ref><ref>[http://vesterheim.org/collections/civil-war-database/b/bie/000994.html Vesterheim-Adolph Biermann]</ref>
==Electoral history== ===1890=== {{Election box begin no change|title=1890 Minnesota State Auditor election<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2318901099924600/|title=Auditor, 1890 Election|publisher=Minnesota Historical Election Archive|access-date=February 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate='''Adolph Biermann'''|votes=130,857|percentage=54.75}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Peter (P.J.) McGuire|votes=97,659|percentage=40.86}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Prohibition Party|candidate=Ole Kron|votes=10,476|percentage=4.38}} {{Election box total no change|votes=238,992|percentage=100.00}} {{Election box gain with party link no swing |winner=Democratic Party (United States) |loser=Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
===1894=== {{Election box begin no change|title=1894 Minnesota State Auditor election<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2318941099924600/|title=Auditor, 1894 Election|publisher=Minnesota Historical Election Archive|access-date=February 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate='''Robert C. (R.C.) Dunn'''|votes=148,281|percentage=51.23}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Adolph Biermann (incumbent)|votes=76,737|percentage=26.51}} {{Election box candidate no change|party=People's|candidate=Andrew L. Stromberg|votes=55,411|percentage=19.14}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Prohibition Party|candidate=Seth S. Johnson|votes=9,007|percentage=3.11}} {{Election box total no change|votes=289,436|percentage=100.00}} {{Election box gain with party link no swing |winner=Republican Party (United States) |loser=Democratic Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
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{{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=Richard W. Johnson}} {{s-ttl|title=Democratic nominee for Governor of Minnesota|years=1883}} {{s-aft|after=A. A. Ames}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | title=Minnesota State Auditor | before=William W. Braden | after=Robert C. Dunn | years= 1891–1895 }} {{s-end}}
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