The 1875 Minnesota gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1875, to elect the governor of Minnesota. Incumbent Republican Cushman Kellogg Davis did not seek another term.
Candidates David L. Buell, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (Democrat) Ramson F. (R.F.) Humiston, founder of Worthington, Minnesota (Prohibition) John S. Pillsbury, businessman (Republican)
Campaigns On July 7, 1875, the Party-Colored Convention was held, a coalition of Democrats, Liberal Republicans, Anti-Monopolists, and all those opposed to the Republican Party of Minnesota. Democrat David L. Buell (who had previously lost the Democratic nomination in 1873) was nominated on the first ballot. His reputation with the public soured in early september, as his alleged business practices became known. Buell was a moneylender and was said to set interest rates as high as he could, to take additional money from his clients. These claims were disproven, but did harm his reputation.
Pillsbury, upon announcing he was running, was seen as a long-shot and unlikely candidate. He was nominated by the Republican State Convention on July 28, 1875, on the first ballot, after defeating primary challengers Horace Austin and Jacob H. Stewart.
Results
References
External links Minnesota Historical Election Archive