1871 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1871 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election?
Horace Austin won the 1871 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election. Horace Austin received 46,950 popular votes (60.06%). The main challenger was Winthrop Young (38.86%).
See the full head-to-head between Austin and Young
Austin +21.2 pts · won by 16,574 votes
46,950 votes
30,376 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.1% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.