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1898 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1898 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election?

John Lind won the 1898 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election. John Lind received 131,980 popular votes (52.26%). The main challenger was William Henry Eustis (44.26%).

See the full head-to-head between Lind and Eustis

Lind +8.0 pts · won by 20,184 votes
John LindDemocraticWINNER52.26%
131,980 votes
William Henry EustisRepublican44.26%
111,796 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.5% 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.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.