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1900 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1900 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election?

Samuel Rinnah Van Sant won the 1900 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election. Samuel Rinnah Van Sant received 152,905 popular votes (48.67%). The main challenger was John Lind (47.95%).

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

Sant +0.7 pts · won by 2,254 votes
Samuel Rinnah Van SantRepublicanWINNER48.67%
152,905 votes
John LindDemocratic47.95%
150,651 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.4% 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.