1857 Minnesota Attorney General election

1857 Minnesota Attorney General election
October 13, 1857
 
Nominee Charles H. Berry George Nourse
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 17,703 16,804
Percentage 50.96% 48.38%
Attorney General before election

LaFayette Emmett (Territorial)
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Charles H. Berry
Democratic

The 1857 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on October 13, 1857, in order to elect the first attorney general of Minnesota upon Minnesota acquiring statehood on May 11, 1858. Democratic nominee Charles H. Berry defeated Republican nominee George Nourse.

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