1857 Minnesota Secretary of State election

1857 Minnesota Secretary of State election
October 13, 1857
 
Nominee Francis Baasen Lucius Stannard
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 18,172 17,113
Percentage 51.50% 48.50%
Secretary of State before election

Charles L. Chase (Territorial)
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Francis Baasen
Democratic

The 1857 Minnesota Secretary of State election was held on October 13, 1857, in order to elect the first Secretary of State of Minnesota upon Minnesota acquiring statehood on May 11, 1858. Democratic nominee Francis Baasen defeated Republican nominee Lucius Stannard.

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