1857 Minnesota State Auditor election

1857 Minnesota State Auditor election
October 13, 1857
 
Nominee William F. Dunbar Alexander P. Lane
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 18,218 17,026
Percentage 51.69% 48.31%
State Auditor before election

Julius Georgii (Territorial)
Democratic

Elected State Auditor

William F. Dunbar
Democratic

The 1857 Minnesota State Auditor election was held on October 13, 1857, in order to elect the first state auditor of Minnesota upon Minnesota acquiring statehood on May 11, 1858. Democratic nominee and former member of the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives William F. Dunbar defeated Republican nominee Alexander P. Lane.

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