Word: knute
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...late Knute Nelson, Viking of the Senate, is to have a remarkable successor, Magnus the Great. Magnus Johnson, Farmer-Labor candidate, defeated Governor Preus, the regular Republican candidate, for Minnesota's vacant seat in the Senate. The radical farmer won by a substantial majority. The Democratic candidate, Mr. Carley, who admittedly had no chance, came in third because there was no one else in the race...
...party lines to encourage their parties' opponents at the coming election in Minnesota; to show further that the "progressive itch" is no respecter of denominations, one of the Senators is a Democrat, the other a Republican. On July 18, Minnesota will elect a successor to the late Senator Knute Nelson. The candidates are Governor J. A. O. Preus (Republican), State Senator J. T. Carley (Democrat), Magnus Johnson (Farmer-Labor). Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana (Democrat) announced that he would campaign for Johnson. He added to his announcement that he was not abandoning the Democratic Party but was convinced...
...Court. Mr. Adams made a flying trip from Washington to New York, saw Mr. Munsey, hurried back to Washington. Only two people were the wiser for the trip. June 18 is the date of the Minnesota special primary which precedes the election of a successor to the late Senator Knute Nelson. The candidates at the primary include...
Governor J. A. 0. Preus of Minnesota, who recently failed to get himself into the Senate by appointment, is now going to try to climb into the seat of the late Knute Nelson by the electoral route. He announced that he would be a candidate in the special primaries on June 18. There are four other " Republicans " in the race for the primaries- of varying shades of radicalism. It is asserted that so many insurgent Republican voters have gone over to the Farmer-Labor Party, however, that only a "regular,'' like Governor Preus, can succeed in the Republican...
Since the death of Knute Nelson, Carroll A. Page of Vermont has been the only octogenarian in the Senate. His colleague from Vermont?William P. Dillingham?will enter the eighties in December...