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** ** 1956 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Minnesota ** **
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Data for this Contest was Contributed by on 2012-11-02

  Gubernatorial
Candidate
Political
Party
Popular Vote
Orville L. FreemanDemocratic 731,180 51.41%
Ancher NelsenRepublican 685,196 48.18%
Rudolph GustafsonIndustrial Government 5,785 0.41%
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Demographic Data

1960 Population:3,413,864Enum.1960 Population Density:16.6persons/km2
1950 Population:2,982,483Enum.1950 Population Density:14.5persons/km2
Land Area (2000):206,189km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:1.4%

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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: Minnesota Secretary of State. Minnesota Legislative Manual 1957/1958, Minnesota Secretary of State (http://www.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sessions/electionresults/1956-11-06-g-man.pdf) (accessed 2 Nov 2012)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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