1881 Minnesota State Auditor election

1881 Minnesota State Auditor election

8 November 1881
 
Nominee William W. Braden Rudolph Lehmicke
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 65,964 36,501
Percentage 62.36% 34.51%

State Auditor before election

Orlan P. Whitcomb
Republican

Elected State Auditor

William W. Braden
Republican

The 1881 Minnesota State Auditor election was held on 8 November 1881 in order to elect the state auditor of Minnesota. Republican nominee and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives William W. Braden defeated Democratic nominee Rudolph Lehmicke, Greenback nominee Ebenezer Ayres and Prohibition nominee G.A. Armstrong.