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1916 Missouri gubernatorial election

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1916 Missouri gubernatorial election

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Nominee Frederick D. Gardner Henry Lamm
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 382,355 380,092
Percentage 48.65% 48.36%

County results
Gardner:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Lamm:      40–50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80–90%

Governor before election

Elliot Woolfolk Major
Democratic

Elected Governor

Frederick D. Gardner
Democratic

The 1916 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916 and resulted in a narrow victory for the Democratic nominee, St. Louis businessman Frederick D. Gardner, over the Republican candidate, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri Henry Lamm,[1][2] and candidates representing the Socialist, Progressive, Prohibition, and Socialist Labor parties. To date it is the closest gubernatorial election in Missouri history. Gardner defeated Secretary of State Cornelius Roach, Attorney General John Tull Barker, and lieutenant governor William Rock Painter for his party's nomination.

Results

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1916 gubernatorial election, Missouri[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Frederick D. Gardner 382,355 48.65 +0.45
Republican Henry Lamm 380,092 48.36 +17.21
Socialist William J. Adames 14,555 1.85 −2.18
Progressive Joseph P. Fontron 4,041 0.51 −15.11
Prohibition William H. Yount 4,009 0.51 −0.24
Socialist Labor Charles Rogers 946 0.12 −0.15
Majority 2,263 0.29 −16.76
Turnout 785,998 23.87
Democratic hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ List of judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri
  2. ^ "Lawyers and Poetry: Henry Lamm (1846-1926) Missouri". Archived from the original on July 28, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - MO Governor Race - Nov 07, 1916".