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Missouri gubernatorial election, 1896

Missouri gubernatorial election, 1896
Missouri
← 1892 November 3, 1896 1900 →
  Lon Vest Stephens.JPG
Nominee Lon Vest Stephens Robert E. Lewis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 351,062 307,729
Percentage 52.88% 46.35%

Governor before election

William J. Stone
Democratic

Elected Governor

Lon Vest Stephens
Democratic


William J. Stone
Democratic

Lon Vest Stephens
Democratic

The Missouri gubernatorial election of 1896 was Missouri's twenty-fourth gubernatorial election. The election was held on November 3, 1896 and resulted in a victory for the Democratic nominee, State Treasurer of Missouri Lon Vest Stephens, over the Republican candidate Robert E. Lewis, Prohibition candidate Herman Preston Faris, National Democratic candidate J. McDowell Trimble and Socialist Labor candidate Louis C. Fry.



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