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Missouri gubernatorial election, 1916

Missouri gubernatorial election, 1916
Missouri
← 1912 November 7, 1916 1920 →
  Fred D. Gardner.jpg
Nominee Frederick D. Gardner Henry Lamm
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 382,355 380,092
Percentage 48.65% 48.36%

Governor before election

Elliot Woolfolk Major
Democratic

Elected Governor

Frederick D. Gardner
Democratic


Elliot Woolfolk Major
Democratic

Frederick D. Gardner
Democratic

The Missouri gubernatorial election of 1916 was Missouri's twenty-ninth gubernatorial election. The 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, and candidates representing the Socialist, Progressive, Prohibition, and Socialist Labor parties. To date it is the closest gubernatorial election in Missouri history.


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