1916 Missouri gubernatorial election

none related races 1916 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1916 Missouri gubernatorial election Missouri presidential no 1912 Missouri gubernatorial election 1912 1920 Missouri gubernatorial election 1920 November 7, 1916 File:Fred D. Gardner.jpg 150x150px Frederick D. Gardner Democratic Party (United States) 382,355 48.65% File:Henrylamm-nov1916.jpg Henry Lamm Republican Party (United States) 380,092 48.36% 1916 Missouri gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 270px County resultsGardner: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Lamm: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% Governor Elliot Woolfolk Major Democratic Party (United States) Frederick D. Gardner Democratic Party (United States) 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,List of judges of the Supreme Court of Missourihttp://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/lp-2001/lamm.html Lawyers and Poetry: Henry Lamm (1846-1926) Missouri 2013-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20100728094836/http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/lp-2001/lamm.html 2010-07-28 dead 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 1916 gubernatorial election, Missourihttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263378 Our Campaigns - MO Governor Race - Nov 07, 1916 Democratic Party (United States) Frederick D. Gardner 382,355 48.65 +0.45 Republican Party (United States) Henry Lamm 380,092 48.36 +17.21 Socialist Party of America William J. Adames 14,555 1.85 -2.18 Bull Moose Party Progressive Joseph P. Fontron 4,041 0.51 -15.11 Prohibition Party (United States) William H. Yount 4,009 0.51 -0.24 Socialist Labor Party of America Charles Rogers 946 0.12 -0.15 2,263 0.29 -16.76 785,998 23.87 Democratic Party (United States) References Missouri 1916 Gubernatorial Category:November 1916 in the United States