1916 Montana gubernatorial election

none related races 1916 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1916 Montana gubernatorial election Montana 1905 presidential no 1912 Montana gubernatorial election 1912 1920 Montana gubernatorial election 1920 November 7, 1916 Sam V. Stewart.jpg Sam V. Stewart Democratic Party (United States) 85,683 49.36% Frank J. Edwards Edit Crop.jpg Frank J. Edwards Republican Party (United States) 76,547 44.10% Lewis J. Duncan Crop Edit.jpg Lewis Johnstone Duncan Socialist Party (United States) 11,342 6.53% 1916 Montana gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsStewart: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70%Edwards: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% Governor Sam V. Stewart Democratic Party (United States) Sam V. Stewart Democratic Party (United States) The 1916 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Governor of Montana Sam V. Stewart, who was first elected governor in 1912, ran for re-election. After comfortably winning the Democratic primary, he advanced to the general election, where he faced Frank J. Edwards, the former mayor of Helena, who narrowly emerged victorious in a close Republican primary. Benefitting from then-President Woodrow Wilson's landslide victory in Montana in the presidential election that year, Stewart narrowly won re-election to his second and final term as governor. Democratic primary Candidates Sam V. Stewart, incumbent Governor of Montana Miles Romney Sr., former State Senator, former mayor of Hamilton Stout Tom 1921 Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Montana and Three Decades of Statehood https://archive.org/details/montanastorybio01stout American Historical Society 538 Results Democratic Party primary resultshttp://sos.mt.gov/Elections/archives/1910s/1916/1916-Primary-Statewide.pdf Report of Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Primary Election, Held in the State of Montana, August 29, A. D., 1916 Montana Secretary of State July 16, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140726231558/http://sos.mt.gov/Elections/archives/1910s/1916/1916-Primary-Statewide.pdf July 26, 2014 dead Sam V. Stewart (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 28,185 70.46 Miles Romney, Sr. Democratic Party (United States) 11,816 29.54 40,001 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Frank J. Edwards, former mayor of Helena Bates James Leonard 1999 Senator Thomas J. Walsh: Law and Public Affairs, from TR to FDR University of Illinois Press 45 Edward H. Cooney, Postmaster of Great Falls, former State Representative Fitzgerald Sanders Helen 1913 A History of Montana, Volume 2 Lewis Publishing Company 974 Albert J. Galen, former Attorney General of Montanahttp://www.mtcounties.org/resources/attorney-general-opinions-letters-advice/attorney-generals-state-montana Attorney Generals of the State of Montana Montana Association of Counties July 17, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20120106073551/http://www.mtcounties.org/resources/attorney-general-opinions-letters-advice/attorney-generals-state-montana January 6, 2012 dead Charles S. Henderson Walter B. Sands E. A. Gerhart I. A. Leighton Results Republican Primary results Frank J. Edwards Republican Party (United States) 13,933 28.36 E. H. Cooney Republican Party (United States) 10,425 21.22 Albert J. Galen Republican Party (United States) 9,554 19.45 Charles S. Henderson Republican Party (United States) 6,014 12.24 Walter B. Sands Republican Party (United States) 4,639 9.44 E. A. Gerhart Republican Party (United States) 3,102 6.31 I. A. Leighton Republican Party (United States) 1,461 2.97 49,128 100.00 General election Results Montana gubernatorial election, 1916http://sos.mt.gov/Elections/archives/documents/1916_General_Statewide.pdf Official Vote of the State of Montana at an Election Held November 7th, 1916 Montana Secretary of State July 16, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20131228155209/http://sos.mt.gov/Elections/Archives/documents/1916_General_Statewide.pdf December 28, 2013 dead Democratic Party (United States) Sam V. Stewart (incumbent) 85,683 49.36% +17.55% Republican Party (United States) Frank J. Edwards 76,547 44.10% +15.33% Socialist Party (United States) Lewis J. Duncan 11,342 6.53% -9.22% 9,136 5.26% +2.22% 173,572 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References Montana Gubernatorial 1916 Category:November 1916 in the United States