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1916 Missouri Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1916 Missouri Gubernatorial Election?

Frederick D. Gardner won the 1916 Missouri Gubernatorial Election. Frederick D. Gardner received 382,355 popular votes (48.65%). The main challenger was Henry Lamm (48.36%).

See the full head-to-head between Gardner and Lamm

Gardner +0.3 pts · won by 2,263 votes
Frederick D. GardnerDemocraticWINNER48.65%
382,355 votes
Henry LammRepublican48.36%
380,092 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.0% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.