1916 South Dakota Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1916 South Dakota Gubernatorial Election?

Peter Norbeck won the 1916 South Dakota Gubernatorial Election. Peter Norbeck received 72,789 popular votes (56.64%). The main challenger was Orville V. Rinehart (39.33%).

See the full head-to-head between Norbeck and Rinehart

Norbeck +17.3 pts · won by 22,244 votes
72,789 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.0% 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.