1916 West Virginia Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1916 West Virginia Gubernatorial Election?
John J. Cornwell won the 1916 West Virginia Gubernatorial Election. John J. Cornwell received 143,324 popular votes (49.55%). The main challenger was Ira E. Robinson (48.59%).
See the full head-to-head between Cornwell and Robinson
Cornwell +1.0 pts · won by 2,766 votes
143,324 votes
140,558 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.9% 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.