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1924 Missouri Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1924 Missouri Gubernatorial Election?

Sam Aaron Baker won the 1924 Missouri Gubernatorial Election. Sam Aaron Baker received 640,135 popular votes (49.39%). The main challenger was Arthur Nelson (48.94%).

See the full head-to-head between Baker and Nelson

Baker +0.5 pts · won by 5,872 votes
Sam Aaron BakerRepublicanWINNER49.39%
640,135 votes
Arthur NelsonDemocratic48.94%
634,263 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.7% 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.