1916 Montana gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:1916 Montana gubernatorial election
Country:Montana
Flag Year:1905
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1912 Montana gubernatorial election
Previous Year:1912
Next Election:1920 Montana gubernatorial election
Next Year:1920
Election Date:November 7, 1916
Image1:Sam V. Stewart.jpg
Nominee1:Sam V. Stewart
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:85,683
Percentage1:49.36%
Nominee2:Frank J. Edwards
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:76,547
Percentage2:44.10%
Image3:Lewis J. Duncan Crop Edit.jpg
Nominee3:Lewis Johnstone Duncan
Party3:Socialist Party (United States)
Popular Vote3:11,342
Percentage3:6.53%
Map Size:300px
Governor
Before Election:Sam V. Stewart
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Sam V. Stewart
After Party: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

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Results

Notes and References

  1. Book: Stout, Tom. 1921. Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Montana and Three Decades of Statehood. American Historical Society. 538.
  2. Book: Bates, James Leonard. 1999. Senator Thomas J. Walsh: Law and Public Affairs, from TR to FDR. University of Illinois Press. 45.
  3. Book: Fitzgerald Sanders, Helen. 1913. A History of Montana, Volume 2. Lewis Publishing Company. 974.
  4. Web site: 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.