Election Name: | 1924 Missouri gubernatorial election |
Country: | Missouri |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1920 Missouri gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1920 |
Next Election: | 1928 Missouri gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1928 |
Election Date: | November 4, 1924 |
Image1: | File:Sam Aaron Baker.jpg |
Nominee1: | Sam Aaron Baker |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 640,135 |
Percentage1: | 49.39% |
Nominee2: | Arthur Nelson |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 634,263 |
Percentage2: | 48.94% |
Map Size: | 270px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Arthur M. Hyde |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Sam Aaron Baker |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1924 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1924 and resulted in a narrow victory for the Republican nominee, former Missouri Superintendent of Schools Sam Aaron Baker, over the Democratic candidate, Arthur W. Nelson, Socialist candidate William M. Brandt, and Socialist Labor nominee William Wesley Cox. Baker had defeated lieutenant governor Hiram Lloyd and Victor J. Miller for the Republican nomination.