1900 Missouri Attorney General election

1900 Missouri Attorney General election

6 November 1900

Nominee Edward Coke Crow Samuel F. O'Fallon Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 352,517 314,065 Percentage 51.64% 46.01%

Attorney General before election Edward Coke Crow Democratic Elected Attorney General Edward Coke Crow Democratic

The 1900 Missouri Attorney General election was held on 6 November 1900 in order to elect the attorney general of Missouri. Democratic nominee and incumbent attorney general Edward Coke Crow defeated Republican nominee Samuel F. O'Fallon, Social Democratic nominee John F. Delaney, Prohibition nominee Lewis G. Adams and People's Progressive nominee Zachary Taylor.

General election

On election day, 6 November 1900, Democratic nominee Edward Coke Crow won re-election by a margin of 38,452 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Samuel F. O'Fallon, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of attorney general. Crow was sworn in for his second term on 14 January 1901.

Results

Missouri Attorney General election, 1900

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward Coke Crow (incumbent)	352,517	51.64
	Republican	Samuel F. O'Fallon	314,065	46.01
	Social Democratic	John F. Delaney	6,146	0.90
	Prohibition	Lewis G. Adams	5,616	0.82
	People's Progressive Party	Zachary Taylor	4,296	0.63
Total votes			682,640	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1900 Missouri gubernatorial election