1900 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

1900 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

6 November 1900

Nominee John Adams Lee Ethelbert F. Allen Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 352,505 314,352 Percentage 51.53% 45.95%

Lieutenant Governor before election August Bolte Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor John Adams Lee Democratic

The 1900 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 6 November 1900 in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Missouri. Democratic nominee John Adams Lee defeated Republican nominee Ethelbert F. Allen, Social Democratic nominee Leon Greenbaum, Prohibition nominee Simpson Ely, People's Progressive nominee Abram Neff and Socialist Labor nominee J. F. Graber.

General election

On election day, 6 November 1900, Democratic nominee John Adams Lee won the election by a margin of 38,153 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Ethelbert F. Allen, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Lee was sworn in as the 24th lieutenant governor of Missouri on 14 January 1901.

Results

Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1900

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Adams Lee	352,505	51.53
	Republican	Ethelbert F. Allen	314,352	45.95
	Social Democratic	Leon Greenbaum	6,048	0.88
	Prohibition	Simpson Ely	5,685	0.83
	Populist	Abram Neff	4,261	0.62
	Socialist Labor	J. F. Graber	1,295	0.19
Total votes			684,146	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1900 Missouri gubernatorial election