1904 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

1904 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

8 November 1904

Nominee John C. McKinley Thomas Lewis Rubey Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 314,895 305,895 Percentage 48.84% 47.44%

Lieutenant Governor before election Thomas Lewis Rubey (Acting) Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor John C. McKinley Republican

The 1904 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 8 November 1904 in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Missouri. Republican nominee and incumbent member of the Missouri Senate John C. McKinley defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent acting lieutenant governor Thomas Lewis Rubey, Socialist nominee William Lincoln Garver, Prohibition nominee Andrew T. Osbron, People's nominee Abram E. Nelson and Socialist Labor nominee Theodore Kaucher.

General election

On election day, 8 November 1904, Republican nominee John C. McKinley won the election by a margin of 9,000 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Thomas Lewis Rubey, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of lieutenant governor. McKinley was sworn in as the 26th lieutenant governor of Missouri on 9 January 1905.

Results

Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John C. McKinley	314,895	48.84
	Democratic	Thomas Lewis Rubey (incumbent)	305,895	47.44
	Socialist	William Lincoln Garver	12,248	1.90
	Prohibition	Andrew T. Osbron	6,603	1.02
	Populist	Abram E. Nelson	3,601	0.56
	Socialist Labor	Theodore Kaucher	1,537	0.24
Total votes			644,779	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 1904 Missouri gubernatorial election