1916 Missouri State Auditor election

1916 Missouri State Auditor election

7 November 1916

Nominee George Ernst Hackman John Pemberton Gordon Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 387,294 378,214 Percentage 49.33% 48.17%

State Auditor before election John Pemberton Gordon Democratic Elected State Auditor George Ernst Hackman Republican

The 1916 Missouri State Auditor election was held on 7 November 1916 in order to elect the state auditor of Missouri. Republican nominee George Ernst Hackman defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent state auditor John Pemberton Gordon, Socialist nominee William R. Bowden, Prohibition nominee B. F. Sapp and Socialist Labor nominee Frederick Spalti.

General election

On election day, 7 November 1916, Republican nominee George Ernst Hackman won the election by a margin of 9,080 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee John Pemberton Gordon, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of state auditor. Hackman was sworn in as the 23rd state auditor of Missouri on 8 January 1917.

Results

Missouri State Auditor election, 1916

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Ernst Hackman	387,294	49.33
	Democratic	John Pemberton Gordon (incumbent)	378,214	48.17
	Socialist	William R. Bowden	14,817	1.89
	Prohibition	B. F. Sapp	3,869	0.49
	Socialist Labor	Frederick Spalti	961	0.12
Total votes			785,155	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 1916 Missouri gubernatorial election