1920 Missouri State Treasurer election

1920 Missouri State Treasurer election

2 November 1920

Nominee Lorenzo Dow Thompson John H. Stone Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 726,038 577,375 Percentage 54.69% 43.49%

State Treasurer before election George H. Middelkamp Democratic Elected State Treasurer Lorenzo Dow Thompson Republican

The 1920 Missouri State Treasurer election was held on 2 November 1920 in order to elect the state treasurer of Missouri. Republican nominee Lorenzo Dow Thompson defeated Democratic nominee John H. Stone, Socialist nominee James R. Stewart, Farmer-Worker nominee Clayton H. Johnson and Socialist Labor nominee William Veal.

General election

On election day, 2 November 1920, Republican nominee Lorenzo Dow Thompson won the election by a margin of 148,663 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee John H. Stone, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of state treasurer. Thompson was sworn in as the 25th state treasurer of Missouri on 10 January 1921.

Results

Missouri State Treasurer election, 1920

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lorenzo Dow Thompson	726,038	54.69
	Democratic	John H. Stone	577,375	43.49
	Socialist	James R. Stewart	19,582	1.48
	Farmer–Labor	Clayton H. Johnson	3,008	0.23
	Socialist Labor	William Veal	1,582	0.11
Total votes			1,327,585	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 1920 Missouri gubernatorial election