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The 1916 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Governor of Montana Sam V. Stewart, who was first elected governor in 1912, ran for re-election. After comfortably winning the Democratic primary, he advanced to the general election, where he faced Frank J. Edwards, the former mayor of Helena, who narrowly emerged victorious in a close Republican primary. Benefitting from then-President Woodrow Wilson's landslide victory in Montana in the presidential election that year, Stewart narrowly won re-election to his second and final term as governor.
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![]() County results Stewart: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Edwards: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sam V. Stewart (incumbent) | 28,185 | 70.46 | |
Democratic | Miles Romney, Sr. | 11,816 | 29.54 | |
Total votes | 40,001 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank J. Edwards | 13,933 | 28.36 | |
Republican | E. H. Cooney | 10,425 | 21.22 | |
Republican | Albert J. Galen | 9,554 | 19.45 | |
Republican | Charles S. Henderson | 6,014 | 12.24 | |
Republican | Walter B. Sands | 4,639 | 9.44 | |
Republican | E. A. Gerhart | 3,102 | 6.31 | |
Republican | I. A. Leighton | 1,461 | 2.97 | |
Total votes | 49,128 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Sam V. Stewart (incumbent) | 85,683 | 49.36% | +17.55% | |
Republican | Frank J. Edwards | 76,547 | 44.10% | +15.33% | |
Socialist | Lewis J. Duncan | 11,342 | 6.53% | −9.22% | |
Majority | 9,136 | 5.26% | +2.22% | ||
Turnout | 173,572 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
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