1916 Georgia gubernatorial election

1916 Georgia gubernatorial election

← 1914 7 November 1916 1918 →
 
Nominee Hugh Dorsey Roscoe Pickett
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 139,772 4,217
Percentage 96.45% 2.91%

Governor before election

Nathaniel Edwin Harris
Democratic

Elected Governor

Hugh Dorsey
Democratic

The 1916 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on 7 November 1916 in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee Hugh Dorsey overwhelmingly defeated Republican nominee Roscoe Pickett and Socialist party candidate Thomas M. Taylor.[1] It was the first gubernatorial election to be contested by the Republican Party since 1876, and the last they would contest until 1966.

  1. ^ "Gov. Hugh Manson Dorsey". nga.org. Retrieved 30 November 2023.