1916 Montana gubernatorial election

1916 Montana gubernatorial election

← 1912 November 7, 1916 1920 →
 
Nominee Sam V. Stewart Frank J. Edwards Lewis Johnstone Duncan
Party Democratic Republican Socialist
Popular vote 85,683 76,547 11,342
Percentage 49.36% 44.10% 6.53%

County results
Stewart:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Edwards:      40–50%      50–60%

Governor before election

Sam V. Stewart
Democratic

Elected Governor

Sam V. Stewart
Democratic

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.