Election Name: | 1928 Missouri gubernatorial election |
Country: | Missouri |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1924 Missouri gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1924 |
Next Election: | 1932 Missouri gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1932 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1928 |
Nominee1: | Henry S. Caulfield |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 784,311 |
Percentage1: | 51.63% |
Nominee2: | Francis Wilson |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 731,783 |
Percentage2: | 48.17% |
Map Size: | 270px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Sam Aaron Baker |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Henry S. Caulfield |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1928 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1928 and resulted in a victory for the Republican nominee, former Congressman Henry S. Caulfield, over the Democratic nominee, Francis M. Wilson, and several other candidates representing minor parties. Caulfield defeated lieutenant governor Philip Allen Bennett for the Republican nomination.
, this marks the last time the city of St. Louis voted Republican in a gubernatorial election.