Election Name: | 1968 Missouri State Treasurer election |
Country: | Missouri |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1964 Missouri State Treasurer election |
Previous Year: | 1964 |
Next Election: | 1972 Missouri State Treasurer election |
Next Year: | 1972 |
Election Date: | 5 November 1968 |
Nominee1: | William Edmond Robinson |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 932,733 |
Percentage1: | 55.19% |
Nominee2: | William T. Zimmerman |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 757,265 |
Percentage2: | 44.81% |
State Treasurer | |
Before Election: | Mount Etna Morris |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | William Edmond Robinson |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1968 Missouri State Treasurer election was held on 5 November 1968 in order to elect the state treasurer of Missouri. Democratic nominee William Edmond Robinson defeated Republican nominee William T. Zimmerman.[1]
On election day, 5 November 1968, Democratic nominee William Edmond Robinson won the election by a margin of 175,468 votes against his opponent Republican nominee William T. Zimmerman, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of state treasurer. Robinson was sworn in as the 38th state treasurer of Missouri on 13 January 1969.[2]