1904 Missouri Secretary of State election

1904 Missouri Secretary of State election

8 November 1904

Nominee John Ephraim Swanger Sam Baker Cook Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 320,824 296,844 Percentage 49.96% 46.22%

Secretary of State before election Sam Baker Cook Democratic Elected Secretary of State John Ephraim Swanger Republican

The 1904 Missouri Secretary of State election was held on 8 November 1904 in order to elect the secretary of state of Missouri. Republican nominee John Ephraim Swanger defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent secretary of state Sam Baker Cook, Socialist nominee Charles W. Wilkerson, Prohibition nominee William F. Brennecke, People's nominee Abram Neff and Socialist Labor nominee O. M. Howard.

General election

On election day, 8 November 1904, Republican nominee John Ephraim Swanger won the election by a margin of 23,980 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Sam Baker Cook, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of secretary of state. Swanger was sworn in as the 21st secretary of state of Missouri on 9 January 1905.

Results

Missouri Secretary of State election, 1904

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Ephraim Swanger	320,824	49.96
	Democratic	Sam Baker Cook (incumbent)	296,844	46.22
	Socialist	Charles W. Wilkerson	12,482	1.94
	Prohibition	William F. Brennecke	6,788	1.06
	Populist	Abram Neff	3,645	0.57
	Socialist Labor	O. M. Howard	1,601	0.25
Total votes			642,184	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 1904 Missouri gubernatorial election