1916 South Dakota gubernatorial election

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Nominee Peter Norbeck Orville V. Rinehart Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 72,789 50,545 Percentage 56.64% 39.33%

County results Norbeck:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Rinehart:     40–50%     50–60%     70–80%

Governor before election Frank M. Byrne Republican Elected Governor Peter Norbeck Republican

The1916 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Republican GovernorFrank M. Byrne declined to seek re-election to a third term. Lieutenant GovernorPeter Norbeck won the Republican primary to succeed him, and in the general election faced State Representative Orville V. Rinehart. Norbeck won his first term as Governor in a landslide over Rinehart.

Primary elections were held on May 23, 1916.

• Orville V. Rinehart, former State Representative fromPennington County^[1]
• Edmund D. Morcom, businessman^[2]

• Peter Norbeck, Lieutenant Governor
• George W. Egan, disbarred attorney,1912 Republican candidate for Governor,1910 Republican candidate for Governor
• Richard Olsen Richards, perennial candidate^[5]

• C. K. Thompson, Prohibition candidate for Governor in1914

• Fred L. Fairchild, Socialist candidate forSouth Dakota's 3rd congressional district in1914

• Orville V. Rinehart, Democratic
• Peter Norbeck, Republican
• C. K. Thompson, Prohibition
• Fred L. Fairchild, Socialist

• Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998.ISBN 1-56802-396-0.

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