1916 Georgia gubernatorial election

1916 Georgia gubernatorial election
7 November 1916
 
Nominee Hugh Dorsey Roscoe Pickett
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 139,772 4,217
Percentage 96.45% 2.91%
Governor before election

Nathaniel Edwin Harris
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Hugh Dorsey
Democratic

The 1916 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on 7 November 1916 in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee Hugh Dorsey overwhelmingly defeated Republican nominee Roscoe Pickett and Socialist party candidate Thomas M. Taylor. It was the first gubernatorial election to be contested by the Republican Party since 1876, and the last they would contest until 1966.

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