1920 Missouri Attorney General election

1920 Missouri Attorney General election

2 November 1920

Nominee Jesse W. Barrett Willis H. Meredith Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 722,405 582,117 Percentage 55.17% 44.46%

Attorney General before election Frank Winton McAllister Democratic Elected Attorney General Jesse W. Barrett Republican

The 1920 Missouri Attorney General election was held on 2 November 1920 in order to elect the attorney general of Missouri. Republican nominee Jesse W. Barrett defeated Democratic nominee Willis H. Meredith, Farmer-Worker nominee Julian Andersen and Socialist Labor nominee George Hartwig.

General election

On election day, 2 November 1920, Republican nominee Jesse W. Barrett won the election by a margin of 140,288 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Willis H. Meredith, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of attorney general. Barrett was sworn in as the 28th attorney general of Missouri on 10 January 1921.

Results

Missouri Attorney General election, 1920

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jesse W. Barrett	722,405	55.17
	Democratic	Willis H. Meredith	582,117	44.46
	Farmer–Labor	Julian Andersen	3,157	0.24
	Socialist Labor	George Hartwig	1,723	0.13
Total votes			1,309,402	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 1920 Missouri gubernatorial election