1920 Missouri Secretary of State election

1920 Missouri Secretary of State election

2 November 1920

Nominee Charles Becker John Leo Sullivan Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 726,668 575,090 Percentage 54.80% 43.37%

Secretary of State before election John Leo Sullivan Democratic Elected Secretary of State Charles Becker Republican

The 1920 Missouri Secretary of State election was held on 2 November 1920 in order to elect the secretary of state of Missouri. Republican nominee Charles Becker defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent secretary of state John Leo Sullivan, Socialist nominee David S. Landis, Farmer-Worker nominee Dan Richmond and Socialist Labor nominee Charles Sheffler.

General election

On election day, 2 November 1920, Republican nominee Charles Becker won the election by a margin of 151,578 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee John Leo Sullivan, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of secretary of state. Becker was sworn in as the 24th secretary of state of Missouri on 10 January 1921.

Results

Missouri Secretary of State election, 1920

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Becker	726,668	54.80
	Democratic	John Leo Sullivan (incumbent)	575,090	43.37
	Socialist	David S. Landis	19,561	1.48
	Farmer–Labor	Dan Richmond	3,035	0.23
	Socialist Labor	Charles Sheffler	1,641	0.12
Total votes			1,325,995	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 1920 Missouri gubernatorial election