1924 Missouri Attorney General election

1924 Missouri Attorney General election

4 November 1924

Nominee Robert William Otto Elmer O. Jones Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 653,784 611,571 Percentage 51.63% 48.30%

Attorney General before election Jesse W. Barrett Republican Elected Attorney General Robert William Otto Republican

The 1924 Missouri Attorney General election was held on 4 November 1924 in order to elect the attorney general of Missouri. Republican nominee Robert William Otto defeated Democratic nominee Elmer O. Jones and Socialist Labor nominee Edward G. Middlecoff.

General election

On election day, 4 November 1924, Republican nominee Robert William Otto won the election by a margin of 42,213 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Elmer O. Jones, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of attorney general. Otto was sworn in as the 29th attorney general of Missouri on 12 January 1925.

Results

Missouri Attorney General election, 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert William Otto	653,784	51.63
	Democratic	Elmer O. Jones	611,571	48.30
	Socialist Labor	Edward G. Middlecoff	848	0.07
Total votes			1,266,203	100.00
	Republican hold

See also

• 1924 Missouri gubernatorial election