1924 Missouri State Auditor election

1924 Missouri State Auditor election

4 November 1924

File:No image.svg File:George H. Middelkamp (1880-1966) (25135814655) (cropped).jpg Nominee Lorenzo Dow Thompson George H. Middelkamp Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 648,910 613,210 Percentage 50.50% 47.73%

State Auditor before election George Ernst Hackman Republican Elected State Auditor Lorenzo Dow Thompson Republican

The 1924 Missouri State Auditor election was held on 4 November 1924 in order to elect the state auditor of Missouri. Republican nominee and incumbent state treasurer of Missouri Lorenzo Dow Thompson defeated Democratic nominee and former state treasurer of Missouri George H. Middelkamp, Socialist nominee A. B. Griep and Socialist Labor nominee Henry Knobel.

General election

On election day, 4 November 1924, Republican nominee Lorenzo Dow Thompson won the election by a margin of 35,700 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee George H. Middelkamp, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of state auditor. Thompson was sworn in as the 24th state auditor of Missouri on 12 January 1925.

Results

Missouri State Auditor election, 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lorenzo Dow Thompson	648,910	50.50
	Democratic	George H. Middelkamp	613,210	47.73
	Socialist	A. B. Griep	22,146	1.72
	Socialist Labor	Henry Knobel	595	0.05
Total votes			1,284,861	100.00
	Republican hold

See also

• 1924 Missouri gubernatorial election