1912 Missouri gubernatorial election

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{{for|related races|1912 United States gubernatorial elections}}

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1912 Missouri gubernatorial election

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| turnout = 21.23% ({{decrease}} 1.81%)

| previous_election = 1908 Missouri gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 1908

| next_election = 1916 Missouri gubernatorial election

| next_year = 1916

| election_date = November 5, 1912

| image_size = x150px

| image1 = MAJOR, ELLIOTT M. GOVERNOR LCCN2016858288.jpg

| nominee1 = Elliott Woolfolk Major

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 337,019

| percentage1 = 48.20%

| image2 = John C. McKinley (cropped).jpg

| nominee2 = John C. McKinley

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 217,819

| percentage2 = 31.15%

| image3 = Albertdnortoni-1915.jpg

| nominee3 = Albert D. Nortoni

| party3 = Progressive

| popular_vote3 = 109,146

| percentage3 = 15.61%

| map_image = 1912 Missouri gubernatorial election results map by county.svg

| map_size = 270px

| map_caption = County results
Major: {{legend0|#bdd3ff|30-40%}} {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40-50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50-60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60-70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70-80%}} {{legend0|#3933e5|80-90%}}
McKinley: {{legend0|#ffc8cd|30-40%}} {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40-50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50-60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60-70%}}
Nortoni: {{legend0|#C7FFAF|30-40%}}

| title = Governor

| before_election = Herbert S. Hadley

| before_party = Republican Party (United States)

| after_election = Elliott Woolfolk Major

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

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The 1912 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic nominee, Missouri Attorney General Elliott Woolfolk Major, over the Republican candidate, former Lt. Gov. John C. McKinley, Progressive Albert D. Nortoni, and candidates representing the Socialist, Prohibition, and Socialist Labor parties. Major defeated former representative William S. Cowherd and former lieutenant governor August Bolte for his party's nomination, while McKinley defeated former representative Arthur P. Murphy and former Secretary of State John Ephraim Swanger.