The 1916 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Governor of Montana Sam V. Stewart, who was first elected governor in 1912, ran for re-election. After comfortably winning the Democratic primary, he advanced to the general election, where he faced Frank J. Edwards, the former mayor of Helena, who narrowly emerged victorious in a close Republican primary. Benefitting from then-President Woodrow Wilson's landslide victory in Montana in the presidential election that year, Stewart narrowly won re-election to his second and final term as governor.
Democratic primary
Candidates Sam V. Stewart, incumbent Governor of Montana Miles Romney Sr., former State Senator, former mayor of Hamilton
Results
Republican primary
Candidates Frank J. Edwards, former mayor of Helena Edward H. Cooney, Postmaster of Great Falls, former State Representative Albert J. Galen, former Attorney General of Montana Charles S. Henderson Walter B. Sands E. A. Gerhart I. A. Leighton
Results
General election
Results
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