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| Elections in Missouri |
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The 1948 Missouri State Treasurer election was held on November 2, 1948, in order to elect the state treasurer of Missouri. Democratic nominee and former member of the Missouri House of Representatives Mount Etna Morris defeated Republican nominee Vern F. Carpenter, Progressive nominee James W. Cowen, Socialist nominee Lucy Henschel and Socialist Labor nominee Theodore Baeff.
On election day, November 2, 1948, Democratic nominee Mount Etna Morris won the election by a margin of 255,488 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Vern F. Carpenter, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of state treasurer. Morris was sworn in as the 33rd state treasurer of Missouri on January 10, 1949. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Mount Etna Morris | 902,394 | 58.09 | |
| Republican | Vern F. Carpenter | 646,906 | 41.65 | |
| Progressive | James W. Cowen | 2,828 | 0.18 | |
| Socialist | Lucy Henschel | 1,101 | 0.07 | |
| Socialist Labor | Theodore Baeff | 145 | 0.01 | |
| Total votes | 1,553,374 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
