1960 Missouri State Treasurer election

1960 Missouri State Treasurer election

November 8, 1960

Nominee Milton Carpenter F. P. Graves Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,073,356 797,034 Percentage 57.39% 42.61%

State Treasurer before election Mount Etna Morris Democratic Elected State Treasurer Milton Carpenter Democratic

The 1960 Missouri State Treasurer election was held on November 8, 1960, in order to elect the state treasurer of Missouri. Democratic nominee Milton Carpenter defeated Republican nominee F. P. Graves.

General election

On election day, November 8, 1960, Democratic nominee Milton Carpenter won the election by a margin of 276,322 votes against his opponent Republican nominee F. P. Graves, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of state treasurer. Carpenter was sworn in as the 36th state treasurer of Missouri on January 9, 1961.

Results

Missouri State Treasurer election, 1960

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Milton Carpenter	1,073,356	57.39
	Republican	F. P. Graves	797,034	42.61
Total votes			1,870,390	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1960 Missouri gubernatorial election