Missouri gubernatorial election, 1896

The Missouri gubernatorial election of 1896 was Missouri's twenty-fourth gubernatorial election. The election was held on November 3, 1896 and resulted in a victory for the Democratic nominee, State Treasurer of Missouri Lon Vest Stephens, over the Republican candidate Robert E. Lewis, Prohibition candidate Herman Preston Faris, National Democratic candidate J. McDowell Trimble and Socialist Labor candidate Louis C. Fry.