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On election day, 8 November 1904, Republican nominee Jacob F. Gmelich won the election by a margin of 13,253 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee James Cowgill, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of state treasurer. Gmelich was sworn in as the 21st state treasurer of Missouri on 9 January 1905.