1908 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1908, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 3, 1908 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont, which held early elections).
In Ohio, the gubernatorial election was held in an even-numbered year for the first time, having previously been held in odd-numbered years with the previous election taking place in 1905.
Results[]
State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing Candidates |
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(held, 14 September 1908) |
Xenophon Overton Pindall | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | George W. Donaghey (Democratic) 68.08% (Republican) 27.66% J. Samuel Jones (Socialist) 4.18% Scattering 0.08% [1] |
Colorado | Henry Augustus Buchtel | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | John F. Shafroth (Democratic) 49.41% Jesse F. McDonald (Republican) 45.16% Henry Clay Darrah (Socialist) 3.03% H. L. Murray (Prohibition) 2.40% [2] |
Connecticut | Rollin S. Woodruff | Republican | [data unknown/missing] | George L. Lilley (Republican) 51.92% (Democratic) 43.50% Charles T. Peach (Socialist) 2.56% Matthew E. O'Brien (Prohibition) 1.37% F. C. Albrecht (Independence) 0.33% Charles F. Roberts (Socialist Labor) 0.31% Scattering 0.01% [3] |
Delaware | Preston Lea | Republican | [data unknown/missing] | Simeon S. Pennewill (Republican) 51.97% (Democratic) 47.56% Frank Smith (Socialist) 0.47% [4] |
Florida | Napoleon B. Broward | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Albert W. Gilchrist (Democratic) 78.82% John M. Cheney (Republican) 15.40% A. J. Pettigrew (Socialist) 5.79% [5] |
(held, 7 October 1908) |
M. Hoke Smith | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | Joseph M. Brown (Democratic) 90.53% (Independent) 9.47% [6] (Democratic primary results) Joseph M. Brown 52.60% M. Hoke Smith 47.40% [7][8][9] |
Idaho | Frank R. Gooding | Republican | [data unknown/missing] | James H. Brady (Republican) 49.61% Moses Alexander (Democratic) 41.61% Ernest Untermann (Socialist) 6.38% William C. Stalker (Prohibition) 2.25% E. W. Johnson (Independence) 0.14% Scattering 0.01% [10] |
Illinois | Charles Samuel Deneen | Republican | Re-elected, 47.64% | Adlai Stevenson (Democratic) 45.64% Daniel R. Sheen (Prohibition) 2.94% James H. Brower (Socialist) 2.71% George W. McCaskrin (Independence) 0.94% Gustave A. Jennings (Socialist Labor) 0.13% [11] |
Indiana | Frank Hanly | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Thomas R. Marshall (Democratic) 48.95% James E. Watson (Republican) 46.87% Sumner W. Haynes (Prohibition) 2.24% Frank S. Goodman (Socialist) 1.68% F. J. S. Robinson (Populist) 0.14% O. P. Stoner (Socialist Labor) 0.08% James M. Zion (Independence) 0.05% [12] |
Iowa | Albert B. Cummins | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Beryl F. Carroll (Republican) 54.60% Fred E. White (Democratic) 41.84% K. W. Brown (Prohibition) 1.94% I. S. McCrillis (Socialist) 1.52% Luman H. Weller (Independence) 0.06% D. C. Cowles (People's) 0.05% [13] |
Kansas | Edward W. Hoch | Republican | [data unknown/missing] | Walter R. Stubbs (Republican) 52.49% Jeremiah D. Botkin (Democratic) 43.33% George F. Hibner (Socialist) 3.13% Alfred L. Hope (Prohibition) 1.04% John W. Northrop (Independence) 0.02% [14] |
Maine (held, 14 September 1908) |
William T. Cobb | Republican | [data unknown/missing] | Bert M. Fernald (Republican) 51.56% Obadiah Gardner (Democratic) 46.46% James H. Ames (Prohibition) 1.00% Curtis A. Perry (Socialist) 0.99% [15] |
Massachusetts | Curtis Guild Jr. | Republican | [data unknown/missing] | Eben S. Draper (Republican) 51.59% James H. Vahey (Democratic) 38.00% William N. Osgood (Independence) 5.22% James F. Carey (Socialist) 3.26% Williard O. Wylie (Prohibition) 1.35% Walter J. Hoar (Socialist Labor) 0.58% [16] |
Michigan | Fred M. Warner | Republican | Re-elected, 48.39% | (Democratic) 46.63% John W. Gray (Prohibition) 2.97% Alexander M. Stirton (Socialist) 1.74% Archie McInnis (Socialist Labor) 0.16% Alva W. Nichols (Independence) 0.11% [17] |
Minnesota | John Albert Johnson | Democratic | Re-elected, 52.08% | (Republican) 43.71% George D. Haggard (Prohibition) 2.09% Beecher Moore (Public Ownership) 1.94% William W. Allen (Independence) 0.18% [18] |
Missouri | Joseph W. Folk | Democratic | Term-limited, Republican victory | Herbert S. Hadley (Republican) 49.73% William S. Cowherd (Democratic) 47.51% William L. Garver (Socialist) 2.03% Herman P. Faris (Prohibition) 0.58% William A. Dillon (People's) 0.15% [19] |
Montana | Edwin L. Norris | Democratic | Re-elected, 47.34% | (Republican) 45.16% Harry Hazelton (Socialist) 7.50% [20] |
Nebraska | George L. Sheldon | Republican | Defeated, 47.27% | Ashton C. Shallenberger (Democratic)[b] 49.90% Roy R. Teeter (Prohibition) 1.68% C. H. Harbaugh (Socialist) 1.15% [21] |
New Hampshire | Charles M. Floyd | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Henry B. Quinby (Republican) 50.40% (Democratic) 46.74% Sumner F. Claflin (Socialist) 1.23% Edmund B. Tetley (Prohibition) 1.01% Walter H. Lewis (Independence) 0.58% Scattering 0.05% [22] |
New York | Charles Evans Hughes | Republican | Re-elected, 49.08% | Lewis S. Chanler (Democratic) 44.84% Clarence J. Shearn (Independence) 2.64% Joshua Wanhope (Socialist) 2.07% George E. Stockwell (Prohibition) 1.15% Leander A. Armstrong (Socialist Labor) 0.22% [23] |
North Carolina | Robert Broadnax Glenn | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | William W. Kitchin (Democratic) 57.31% (Republican) 42.56% J. A. Transom (Socialist) 0.14% [24] |
North Dakota | John Burke | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.06% | (Republican) 48.43% L. F. Dow (Independent) 0.51% [25] |
Ohio | Andrew L. Harris | Republican | Defeated, 47.47% | Judson Harmon (Democratic) 49.20% Robert Bandlow (Socialist) 2.54% John Kircher (Socialist Labor) 0.68% John B. Martin (Prohibition) 0.07% Andrew F. Otte (Independence) 0.04% [26] |
Rhode Island | James H. Higgins | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Aram J. Pothier (Republican) 52.61% Olney Arnold (Democratic) 42.72% William H. Johnston (Socialist) 1.80% Louis E. Remington (Prohibition) 1.67% A. E. Mowry (Independence) 0.92% Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 0.27% [27] |
South Carolina | Martin Frederick Ansel | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00% [28] |
(Democratic primary results) Martin Frederick Ansel 59.89% Coleman Livingston Blease 40.11% [29] |
South Dakota | Coe I. Crawford | Republican | Retired to , Republican victory | Robert S. Vessey (Republican) 55.28% Andrew E. Lee (Democratic) 39.39% G. F. Knappen (Prohibition) 3.10% J. C. Knapp (Socialist) 2.23% [30] |
Tennessee | Malcolm R. Patterson | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.73% | (Republican) 45.70% W.A. Weatherall (Socialist) 0.57% [31] |
Thomas M. Campbell | Democratic | Re-elected, 72.79% | (Republican) 24.37% J. C. Rhodes (Socialist) 2.69% W. B. Cook (Socialist Labor) 0.08% E. C. Heath (Prohibition) 0.05% Charles L. Martin (Independence) 0.02% [32] | |
Utah | John Christopher Cutler | Republican | [data unknown/missing] | William Spry (Republican) 47.45% Jesse Knight (Democratic) 38.80% John A. Street (American) 10.23% V. R. Bohman (Socialist) 3.53% [33] |
Vermont (held, 1 September 1908) |
Fletcher D. Proctor | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | George Herbert Prouty (Republican) 70.83% (Democratic) 24.78% Quimby S. Backus (Independent) 2.10% Eugene M. Campbell (Prohibition) 1.43% Joseph H. Dunbar (Socialist) 0.85% Scattering 0.02% [34] |
Washington | Albert E. Mead | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove (Republican) 62.38% (Democratic) 32.91% George Ellsworth Boomer (Socialist) 2.72% Arthur S. Caton (Prohibition) 1.99% [35] |
West Virginia | William M. O. Dawson | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | William Ellsworth Glasscock (Republican) 50.70% (Democratic) 46.09% E. W. Miller (Independent) 1.93% I. W. Houston (Socialist) 1.28% [36] |
Wisconsin | James O. Davidson | Republican | Re-elected, 54.03% | (Democratic) 36.91% H. D. Brown (Social Democrat) 6.36% Winfield D. Cox (Prohibition) 2.62% Herman Bottema (Socialist Labor) 0.09% [37] |
See also[]
- United States elections, 1908
- 1908 United States presidential election
- United States Senate elections, 1908
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1908
References[]
- ^ "AR Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "CO Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "CT Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "DE Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "FL Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "GA Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ Horace Montgomery, ed. (1958). Georgians in Profile: Historical Essays in Honor of Ellis Merton Coulter. Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press. p. 320. ISBN 9780820335476.
- ^ Grantham, Dewey W. (1958). Hoke Smith and the Politics of the New South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p. 192. ISBN 9780807101186.
- ^ "Georgia Governor primary". The Donaldsonville Chief. Donaldsville, Louisiana. June 13, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ "ID Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "IL Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "IN Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "IA Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "KS Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "ME Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "MA Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "MI Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "MN Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "MO Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "MT Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "NE Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "NH Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "NY Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "NC Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "ND Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "OH Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "RI Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "SC Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "SC Governor, 1908 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "SD Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "TN Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "TX Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "UT Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "VT Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "WA Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "WV Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "WI Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
Notes[]
Categories:
- 1908 United States gubernatorial elections
- November 1908 events