1908 United States gubernatorial elections

1908 United States gubernatorial elections
November 3, 1908[a]
33 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 26 19
Seats after 24 21
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2
Seats up 19 12
Seats won 21 14
  Third party
 
Party Silver
Seats before 1
Seats after 1
Seat change Steady
Seats up 0
Seats won 0
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     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

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. The previous election in this state took place in 1905.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Arkansas
(held, 14 September 1908)		Xenophon Overton PindallDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryGeorge W. Donaghey (Democratic) 68.08%
John I. Worthington (Republican) 27.66%
J. Samuel Jones (Socialist) 4.18%
Scattering 0.08%
[1]
ColoradoHenry Augustus BuchtelRepublicanRetired, Democratic victoryJohn F. Shafroth (Democratic) 49.41%
Jesse F. McDonald (Republican) 45.16%
Henry Clay Darrah (Socialist) 3.03%
H. L. Murray (Prohibition) 2.40%
[2]
ConnecticutRollin S. WoodruffRepublican[data missing]George L. Lilley (Republican) 51.92%
A. Heaton Richardson (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]
DelawarePreston LeaRepublican[data missing]Simeon S. Pennewill (Republican) 51.97%
Rowland G. Paynter (Democratic) 47.56%
Frank Smith (Socialist) 0.47%
[4]
FloridaNapoleon B. BrowardDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryAlbert W. Gilchrist (Democratic) 78.82%
John M. Cheney (Republican) 15.40%
A. J. Pettigrew (Socialist) 5.79%
[5]
Georgia
(held, 7 October 1908)		M. Hoke SmithDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victoryJoseph M. Brown (Democratic) 90.53%
Yancy Carter (Independent) 9.47%
[6]
(Democratic primary results)
Joseph M. Brown 52.60%
M. Hoke Smith 47.40%
[7][8][9]
IdahoFrank R. GoodingRepublican[data 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]
IllinoisCharles Samuel DeneenRepublicanRe-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]
IndianaFrank HanlyRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryThomas 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]
IowaAlbert B. CumminsRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryBeryl 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]
KansasEdward W. HochRepublican[data 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. CobbRepublican[data 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]
MassachusettsCurtis Guild Jr.Republican[data 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]
MichiganFred M. WarnerRepublicanRe-elected, 48.39%Lawton T. Hemans (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]
MinnesotaJohn Albert JohnsonDemocraticRe-elected, 52.08%Jacob F. Jacobson (Republican) 43.71%
George D. Haggard (Prohibition) 2.09%
Beecher Moore (Public Ownership) 1.94%
William W. Allen (Independence) 0.18%
[18]
MissouriJoseph W. FolkDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victoryHerbert 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]
MontanaEdwin L. NorrisDemocraticRe-elected, 47.34%Edward Donlan (Republican) 45.16%
Harry Hazelton (Socialist) 7.50%
[20]
NebraskaGeorge L. SheldonRepublicanDefeated, 47.27%Ashton C. Shallenberger (Democratic)[b] 49.90%
Roy R. Teeter (Prohibition) 1.68%
C. H. Harbaugh (Socialist) 1.15%
[21]
New HampshireCharles M. FloydRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryHenry B. Quinby (Republican) 50.40%
Clarence E. Carr (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 YorkCharles Evans HughesRepublicanRe-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 CarolinaRobert Broadnax GlennDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryWilliam W. Kitchin (Democratic) 57.31%
J. Elwood Cox (Republican) 42.56%
J. A. Transom (Socialist) 0.14%
[24]
North DakotaJohn BurkeDemocraticRe-elected, 51.06%C. A. Johnson (Republican) 48.43%
L. F. Dow (Independent) 0.51%
[25]
OhioAndrew L. HarrisRepublicanDefeated, 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 IslandJames H. HigginsDemocraticRetired, Republican victoryAram 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 CarolinaMartin Frederick AnselDemocraticRe-elected, 100.00%
[28]		(Democratic primary results)
Martin Frederick Ansel 59.89%
Coleman Livingston Blease 40.11%
[29]
South DakotaCoe I. CrawfordRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryRobert S. Vessey (Republican) 55.28%
Andrew E. Lee (Democratic) 39.39%
G. F. Knappen (Prohibition) 3.10%
J. C. Knapp (Socialist) 2.23%
[30]
TennesseeMalcolm R. PattersonDemocraticRe-elected, 53.73%G. N. Tillman (Republican) 45.70%
W.A. Weatherall (Socialist) 0.57%
[31]
TexasThomas M. CampbellDemocraticRe-elected, 72.79%John N. Simpson (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]
UtahJohn Christopher CutlerRepublican[data 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. ProctorRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryGeorge Herbert Prouty (Republican) 70.83%
James M. Burke (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]
WashingtonAlbert E. MeadRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victorySamuel Goodlove Cosgrove (Republican) 62.38%
John Pattison (Democratic) 32.91%
George Ellsworth Boomer (Socialist) 2.72%
Arthur S. Caton (Prohibition) 1.99%
[35]
West VirginiaWilliam M. O. DawsonRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryWilliam Ellsworth Glasscock (Republican) 50.70%
Louis Bennett (Democratic) 46.09%
E. W. Miller (Independent) 1.93%
I. W. Houston (Socialist) 1.28%
[36]
WisconsinJames O. DavidsonRepublicanRe-elected, 54.03%John A. Aylward (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

References

  1. ↑ "AR Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ "CO Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ "CT Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ "DE Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  5. ↑ "FL Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  6. ↑ "GA Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  7. ↑ 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. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  8. ↑ Grantham, Dewey W. (1958). Hoke Smith and the Politics of the New South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p. 192. ISBN 9780807101186. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  9. ↑ "Georgia Governor primary". The Donaldsonville Chief. Donaldsville, Louisiana. June 13, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  10. ↑ "ID Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  11. ↑ "IL Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  12. ↑ "IN Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  13. ↑ "IA Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  14. ↑ "KS Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  15. ↑ "ME Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  16. ↑ "MA Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  17. ↑ "MI Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  18. ↑ "MN Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  19. ↑ "MO Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  20. ↑ "MT Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  21. ↑ "NE Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  22. ↑ "NH Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  23. ↑ "NY Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  24. ↑ "NC Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  25. ↑ "ND Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  26. ↑ "OH Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  27. ↑ "RI Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  28. ↑ "SC Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  29. ↑ "SC Governor, 1908 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  30. ↑ "SD Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  31. ↑ "TN Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  32. ↑ "TX Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  33. ↑ "UT Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  34. ↑ "VT Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  35. ↑ "WA Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  36. ↑ "WV Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  37. ↑ "WI Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

Notes

  1. ↑ Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, and Vermont held early elections.
  2. ↑ Shallenberger ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party
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