1916 United States gubernatorial elections

1916 United States gubernatorial elections
November 7, 1916;
September 11, 1916 (ME)
36 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 28 19
Seats after 25 21
Seat change Decrease3 Increase2
Seats up 19 17
Seats won 16 19
  Third party
 
Party Prohibition
Seats before 0
Seats after 1
Seat change Increase1
Seats up 0
Seats won 1
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     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Prohibition gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1916, in 36 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 7, 1916. Elections took place on September 11 in Maine.

In New Mexico, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a four-year term. In Arkansas and Georgia, the gubernatorial election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in September and October, respectively.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
ArizonaGeorge W. P. HuntDemocraticDefeated, 47.94%[a]Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) 47.99%
Peter T. Robertson (Socialist) 3.39%
Robert E. Dunlap (Prohibition) 0.68%
[1]
ArkansasGeorge Washington HaysDemocraticRetired,[2] Democratic victoryCharles H. Brough (Democratic) 69.45%
Wallace Townsend (Republican) 25.02%
William Davis (Socialist) 5.54%
[3]
ColoradoGeorge A. CarlsonRepublicanDefeated, 41.28%Julius C. Gunter (Democratic) 53.27%
C. Goddard (Socialist) 4.38%
Louis E. Leeder (Liberal) 1.06%
[4]
ConnecticutMarcus H. HolcombRepublicanRe-elected, 51.12%Morris Beardsley (Democratic) 45.27%
Herbert Beebe (Socialist) 2.48%
G. Whitfield Simonson (Prohibition) 0.84%
Charles B. Wells (Socialist Labor) 0.29%
[5]
DelawareCharles R. MillerRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryJohn G. Townsend Jr. (Republican) 52.07%
James H. Hughes (Democratic) 46.97%
Frank A. Houck (Socialist) 0.96%
[6]
FloridaPark TrammellDemocraticTerm-limited, Prohibition victorySidney J. Catts (Prohibition) 47.71%
William V. Knott (Democratic) 36.61%
George W. Allen (Republican) 12.47%
C. C. Allen (Socialist) 2.98%
Noel A. Mitchell (Independent) 0.23%
[7]
GeorgiaNathaniel Edwin HarrisDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victoryHugh M. Dorsey (Democratic) 96.45%
Roscoe Pickett (Republican) 2.91%
Thomas M. Taylor (Socialist) 0.64%
[8]
(Democratic primary results)
Hugh M. Dorsey 51.34% (245)
Nathaniel E. Harris 32.53% (119)
Lamartine Griffin Hardman 12.84% (8)
Joseph E. Pottle 3.29% (8)
[9]
IdahoMoses AlexanderDemocraticRe-elected, 47.49%David W. Davis (Republican) 47.07%
Annie E. Triplow (Socialist) 5.44%
[10]
IllinoisEdward F. DunneDemocraticDefeated, 42.09%Frank O. Lowden (Republican) 52.67%
Seymour Stedman (Socialist) 3.96%
John R. Golden (Prohibition) 1.16%
John M. Francis (Socialist Labor) 0.13%
[11]
IndianaSamuel M. RalstonDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victoryJames P. Goodrich (Republican) 47.80%
John A. M. Adair (Democratic) 46.00%
William W. Farmer (Socialist) 3.14%
Alfred L. Mondy (Prohibition) 2.19%
Thomas A. Dalley (Progressive) 0.65%
Joe B. Trunko (Socialist Labor) 0.22%
Scattering 0.01%
[12]
IowaGeorge W. ClarkeRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryWilliam L. Harding (Republican) 61.03%
Edwin T. Meredith (Democratic) 36.36%
John W. Bennett (Socialist) 1.60%
Oren D. Ellett (Prohibition) 0.56%
Stephen H. Bashor (Progressive) 0.40%
Arthur S. Dowler (Socialist Labor) 0.06%
[13]
KansasArthur CapperRepublicanRe-elected, 60.77%W. C. Lansdon (Democratic) 33.05%
E. N. Richardson (Socialist) 3.88%
Harry R. Ross (Prohibition) 2.30%
[14]
Maine
(held, 11 September 1916)		Oakley C. CurtisDemocraticDefeated, 44.87%Carl E. Milliken (Republican) 54.00%
Frank H. Maxfield (Socialist) 0.97%
Liaus Seeley (Prohibition) 0.17%
[15]
MassachusettsSamuel W. McCallRepublicanRe-elected, 52.45%Frederick W. Mansfield (Democratic) 43.67%
Dan White (Socialist) 2.01%
Chester R. Lawrence (Prohibition) 1.13%
James Hayes (Socialist Labor) 0.74%
[16]
MichiganWoodbridge N. FerrisDemocraticRetired, Republican victoryAlbert E. Sleeper (Republican) 55.83%
Edwin F. Sweet (Democratic) 40.59%
Ernest J. Moore (Socialist) 2.31%
E. W. Woodruff (Prohibition) 1.11%
James R. Murray (Socialist Labor) 0.15%
Henry R. Pattengill (Progressive) 0.02%
[17]
MinnesotaJoseph A. A. BurnquistRepublicanRe-elected, 62.94%Thomas P. Dwyer (Democratic) 23.84%
J. O. Bentall (Socialist) 6.73%
Thomas J. Anderson (Prohibition) 5.09%
John P. Johnson (Industrial Labor) 1.40%
[18]
MissouriElliot Woolfolk MajorDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryFrederick D. Gardner (Democratic) 48.65%
Henry Lamm (Republican) 48.36%
William J. Adames (Socialist) 1.85%
Joseph P. Fontron (Progressive) 0.51%
William H. Yount (Prohibition) 0.51%
Charles Rogers (Socialist Labor) 0.12%
[19]
MontanaSamuel V. StewartDemocraticRe-elected, 49.36%Frank J. Edwards (Republican) 44.10%
Lewis J. Duncan (Socialist) 6.53%
[20]
NebraskaJohn H. MoreheadDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryKeith Neville (Democratic) 49.27%
Abraham L. Sutton (Republican) 46.95%
Benjamin Z. Millikan (Socialist) 2.34%
Julian D. Graves (Prohibition) 1.45%
[21]
New HampshireRolland H. SpauldingRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryHenry W. Keyes (Republican) 53.20%
John C. Hutchins (Democratic) 45.08%
William H. Wilkins (Socialist) 1.39%
Ralph E. Meras (Prohibition) 0.33%
[22]
New JerseyJames Fairman FielderDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victoryWalter E. Edge (Republican) 55.44%
H. Otto Wittpenn (Democratic) 39.83%
Frederick Krafft (Socialist) 2.89%
Harry Vaughan (Prohibition) 1.32%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.52%
[23]
New MexicoWilliam C. McDonaldDemocraticRetired to run for lieutenant governor, Democratic victoryEzequiel C. De Baca (Democratic) 49.40%
Holm O. Bursum (Republican) 47.42%
N. A. Wells (Socialist) 3.18%
[24]
New YorkCharles S. WhitmanRepublicanRe-elected, 52.63%Samuel Seabury (Democratic) 42.53%
Algernon Lee (Socialist) 3.25%
Charles E. Welch (Prohibition) 1.35%
Jeremiah D. Crowley (Socialist Labor) 0.24%
[25]
North CarolinaLocke CraigDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryThomas W. Bickett (Democratic) 58.15%
Frank A. Linney (Republican) 41.65%
L. Miller (Socialist) 0.21%
[26]
North DakotaL. B. HannaRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryLynn J. Frazier (Republican) 79.24%
D. H. McArthur (Democratic) 18.40%
Oscar A. Johnson (Socialist) 2.36%
[27]
OhioFrank B. WillisRepublicanDefeated, 47.83%James M. Cox (Democratic) 48.40%
Tom Clifford (Socialist) 3.14%
John H. Dickason (Prohibition) 0.63%
[28]
Rhode IslandR. Livingston BeeckmanRepublicanRe-elected, 55.92%Addison P. Munroe (Democratic) 40.83%
John H. Holloway (Socialist) 2.45%
Roscoe W. Phillips (Prohibition) 0.59%
Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 0.23%
[29]
South CarolinaRichard Irvine Manning IIIDemocraticRe-electedRichard Irvine Manning III (Democratic) 97.91%
Coleman Livingston Blease (Independent) 1.77%
J. C. Gibbes (Socialist) 0.26%
J. M. Cantey (Independent) 0.06%
[30]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Richard Irvine Manning III 51.69%
Coleman Livingston Blease 48.31%
[31]
South DakotaFrank M. ByrneRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryPeter Norbeck (Republican) 56.64%
Orville Rinehart (Democratic) 39.33%
Fred L. Fairchild (Socialist) 2.77%
C. K. Thompson (Prohibition) 1.27%
[32]
TennesseeThomas C. RyeDemocraticRe-elected, 55.04%John W. Overall (Republican) 44.19%
Scattering 0.78%
[33]
TexasJames E. FergusonDemocraticRe-elected, 81.60%R. B. Creager (Republican) 13.51%
E. R. Meitzen (Socialist) 4.01%
H. W. Lewis (Prohibition) 0.88%
[34]
UtahWilliam SpryRepublican[data missing]Simon Bamberger (Democratic) 55.12%
Nephi L. Morris (Republican) 41.80%
F. M. McHugh (Socialist) 3.08%
[35]
VermontCharles W. GatesRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryHorace F. Graham (Republican) 71.10%
William B. Mayo (Democratic) 25.95%
William R. Rowland (Socialist) 1.51%
Lester W. Hanson (Prohibition) 1.44%
Scattering 0.01%
[36]
WashingtonErnest ListerDemocraticRe-elected, 48.10%Henry McBride (Republican) 44.44%
Ludwig E. Katterfeld (Socialist) 5.61%
August B. L. Gellerman (Prohibition) 0.93%
James Bradford (Progressive) 0.77%
James E. Riordan (Socialist Labor) 0.17%
[37]
West VirginiaHenry D. HatfieldRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJohn Jacob Cornwell (Democratic) 49.55%
Ira E. Robinson (Republican) 48.59%
D. M. S. Holt (Socialist) 1.87%
[38]
WisconsinEmanuel L. PhilippRepublicanRe-elected, 52.93%Burt Williams (Democratic) 37.89%
Rae Weaver (Socialist) 7.06%
George McKerrow (Prohibition) 2.12%
Scattering 0.01%
[39]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AZ Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  2. ↑ Lisenby, Foy (1996). Charles Hillman Brough: a Biography. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. p. 32. ISBN 1-55728-411-3.
  3. ↑ "AR Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  4. ↑ "CO Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  5. ↑ "CT Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  6. ↑ "DE Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  7. ↑ "FL Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  8. ↑ "GA Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Dorsey's Vote in Georgia: Final Returns Show He Received a Majority of 5,814". New York Times. September 20, 1916. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  10. ↑ "ID Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  11. ↑ "IL Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  12. ↑ "IN Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  13. ↑ "IA Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  14. ↑ "KS Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  15. ↑ "ME Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  16. ↑ "MA Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  17. ↑ "MI Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  18. ↑ "MN Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  19. ↑ "MO Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  20. ↑ "MT Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  21. ↑ "NE Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  22. ↑ "NH Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  23. ↑ "NJ Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  24. ↑ "NM Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  25. ↑ "NY Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  26. ↑ "NC Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  27. ↑ "ND Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  28. ↑ "OH Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  29. ↑ "RI Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  30. ↑ Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina. For the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 1916 and Ending December 31, 1916. Part II. Columbia, S. C.: Gonzales and Bryan, State Printers. 1917. p. 6.
  31. ↑ "SC Governor, 1916 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  32. ↑ "SD Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  33. ↑ "TN Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  34. ↑ "TX Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  35. ↑ "UT Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  36. ↑ "VT Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  37. ↑ "WA Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  38. ↑ "WV Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  39. ↑ "WI Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 30, 2019.

Notes

  1. ↑ Hunt challenged the result and, following a recount by the Arizona Supreme Court, was declared the winner and took office on 25 December 1917.
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