1908 United States gubernatorial elections
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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 with the previous election taking place in 1905 .
Results
State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arkansas
(held, 14 September 1908) |
Xenophon Overton Pindall | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory |
George W. Donaghey
(Democratic) 68.08%
John I. Worthington (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%
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] |
Delaware | Preston Lea | Republican | [ data unknown/missing ] |
Simeon S. Pennewill
(Republican) 51.97%
Rowland G. Paynter (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] |
Georgia
(held, 7 October 1908) |
M. Hoke Smith | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory |
Joseph 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] |
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% |
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] |
Minnesota | John Albert Johnson | Democratic | Re-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] |
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% |
Edward Donlan
(Republican) 45.16%
Harry Hazelton (Socialist) 7.50% [20] |
Nebraska | George L. Sheldon | Republican | Defeated, 47.27% |
Ashton C. Shallenberger
(Democratic)
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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%
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 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%
J. Elwood Cox (Republican) 42.56% J. A. Transom (Socialist) 0.14% [24] |
North Dakota | John Burke | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.06% |
C. A. Johnson
(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 run for U.S. Senate , 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% |
G. N. Tillman
(Republican) 45.70%
W.A. Weatherall (Socialist) 0.57% [31] |
Texas | Thomas M. Campbell | Democratic | Re-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] |
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%
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] |
Washington | Albert E. Mead | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory |
Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove
(Republican) 62.38%
John Pattison (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%
Louis Bennett (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% |
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
- ↑ "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 .