1902 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1902, in 27 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 4, 1902 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon and Vermont, which held early elections).

1902 United States gubernatorial elections
November 4, 1902[lower-alpha 1]
27 state governorships
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Silver
Last election 26 governorships 18 governorships 1 governorship
Seats before 27[lower-alpha 2] 17 1
Seats after 27 17 1
Seat change
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Silver hold


In Alabama, the governor was elected to a four-year term for the first time, instead of a two-year term. The election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in August.

Results
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing Candidates
AlabamaWilliam D. JelksDemocraticRe-elected, 73.72%John A. W. Smith (Republican) 26.28%
[1]
Arkansas
(held, 1 September 1902)		Jefferson DavisDemocraticRe-elected, 64.60%Harry H. Meyers (Republican) 24.43%
Charles D. Greaves (Independent Republican) 6.97%
George H. Kimball (Prohibition) 4.00%
[2]
CaliforniaHenry GageRepublicanLost re-nomination, Republican victoryGeorge C. Pardee (Republican) 48.06%
Franklin Knight Lane (Democratic) 47.22%
Gideon S. Brower (Socialist) 3.15%
Theodore D. Kanouse (Prohibition) 1.52%
Scattering 0.04%
[3]
ColoradoJames Bradley OrmanDemocraticLost re-nomination, Republican victoryJames H. Peabody (Republican) 46.92%
E. C. Stimson (Democratic) 43.20%
J. C. Provost (Socialist) 3.84%
Frank W. Owens (People's) 3.43%
Otto A. Reinhardt (Prohibition) 2.09%
J. A. Knight (Socialist Labor) 0.52%
[4]
ConnecticutGeorge P. McLeanRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryAbiram Chamberlain (Republican) 53.44%
Melbert B. Cary (Democratic) 43.41%
Francis E. Wheeler (Socialist) 1.76%
Robert N. Stanley (Prohibition) 0.90%
Ernest Oatley (Socialist Labor) 0.50%
[5]
Georgia
(held, 1 October 1902)		Allen D. CandlerDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJoseph M. Terrell (Democratic) 93.61%
J. K. Hines (Populist) 6.39%
[6]
(Democratic primary results)
√ Joseph M. Terrell def.
John H. Estill
Dupont Guerry
[7][8]
[data unknown/missing]
IdahoFrank W. HuntDemocraticDefeated, 43.18%John T. Morrison (Republican) 52.90%
August M. Slatey (Socialist) 2.60%
Albert E. Gipson (Prohibition) 1.01%
DeForest Andrews (People's) 0.31%
[9]
KansasWilliam Eugene StanleyRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryWillis J. Bailey (Republican) 55.45%
W. H. Craddock (Democratic) 40.79%
F. W. Emerson (Prohibition) 2.11%
A. S. McAllister (Socialist) 1.42%
James H, Lathrop (Populist) 0.22%
[10]
Maine
(held, 8 September 1902)		John Fremont HillRepublicanRe-elected, 59.48%Samuel W. Gould (Democratic) 34.68%
James Perrigo (Prohibition) 4.03%
Charles L. Fox (Socialist) 1.80%
Scattering 0.01%
[11]
MassachusettsWinthrop Murray CraneRepublican[data unknown/missing]John L. Bates (Republican) 49.23%
William A. Gaston (Democratic) 39.92%
John C. Chase (Socialist) 8.44%
Michael T. Berry (Socialist Labor) 1.53%
William H. Partridge (Prohibition) 0.89%
[12]
MichiganAaron T. BlissRepublicanRe-elected, 52.52%Lorenzo T. Durand (Democratic) 43.28%
Walter S. Westerman (Prohibition) 2.82%
William E. Walter (Socialist) 1.06%
Shepard B. Cowles (Socialist Labor) 0.32%
[13]
MinnesotaSamuel Rinnah Van SantRepublicanRe-elected, 57.53%Leonard A. Rosing (Democratic) 36.68%
Charles Scanlon (Prohibition) 2.13%
Thomas J. Meighen (People's) 1.78%
Thomas Van Lear (Socialist Labor) 0.95%
Jay E. Nash (Socialist) 0.93%
[14]
NebraskaEzra P. SavageRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryJohn H. Mickey (Republican) 49.54%
William H. Thompson (Democratic)[lower-alpha 3] 46.79%
George Bigelow (Socialist) 1.93%
S. T. Davies (Prohibition) 1.74%
[15]
NevadaReinhold SadlerSilverRetired, Silver victoryJohn Sparks (Silver-Democrat) 57.78%
A. C. Cleveland (Republican) 42.22%
[16]
New HampshireChester B. JordanRepublican[data unknown/missing]Nahum J. Bachelder (Republican) 53.19%
Henry F. Hollis (Democratic) 42.75%
John C. Berry (Prohibition) 2.05%
Michael H. O'Neil (Socialist) 1.34%
Alonzo Elliott (Independent) 0.59%
George Howie (Allied People's) 0.07%
Scattering 0.01%
[17]
New YorkBenjamin OdellRepublicanRe-elected, 48.09%Bird Sim Coler (Democratic) 47.45%
Ben Hanford (Social Democrat) 1.69%
Alfred L. Manierre (Prohibition) 1.48%
Daniel De Leon (Socialist Labor) 1.15%
Edgar L. Ryder (Liberal Democrat) 0.14%
[18]
North DakotaFrank WhiteRepublicanRe-elected, 62.68%J. Cronan (Democratic) 34.85%
Robert Grant (Independent) 2.47%
[19]
Oregon
(held, 2 June 1902)		Theodore Thurston GeerRepublicanLost re-nomination, Democratic victoryGeorge Earle Chamberlain (Democratic) 46.17%
William J. Furnish (Republican) 45.90%
R. Ryan (Socialist) 4.09%
A. J. Hunsaker (Prohibition) 3.84%
[20]
PennsylvaniaWilliam A. StoneRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victorySamuel W. Pennypacker (Republican) 54.20%
Robert Emory Pattison (Democratic) 41.19%
Silas C. Swallow (Prohibition) 2.13%
John W. Slayton (Socialist) 2.00%
William Adams (Socialist Labor) 0.47%
Scattering 0.01%
[21]
Rhode IslandCharles D. KimballRepublicanDefeated, 41.04%Lucius F. C. Garvin (Democratic) 53.99%
William E. Brightman (Prohibition) 2.83%
Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 2.15%
[22]
South CarolinaMiles Benjamin McSweeneyDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryDuncan Clinch Heyward (Democratic) 100.00%
[23]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Duncan Clinch Heyward 55.58%
William Jasper Talbert 44.42%
[24]
South DakotaCharles N. HerreidRepublicanRe-elected, 64.72%John W. Martin (Democratic) 28.73%
John C. Crawford (Socialist) 3.53%
H. H. Curtis (Prohibition) 3.02%
[25]
TennesseeBenton McMillinDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryJames B. Frazier (Democratic) 61.79%
H. Campbell (Republican) 36.84%
R. S. Cheves (Prohibition) 1.37%
[26]
TexasJoseph D. SayersDemocraticRetired, Democratic victorySamuel W. T. Lanham (Democratic) 74.92%
George W. Burkett (Republican) 18.30%
J. M. Mallett (Populist) 3.45%
George W. Carroll (Prohibition) 2.43%
Scattering 0.91%
[27][28]
Vermont
(held, 2 September 1902)		William W. StickneyRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryJohn Griffith McCullough (Republican) 45.56%
Percival Wood Clement (Local Option) 40.33%
Felix W. McGettrick (Democratic) 10.53%
Joel O. Sherbune (Prohibition) 3.57%
Scattering 0.01%
[29]
(General Assembly result)[lower-alpha 4]
√ John Griffith McCullough (Republican) 164
Percival Wood Clement (Local Option) 59
Felix W. McGettrick (Democratic) 45
WisconsinRobert M. LaFolletteRepublicanRe-elected, 52.89%David Stuart Rose (Democratic) 39.88%
Emil Seidel (Social Democrat) 4.37%
[30]
WyomingDeForest RichardsRepublicanRe-elected, 57.81%George T. Beck (Democratic) 39.99%
Henry Breitenstein (Socialist) 2.20%
[31]

See also

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Notes
  1. Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon and Vermont held early elections.
  2. Henry McBride (R) succeeded Washington Governor John Rankin Rogers (D) who died in office in December 1901.
  3. Thompson ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party
  4. Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the state legislature decided the election.
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