1904 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1904, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 8, 1904 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont, which held early elections).

1904 United States gubernatorial elections

November 8, 1904[lower-alpha 1]

33 state governorships (including 1 special election)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Silver
Last election 27 governorships 17 governorships 1 governorship
Seats before 27 17 1
Seats after 25 19 1
Seat change 2 2

     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

In Wyoming, a special election was held following the death of Governor DeForest Richards in April 1903.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing Candidates
Arkansas
(held, 5 September 1904)
Jefferson DavisDemocraticRe-elected, 60.97%Harry H. Meyers (Republican) 36.41%
John G. Adams (Prohibition) 2.22%
Scattering 0.40%
[1]
ColoradoJames H. PeabodyRepublicanDefeated, 46.80%Alva Adams (Democratic) 50.64%
Robert A. N. Wilson (Prohibition) 1.24%
Andrew H. Floaten (Socialist) 1.07%
James Merwin (People's) 0.13%
J. A. Knight (Socialist Labor) 0.12%
[2]
ConnecticutAbiram ChamberlainRepublican[data unknown/missing]Henry Roberts (Republican) 54.88%
A. Heaton Richardson (Democratic) 41.48%
George A. Sweetland (Socialist) 2.30%
Oliver G. Beard (Prohibition) 0.79%
Timothy Sullivan (Socialist Labor) 0.30%
Joseph Sheldon (Populist) 0.25%
[3]
DelawareJohn HunnRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryPreston Lea (Republican) 51.40%
Caleb S. Pennewill (Democratic) 45.13%
Joseph H. Chandler (Independent Republican) 1.83%
John R. Price (Prohibition) 1.34%
Gustave E. Reinicke (Socialist) 0.30%
[4]
FloridaWilliam Sherman JenningsDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryNapoleon Bonaparte Broward (Democratic) 79.16%
Matthew B. MacFarlane (Republican) 17.37%
W. R. Healey (Socialist) 3.47%
[5]
Georgia
(held, 5 October 1904)
Joseph M. TerrellDemocraticRe-elected, 100.00%[6](Democratic primary results)
Joseph M. Terrell unopposed
[7][8]
IdahoJohn T. MorrisonRepublicanLost re-nomination, Republican victoryFrank R. Gooding (Republican) 58.74%
Henry Heitfeld (Democratic) 34.02%
Theodore B. Shaw (Socialist) 5.61%
Edwin R. Headley (Prohibition) 1.39%
T. W. Bartley (People's) 0.25%
[9]
IllinoisRichard Yates Jr.RepublicanLost re-nomination, Republican victoryCharles Samuel Deneen (Republican) 59.09%
Lawrence B. Stringer (Democratic) 31.21%
John Collins (Socialist) 5.51%
Robert H. Patton (Prohibition) 3.30%
Philip Veal (Socialist Labor) 0.41%
James Hogan (People's) 0.41%
Andrew G. Specht (Continental) 0.07%
[10]
IndianaWinfield T. DurbinRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryJames Frank Hanly (Republican) 53.51%
John Worth Kern (Democratic) 40.95%
Felix T. McWhirter (Prohibition) 3.38%
Matthew Hallenberger (Socialist) 1.64%
Leroy Templeton (People's) 0.31%
E. J. Dillon (Socialist Labor) 0.21%
[11]
KansasWillis J. BaileyRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryEdward W. Hoch (Republican) 57.92%
David M. Dale (Democratic) 36.29%
Granville Lowther (Socialist) 3.75%
James Kerr (Prohibition) 2.04%
[12]
Maine
(held, 12 September 1904)
John Fremont HillRepublican[data unknown/missing]William T. Cobb (Republican) 58.52%
C. W. Davis (Democratic) 38.13%
Nathan F. Woodbury (Prohibition) 2.12%
Wilbur G. Hapgood (Socialist) 1.21%
Scattering 0.02%
[13]
MassachusettsJohn L. BatesRepublicanDefeated, 44.14%William L. Douglas (Democratic) 52.14%
John Quincy Adams (Socialist) 2.58%
Oliver W. Cobb (Prohibition) 0.70%
Michael T. Berry (Socialist Labor) 0.45%
[14]
MichiganAaron T. BlissRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryFred M. Warner (Republican) 54.09%
Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (Democratic) 42.61%
James M. Shackleton (Prohibition) 1.98%
Clayton J. Lamb (Socialist) 1.18%
Meiko Meyer (Socialist Labor) 0.15%
[15]
MinnesotaSamuel R. Van SantRepublicanRetired, Democratic victoryJohn Albert Johnson (Democratic) 48.71%
Robert C. Dunn (Republican) 46.13%
Charles W. Dorsett (Prohibition) 2.49%
Jay E. Nash (Public Ownership) 1.91%
A. W. M. Anderson (Socialist Labor) 0.76%
[16]
MissouriAlexander Monroe DockeryDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJoseph W. Folk (Democratic) 50.73%
Cyrus P. Walbridge (Republican) 46.05%
Ernest T. Behrens (Socialist) 1.71%
Orange J. Hill (Prohibition) 0.87%
William C. Alldredge (People's) 0.42%
J. E. White (Socialist Labor) 0.22%
[17]
MontanaJoseph K. TooleDemocraticRe-elected, 53.79%William Lindsay (Republican) 40.99%
Malcolm A. O'Malley (Socialist) 5.22%
[18]
NebraskaJohn H. MickeyRepublicanRe-elected, 49.67%George W. Berge (Democratic/Populist fusion) 45.61%
C. F. Swander (Prohibition) 2.44%
Benjamin H. Vail (Socialist) 2.28%
[19]
New HampshireNahum J. BachelderRepublican[data unknown/missing]John McLane (Republican) 57.83%
Henry F. Hollis (Democratic) 40.05%
Sumner F. Claflin (Socialist) 1.07%
David Heald (Prohibition) 0.97%
George Howie (People's) 0.07%
Scattering 0.02%
[20]
New JerseyFranklin MurphyRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryEdward C. Stokes (Republican) 53.50%
Charles C. Black (Democratic) 41.56%
Henry R. Kearns (Socialist) 2.05%
James Parker (Prohibition) 1.55%
George A. Honnecker (Populist) 0.76%
George P. Herrschaft (Socialist Labor) 0.58%
[21]
New YorkBenjamin OdellRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryFrank W. Higgins (Republican) 50.27%
D. Cady Herrick (Democratic) 45.29%
Thomas Pendergast (Social Democrat) 2.24%
John McKee (Prohibition) 1.27%
Daniel De Leon (Socialist Labor) 0.56%
Alfred J. Boulton (People's) 0.37%
[22]
North CarolinaCharles Brantley AycockDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryRobert B. Glenn (Democratic) 61.72%
Charles J. Harris (Republican) 38.11%
James M. Templeton (Prohibition) 0.11%
William Pegram (Socialist) 0.05%
[23]
North DakotaFrank WhiteRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryElmore Y. Sarles (Republican) 70.71%
Marthinus F. Hegge (Democratic) 24.65%
Arthur Basset (Socialist) 2.59%
Hans H. Aaker (Prohibition) 2.04%
[24]
Rhode IslandLucius F. C. GarvinDemocraticDefeated, 47.70%George H. Utter (Republican) 48.94%
William E. Brightman (Prohibition) 1.58%
John Edward Carney (Socialist) 1.08%
Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 0.71%
[25]
South CarolinaDuncan Clinch HeywardDemocraticRe-electedDuncan Clinch Heyward (Democratic) 100.00%[26]
(Democratic primary results)
Duncan Clinch Heyward unopposed
South DakotaCharles N. HerreidRepublicanRetired, Republican victorySamuel H. Elrod (Republican) 68.29%
Louis N. Crill (Democratic) 24.68%
Freeman Knowles (Socialist) 3.02%
W. J. Edgar (Prohibition) 2.91%
R. C. Warne (Populist) 1.11%
[27]
TennesseeJames B. FrazierDemocraticRe-elected, 55.72%Jessie M. Littleton (Republican) 43.81%
John M. Ray (Socialist) 0.47%
[28]
TexasSamuel W. T. LanhamDemocraticRe-elected, 73.57%J. G. Lowden (Republican) 20.29%
Pat B. Clark (Populist) 3.32%
W. D. Jackson (Prohibition) 1.61%
Word H. Mills (Socialist) 1.02%
Frank Leitner (Socialist Labor) 0.20%
[29]
UtahHeber Manning WellsRepublicanLost re-nomination, Republican victoryJohn C. Cutler (Republican) 49.97%
James Henry Moyle (Democratic) 37.40%
William Montague Ferry (American) 7.82%
Joseph A. Kauffman (Socialist) 4.81%
[30]
Vermont
(held, 6 September 1904)
John G. McCulloughRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryCharles J. Bell (Republican) 72.22%
Eli H. Porter (Democratic) 24.85%
Homer Fletcher Comings (Prohibition) 1.76%
Clarence E. Morse (Socialist) 1.15%
Scattering 0.01%
[31]
WashingtonHenry McBrideRepublicanLost re-nomination, Republican victoryAlbert Edward Mead (Republican) 51.34%
George Turner (Democratic) 40.87%
David Burgess (Socialist) 5.13%
Ambrose H. Sherwood (Prohibition) 1.92%
William McCormick (Socialist Labor) 0.74%
[32]
West VirginiaAlbert B. WhiteRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryWilliam M. O. Dawson (Republican) 50.78%
John Jacob Cornwell (Democratic) 47.02%
Joseph W. Bedford (Prohibition) 1.67%
J. M. Eskey (Socialist) 0.53%
[33]
WisconsinRobert M. LaFolletteRepublicanRe-elected, 50.55%George Wilbur Peck (Democratic) 39.22%
William A. Arnold (Social Democrat) 5.53%
Edward Schofield (National Republican) 2.70%
William H. Clark (Prohibition) 1.95%
Charles M. Minkley (Socialist Labor) 0.06%
[34]
Wyoming
(special election)
Fenimore ChattertonRepublicanLost re-nomination, Republican victoryBryant B. Brooks (Republican) 57.48%
John E. Osborne (Democratic) 39.27%
James W. Gates (Socialist) 2.64%
George W. Blain (Prohibition) 0.62%
[35]

See also

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Notes

  1. Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont held early elections.
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