1908 United States gubernatorial elections

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).

1908 United States gubernatorial elections
November 3, 1908[lower-alpha 1]
33 state governorships
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Silver
Last election 26 governorships 19 governorships 1 governorship
Seats before 26 19 1
Seats after 24 21 1
Seat change 2 2
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

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
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 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]
DelawarePreston LeaRepublican[data unknown/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 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]
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 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. CobbRepublican[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]
MassachusettsCurtis 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]
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)[lower-alpha 2] 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 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. 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. MeadRepublican[data unknown/missing]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 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

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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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