1910 United States gubernatorial elections

The 1910 United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1910, in 31 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 8, 1910 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont, which held early elections).

1910 United States gubernatorial elections

November 8, 1910[lower-alpha 1]

31 state governorships
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Democratic Republican Silver
Last election 19 governorships 26 governorships 1 governorship
Seats before 19 26 1
Seats after 25 21 0
Seat change 6 5 1

     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

In Oregon, the gubernatorial election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in June.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing Candidates
AlabamaB. B. ComerDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryEmmet O'Neal (Democratic) 80.18%
Joseph O. Thompson (Republican) 19.82%
[1]
Arkansas
(held, September 12, 1910)
George W. DonagheyDemocraticRe-elected, 67.44%Andrew I. Roland (Republican) 26.46%
Dan Hogan (Socialist) 6.10%
[2]
CaliforniaJames GillettRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryHiram W. Johnson (Republican) 45.94%
Theodore Arlington Bell (Democratic) 40.14%
J. Stitt Wilson (Socialist) 12.40%
Simeon P. Meads (Prohibition) 1.51%
Scattering 0.02%
[3]
ColoradoJohn F. ShafrothDemocraticRe-elected, 51.04%John B. Stephen (Republican) 43.48%
Henry W. Pinkham (Socialist) 3.49%
Phideliah A. Rice (Prohibition) 1.67%
George Anderson (Socialist Labor) 0.33%
[4]
ConnecticutFrank B. WeeksRepublican[data unknown/missing]Simeon Eben Baldwin (Democratic) 46.48%
Charles A. Goodwin (Republican) 44.25%
Robert Hunter (Socialist) 7.33%
Emil L. G. Hohenthal (Prohibition) 1.22%
Frederick Fellerman (Socialist Labor) 0.73%
[5]
Georgia
(held, October 5, 1910)
Joseph M. BrownDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary,[6][7] ran as an independent, defeatedM. Hoke Smith (Democratic) 82.48%
Joseph M. Brown (Independent Democrat) 17.44%
C. O. Brown (Socialist) 0.08%
[8][9][10][11]
(Democratic primary results)
M. Hoke Smith 51.10%
Joseph M. Brown 48.90%
[12][13]
IdahoJames H. BradyRepublicanDefeated, 46.38%James H. Hawley (Democratic) 47.42%
S. W. Motley (Socialist) 6.20%
[14]
IowaBeryl F. CarrollRepublicanRe-elected, 49.81%Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 45.37%
A. MacEachron (Prohibition) 2.48%
John M. Work (Socialist) 2.35%
[15]
KansasWalter R. StubbsRepublicanRe-elected, 49.76%George H. Hodges (Democratic) 44.80%
S. M. Stallard (Socialist) 4.72%
William C. Cady (Prohibition) 0.73%
[16]
Maine
(held, September 12, 1910)
Bert M. FernaldRepublicanDefeated, 45.86%Frederick W. Plaisted (Democratic) 52.01%
Robert V. Hunter (Socialist) 1.16%
James H. Ames (Prohibition) 0.92%
Scattering 0.05%
[17]
MassachusettsEben S. DraperRepublicanDefeated, 44.05%Eugene Foss (Democratic) 52.03%
Dan White (Socialist) 2.59%
John A. Nicholls (Prohibition) 0.74%
Moritz E. Ruther (Socialist Labor) 0.59%
Scattering 0.01%
[18]
MichiganFred M. WarnerRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryChase S. Osborn (Republican) 52.85%
Lawton T. Hemans (Democratic) 41.63%
Joseph Warnock (Socialist) 2.60%
Fred W. Corbett (Prohibition) 2.60%
Herman Richter (Socialist Labor) 0.31%
[19]
MinnesotaAdolph O. EberhartRepublicanRe-elected, 55.73%James Gray Sr. (Democratic) 35.23%
George E. Barrett (Public Ownership) 3.79%
Jergen F. Heiberg (Prohibition) 3.04%
Carl W. Brandborg (Socialist Labor) 2.21%
[20]
NebraskaAshton C. ShallenbergerDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victoryChester H. Aldrich (Republican) 51.90%
James C. Dahlman (Democratic) 45.45%
Clyde J. Wright (Socialist) 2.65%
[21]
NevadaDenver S. DickersonSilver-DemocratRan as a Democrat, defeatedTasker L. Oddie (Republican) 50.59%
Denver S. Dickerson (Democratic) 42.66%
Henry F. Gegax (Socialist) 6.75%
[22]
New HampshireHenry B. QuinbyRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryRobert P. Bass (Republican) 53.36%
Clarence E. Carr (Democratic) 44.84%
Ash Warren Drew (Socialist) 1.31%
John C. Berry (Prohibition) 0.49%
Scattering 0.01%
[23]
New JerseyJohn Franklin FortRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryWoodrow Wilson (Democratic) 53.93%
Vivian M. Lewis (Republican) 42.61%
Wilson B. Killingbeck (Socialist) 2.34%
C. F. Repp (Prohibition) 0.65%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.47%
[24]
New YorkHorace WhiteRepublicanRetired, Democratic victoryJohn Alden Dix (Democratic) 48.00%
Henry Lewis Stimson (Republican) 43.31%
Charles Edward Russell (Socialist) 3.38%
John J. Hopper (Independence League) 3.37%
T. Alexander MacNicholl (Prohibition) 1.55%
Frank E. Passanno (Socialist Labor) 0.40%
[25]
North DakotaJohn BurkeDemocraticRe-elected, 49.96%C. A. Johnson (Republican) 47.36%
I. S. Lampman (Socialist) 2.68%
[26]
OhioJudson HarmonDemocraticRe-elected, 51.61%Warren G. Harding (Republican) 40.75%
Tom Clifford (Socialist) 6.56%
Henry A. Thompson (Prohibition) 0.77%
J. R. Malley (Socialist Labor) 0.32%
[27]
OklahomaCharles N. HaskellDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryLee Cruce (Democratic) 48.56%
J. W. McNeal (Republican) 40.23%
J. T. Cumbie (Socialist) 9.91%
George E. Rouch (Prohibition) 1.30%
[28]
OregonJay BowermanRepublicanDefeated, 41.42%Oswald West (Democratic) 46.61%
W. S. Richards (Socialist) 6.83%
A. E. Eaton (Prohibition) 5.14%
[29]
PennsylvaniaEdwin Sydney StuartRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryJohn Kinley Tener (Republican) 41.63%
William H. Berry (Keystone Party) 38.27%
Webster Grim (Democratic) 12.96%
John W. Slayton (Socialist) 5.31%
Madison F. Larkin (Prohibition) 1.75%
George G. Anton (Industrialist) 0.08%
[30]
Rhode IslandAram J. PothierRepublicanRe-elected, 49.60%Lewis A. Waterman (Democratic) 47.91%
Nathaniel C. Greene (Prohibition) 1.48%
Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 1.01%
[31]
South CarolinaMartin Frederick AnselDemocratic[data unknown/missing]Coleman Livingston Blease (Democratic) 99.77%
F. N. U. Thompson (Socialist) 0.23%
[32]
Democratic primary run-off results
Coleman Livingston Blease 52.64%
Claudius Cyprian Featherstone 47.36%
[33][34]
South DakotaRobert S. VesseyRepublicanRe-elected, 58.35%Chauncey L. Wood (Democratic) 35.90%
O. W. Butterfield (Prohibition) 4.26%
M. G. Opsahl (Independent) 1.49%
[35]
TennesseeMalcolm R. PattersonDemocraticRetired, Republican victoryBen W. Hooper (Republican) 51.89%
Robert L. Taylor (Democratic) 47.45%
Seth McCallen (Socialist) 0.67%
[36]
TexasThomas Mitchell CampbellDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryOscar Branch Colquitt (Democratic) 79.79%
J. O. Terrell (Republican) 11.97%
Reddin Andrews Jr. (Socialist) 5.27%
Andrew Jackson Houston (Prohibition) 2.77%
Carl Schmidt (Socialist Labor) 0.20%
[37]
Vermont
(held, September 6, 1910)
George H. ProutyRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryJohn Abner Mead (Republican) 64.20%
Charles D. Watson (Democratic) 31.72%
Chester E. Ordway (Socialist) 1.92%
Edwin R. Towle (Prohibition) 1.90%
Scattering 0.26%
[38]
WisconsinJames O. DavidsonRepublican[data unknown/missing]Francis E. McGovern (Republican) 50.58%
Adolph H. Schmitz (Democratic) 34.57%
William A. Jacobs (Social Democrat) 12.38%
Byron E. Van Keuren (Prohibition) 2.33%
Fred G. Kremer (Socialist Labor) 0.14%
Scattering 0.01%
[39]
WyomingBryant B. BrooksRepublican[data unknown/missing]Joseph M. Carey (Democratic) 55.60%
W. E. Mullen (Republican) 40.17%
W. W. Paterson (Socialist) 4.23%
[40]

See also

  • United States elections, 1910
    • United States Senate elections, 1910
    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1910

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Bibliography

Grantham, Dewey W. (1958). Hoke Smith and the Politics of the New South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 9780807101186.

Notes

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