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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
← 1903 November 8, 1904[a] 1905 →
33 governorships[b]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 27 17
Seats after 25 19
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2
Seats up 23 10
Seats won 21 12
  Third party
 
Party Silver
Seats before 1
Seats after 1
Seat change Steady
Seats up 0
Seats won 0
1904 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1904 Illinois gubernatorial election1904 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1904 Iowa gubernatorial election1904 Arkansas gubernatorial election1904 Kansas gubernatorial election1904 Texas gubernatorial election1904 Florida gubernatorial election1904 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1904 Michigan gubernatorial election1904 Nebraska gubernatorial election1904 South Dakota gubernatorial election1904 Minnesota gubernatorial election1904 Maine gubernatorial election1904 Colorado gubernatorial election1904 Tennessee gubernatorial election1904 Connecticut gubernatorial election1904 Idaho gubernatorial election1904 Georgia gubernatorial election1904 New York gubernatorial election1904 South Carolina gubernatorial election1904 Wyoming gubernatorial special election1904 Delaware gubernatorial election1904 Indiana gubernatorial election1904 Missouri gubernatorial election1904 Montana gubernatorial election1904 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1904 North Carolina gubernatorial election1904 North Dakota gubernatorial election1904 Utah gubernatorial election1904 Vermont gubernatorial election1904 Washington gubernatorial election1904 West Virginia gubernatorial election
     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

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State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Arkansas
(held, 5 September 1904)		 Jefferson Davis Democratic Re-elected, 60.97% Harry H. Myers (Republican) 36.41%
John G. Adams (Prohibition) 2.22%
Scattering 0.40%
[1]
Colorado James H. Peabody Republican Defeated, 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]
Connecticut Abiram Chamberlain Republican [data 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]
Delaware John Hunn Republican Retired, Republican victory Preston 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]
Florida William Sherman Jennings Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Napoleon 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. Terrell Democratic Re-elected, 100.00%[6] (Democratic primary results)
Joseph M. Terrell unopposed
[7][8]
Idaho John T. Morrison Republican Lost re-nomination, Republican victory Frank 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]
Illinois Richard Yates Jr. Republican Lost re-nomination, Republican victory Charles 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]
Indiana Winfield T. Durbin Republican Term-limited, Republican victory James 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]
Kansas Willis J. Bailey Republican Retired, Republican victory Edward 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 Hill Republican [data missing] William T. Cobb (Republican) 58.52%
Cyrus W. Davis (Democratic) 38.13%
Nathan F. Woodbury (Prohibition) 2.12%
Wilbur G. Hapgood (Socialist) 1.21%
Scattering 0.02%
[13]
Massachusetts John L. Bates Republican Defeated, 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]
Michigan Aaron T. Bliss Republican Retired, Republican victory Fred M. Warner (Republican) 54.09%
Woodbridge N. Ferris (Democratic) 42.61%
James M. Shackleton (Prohibition) 1.98%
Clayton J. Lamb (Socialist) 1.18%
Meiko Meyer (Socialist Labor) 0.15%
[15]
Minnesota Samuel R. Van Sant Republican Retired, Democratic victory John 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]
Missouri Alexander Monroe Dockery Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Joseph 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]
Montana Joseph K. Toole Democratic Re-elected, 53.79% William Lindsay (Republican) 40.99%
Malcolm A. O'Malley (Socialist) 5.22%
[18]
Nebraska John H. Mickey Republican Re-elected, 49.67% George W. Berge (Democratic/Populist fusion) 45.61%
Clarence F. Swander (Prohibition) 2.44%
Benjamin H. Vail (Socialist) 2.28%
[19]
New Hampshire Nahum J. Bachelder Republican [data 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 Jersey Franklin Murphy Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Edward 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 York Benjamin Odell Republican Retired, Republican victory Frank 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 Carolina Charles Brantley Aycock Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Robert B. Glenn (Democratic) 61.72%
Charles J. Harris (Republican) 38.11%
James M. Templeton (Prohibition) 0.11%
William Pegram (Socialist) 0.05%
[23]
North Dakota Frank White Republican Retired, Republican victory Elmore Y. Sarles (Republican) 70.71%
Marthinus F. Hegge (Democratic) 24.65%
Arthur Basset (Socialist) 2.59%
Hans H. Aaker (Prohibition) 2.04%
[24]
Rhode Island Lucius F. C. Garvin Democratic Defeated, 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 Carolina Duncan Clinch Heyward Democratic Re-elected Duncan Clinch Heyward (Democratic) 100.00%[26]
(Democratic primary results)
Duncan Clinch Heyward unopposed
[citation needed]
South Dakota Charles N. Herreid Republican Retired, Republican victory Samuel 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]
Tennessee James B. Frazier Democratic Re-elected, 55.72% Jessie M. Littleton (Republican) 43.81%
John M. Ray (Socialist) 0.47%
[28]
Texas Samuel W. T. Lanham Democratic Re-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]
Utah Heber Manning Wells Republican Lost re-nomination, Republican victory John 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. McCullough Republican Retired, Republican victory Charles 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]
Washington Henry McBride Republican Lost re-nomination, Republican victory Albert 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 Virginia Albert B. White Republican Term-limited, Republican victory William 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]
Wisconsin Robert M. LaFollette Republican Re-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 Chatterton Republican Lost re-nomination, Republican victory Bryant 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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References

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  1. ^ "AR Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. ^ "CO Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. ^ "CT Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. ^ "DE Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. ^ "FL Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  6. ^ "GA Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Wednesday will settle fate of all candidates". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. 17 April 1904. p. 5.
  8. ^ Ostermeier, Dr. Eric (May 23, 2018). "Stacey Abrams Notches 3rd Best Showing in Contested Georgia Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Since 1898". Smart Politics. University of Minnesota Libraries. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  9. ^ "ID Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  10. ^ "IL Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  11. ^ "IN Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  12. ^ "KS Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  13. ^ "ME Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  14. ^ "MA Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  15. ^ "MI Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  16. ^ "MN Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  17. ^ "MO Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  18. ^ "MT Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  19. ^ "NE Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  20. ^ "NH Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  21. ^ "NJ Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  22. ^ "NY Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  23. ^ "NC Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  24. ^ "ND Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  25. ^ "RI Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  26. ^ "SC Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  27. ^ "SD Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  28. ^ "TN Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  29. ^ "TX Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  30. ^ "UT Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  31. ^ "VT Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  32. ^ "WA Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  33. ^ "WV Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  34. ^ "WI Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  35. ^ "WY Governor, 1904 - Special Election". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

Notes

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  1. ^ Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont held early elections.
  2. ^ Including a special election in Wyoming.
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