1910 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held 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

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31 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 19 26
Seats after 25 21
Seat change Increase6 Decrease5
Seats up 11 19
Seats won 17 14

  Third party
 
Party Silver
Seats before 1
Seats after 0
Seat change Decrease1
Seats up 1
Seats won 0

1910 North Dakota gubernatorial election1910 New Jersey gubernatorial election1910 Alabama gubernatorial election1910 Arkansas gubernatorial election1910 California gubernatorial election1910 Colorado gubernatorial election1910 Connecticut gubernatorial election1910 Georgia gubernatorial election1910 Idaho gubernatorial election1910 Iowa gubernatorial election1910 Kansas gubernatorial election1910 Maine gubernatorial election1910 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1910 Michigan gubernatorial election1910 Minnesota gubernatorial election1910 Nebraska gubernatorial election1910 Nevada gubernatorial election1910 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1910 New York gubernatorial election1910 Ohio gubernatorial election1910 Oklahoma gubernatorial election1910 Oregon gubernatorial election1910 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election1910 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1910 South Carolina gubernatorial election1910 South Dakota gubernatorial election1910 Tennessee gubernatorial election1910 Texas gubernatorial election1910 Vermont gubernatorial election1910 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1910 Wyoming gubernatorial election
     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

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State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Alabama B. B. Comer Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Emmet O'Neal (Democratic) 80.18%
Joseph O. Thompson (Republican) 19.82%
[1]
Arkansas
(held, September 12, 1910)
George W. Donaghey Democratic Re-elected, 67.44% Andrew I. Roland (Republican) 26.46%
Dan Hogan (Socialist) 6.10%
[2]
California James Gillett Republican Retired, Republican victory Hiram 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]
Colorado John F. Shafroth Democratic Re-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]
Connecticut Frank B. Weeks Republican [data missing] Simeon E. 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. Brown Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary,[6][7] ran as an independent, defeated M. 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]
Idaho James H. Brady Republican Defeated, 46.38% James H. Hawley (Democratic) 47.42%
S. W. Motley (Socialist) 6.20%
[14]
Iowa Beryl F. Carroll Republican Re-elected, 49.81% Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 45.37%
A. MacEachron (Prohibition) 2.48%
John M. Work (Socialist) 2.35%
[15]
Kansas Walter R. Stubbs Republican Re-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. Fernald Republican Defeated, 45.86% Frederick W. Plaisted (Democratic) 52.01%
Robert V. Hunter (Socialist) 1.16%
James H. Ames (Prohibition) 0.92%
Scattering 0.05%
[17]
Massachusetts Eben S. Draper Republican Defeated, 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]
Michigan Fred M. Warner Republican Retired, Republican victory Chase 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]
Minnesota Adolph O. Eberhart Republican Re-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]
Nebraska Ashton C. Shallenberger Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory Chester H. Aldrich (Republican) 51.90%
James C. Dahlman (Democratic) 45.45%
Clyde J. Wright (Socialist) 2.65%
[21]
Nevada Denver S. Dickerson Silver-Democrat Ran as a Democrat, defeated Tasker L. Oddie (Republican) 50.59%
Denver S. Dickerson (Democratic) 42.66%
Henry F. Gegax (Socialist) 6.75%
[22]
New Hampshire Henry B. Quinby Republican Retired, Republican victory Robert 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 Jersey John Franklin Fort Republican Term-limited, Democratic victory Woodrow 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 York Horace White Republican Retired, Democratic victory John 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 Dakota John Burke Democratic Re-elected, 49.96% C. A. Johnson (Republican) 47.36%
I. S. Lampman (Socialist) 2.68%
[26]
Ohio Judson Harmon Democratic Re-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]
Oklahoma Charles N. Haskell Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Lee Cruce (Democratic) 48.56%
J. W. McNeal (Republican) 40.23%
J. T. Cumbie (Socialist) 9.91%
George E. Rouch (Prohibition) 1.30%
[28]
Oregon Jay Bowerman Republican Defeated, 41.42% Oswald West (Democratic) 46.61%
W. S. Richards (Socialist) 6.83%
A. E. Eaton (Prohibition) 5.14%
[29]
Pennsylvania Edwin Sydney Stuart Republican Term-limited, Republican victory John 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 Island Aram J. Pothier Republican Re-elected, 49.60% Lewis A. Waterman (Democratic) 47.91%
Nathaniel C. Greene (Prohibition) 1.48%
Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 1.01%
[31]
South Carolina Martin Frederick Ansel Democratic [data 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 Dakota Robert S. Vessey Republican Re-elected, 58.35% Chauncey L. Wood (Democratic) 35.90%
O. W. Butterfield (Prohibition) 4.26%
M. G. Opsahl (Independent) 1.49%
[35]
Tennessee Malcolm R. Patterson Democratic Retired, Republican victory Ben W. Hooper (Republican) 51.89%
Robert L. Taylor (Democratic) 47.45%
Seth McCallen (Socialist) 0.67%
[36]
Texas Thomas Mitchell Campbell Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Oscar 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. Prouty Republican Retired, Republican victory John 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]
Wisconsin James O. Davidson Republican [data 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]
Wyoming Bryant B. Brooks Republican [data missing] Joseph M. Carey (Democratic) 55.60%
W. E. Mullen (Republican) 40.17%
W. W. Paterson (Socialist) 4.23%
[40]

See also

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References

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  5. ^ "CT Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  6. ^ Barton Myers (February 3, 2006). "Joseph M. Brown (1851–1932)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "Governor Joseph Mackey Brown". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  8. ^ "GA Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  9. ^ Grantham 1958, p. 204.
  10. ^ The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1912. New York: The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). 1911. p. 700.
  11. ^ The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1913. New York: The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). 1912. p. 727.
  12. ^ Grantham 1958, pp. 202–203.
  13. ^ Saye, Albert B. (1948). A Constitutional History of Georgia, 1732–1945. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press. p. 347. ISBN 9780820335544.
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  16. ^ "KS Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  17. ^ "ME Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
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  22. ^ "NV Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  23. ^ "NH Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
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  27. ^ "OH Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  28. ^ "OK Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  29. ^ "OR Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  30. ^ "PA Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  31. ^ "RI Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  32. ^ "SC Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
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  34. ^ "Politics". The Pickens Sentinel. Pickens, South Carolina. July 30, 1914. p. 2. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
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  36. ^ "TN Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  37. ^ "TX Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  38. ^ "VT Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  39. ^ "WI Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
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Bibliography

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

Notes

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