1902 United States gubernatorial elections

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1902 United States gubernatorial elections
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27 governorships
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Party Silver
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1902, in 27 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 4, 1902 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon and Vermont, which held early elections).

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In Alabama, the governor was elected to a four-year term for the first time, instead of a two-year term. The election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in August.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Alabama William D. Jelks DemocraticRe-elected, 73.72% John A. W. Smith (Republican) 26.28%
[1]
Arkansas
(held, 1 September 1902)		 Jefferson Davis DemocraticRe-elected, 64.60% Harry H. Myers (Republican) 24.43%
Charles D. Greaves (Independent Republican) 6.97%
George H. Kimball (Prohibition) 4.00%
[2]
California Henry Gage RepublicanLost re-nomination, Republican victory George C. Pardee (Republican) 48.06%
Franklin Knight Lane (Democratic) 47.22%
Gideon S. Brower (Socialist) 3.15%
Theodore D. Kanouse (Prohibition) 1.52%
Scattering 0.04%
[3]
Colorado James Bradley Orman DemocraticLost re-nomination, Republican victory James H. Peabody (Republican) 46.92%
E. C. Stimson (Democratic) 43.20%
J. C. Provost (Socialist) 3.84%
Frank W. Owens (People's) 3.43%
Otto A. Reinhardt (Prohibition) 2.09%
J. A. Knight (Socialist Labor) 0.52%
[4]
Connecticut George P. McLean RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Abiram Chamberlain (Republican) 53.44%
Melbert B. Cary (Democratic) 43.41%
Francis E. Wheeler (Socialist) 1.76%
Robert N. Stanley (Prohibition) 0.90%
Ernest Oatley (Socialist Labor) 0.50%
[5]
Georgia
(held, 1 October 1902)		 Allen D. Candler DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Joseph M. Terrell (Democratic) 93.61%
J. K. Hines (Populist) 6.39%
[6]
(Democratic primary results)
√ Joseph M. Terrell def.
John H. Estill
Dupont Guerry
[7] [8]
[ data unknown/missing ]
Idaho Frank W. Hunt DemocraticDefeated, 43.18% John T. Morrison (Republican) 52.90%
August M. Slatey (Socialist) 2.60%
Albert E. Gipson (Prohibition) 1.01%
DeForest Andrews (People's) 0.31%
[9]
Kansas William Eugene Stanley RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Willis J. Bailey (Republican) 55.45%
W. H. Craddock (Democratic) 40.79%
F. W. Emerson (Prohibition) 2.11%
A. S. McAllister (Socialist) 1.42%
James H, Lathrop (Populist) 0.22%
[10]
Maine
(held, 8 September 1902)		 John Fremont Hill RepublicanRe-elected, 59.48% Samuel W. Gould (Democratic) 34.68%
James Perrigo (Prohibition) 4.03%
Charles L. Fox (Socialist) 1.80%
Scattering 0.01%
[11]
Massachusetts Winthrop Murray Crane Republican[ data unknown/missing ] John L. Bates (Republican) 49.23%
William A. Gaston (Democratic) 39.92%
John C. Chase (Socialist) 8.44%
Michael T. Berry (Socialist Labor) 1.53%
William H. Partridge (Prohibition) 0.89%
[12]
Michigan Aaron T. Bliss RepublicanRe-elected, 52.52% Lorenzo T. Durand (Democratic) 43.28%
Walter S. Westerman (Prohibition) 2.82%
William E. Walter (Socialist) 1.06%
Shepard B. Cowles (Socialist Labor) 0.32%
[13]
Minnesota Samuel Rinnah Van Sant RepublicanRe-elected, 57.53% Leonard A. Rosing (Democratic) 36.68%
Charles Scanlon (Prohibition) 2.13%
Thomas J. Meighen (People's) 1.78%
Thomas Van Lear (Socialist Labor) 0.95%
Jay E. Nash (Socialist) 0.93%
[14]
Nebraska Ezra P. Savage RepublicanRetired, Republican victory John H. Mickey (Republican) 49.54%
William H. Thompson (Democratic) [lower-alpha 3] 46.79%
George Bigelow (Socialist) 1.93%
Samuel T. Davies (Prohibition) 1.74%
[15]
Nevada Reinhold Sadler SilverRetired, Silver victory John Sparks (Silver-Democrat) 57.78%
Abner Coburn Cleveland (Republican) 42.22%
[16]
New Hampshire Chester B. Jordan Republican[ data unknown/missing ] Nahum J. Bachelder (Republican) 53.19%
Henry F. Hollis (Democratic) 42.75%
John C. Berry (Prohibition) 2.05%
Michael H. O'Neil (Socialist) 1.34%
Alonzo Elliott (Independent) 0.59%
George Howie (Allied People's) 0.07%
Scattering 0.01%
[17]
New York Benjamin Odell RepublicanRe-elected, 48.09% Bird Sim Coler (Democratic) 47.45%
Ben Hanford (Social Democrat) 1.69%
Alfred L. Manierre (Prohibition) 1.48%
Daniel De Leon (Socialist Labor) 1.15%
Edgar L. Ryder (Liberal Democrat) 0.14%
[18]
North Dakota Frank White RepublicanRe-elected, 62.68% J. Cronan (Democratic) 34.85%
Robert Grant (Independent) 2.47%
[19]
Oregon
(held, 2 June 1902)		 Theodore Thurston Geer RepublicanLost re-nomination, Democratic victory George Earle Chamberlain (Democratic) 46.17%
William J. Furnish (Republican) 45.90%
R. Ryan (Socialist) 4.09%
A. J. Hunsaker (Prohibition) 3.84%
[20]
Pennsylvania William A. Stone RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory Samuel W. Pennypacker (Republican) 54.20%
Robert Emory Pattison (Democratic) 41.19%
Silas C. Swallow (Prohibition) 2.13%
John W. Slayton (Socialist) 2.00%
William Adams (Socialist Labor) 0.47%
Scattering 0.01%
[21]
Rhode Island Charles D. Kimball RepublicanDefeated, 41.04% Lucius F. C. Garvin (Democratic) 53.99%
William E. Brightman (Prohibition) 2.83%
Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 2.15%
[22]
South Carolina Miles Benjamin McSweeney DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Duncan Clinch Heyward (Democratic) 100.00%
[23]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Duncan Clinch Heyward 55.58%
William Jasper Talbert 44.42%
[24]
South Dakota Charles N. Herreid RepublicanRe-elected, 64.72% John W. Martin (Democratic) 28.73%
John C. Crawford (Socialist) 3.53%
H. H. Curtis (Prohibition) 3.02%
[25]
Tennessee Benton McMillin DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory James B. Frazier (Democratic) 61.79%
H. Campbell (Republican) 36.84%
R. S. Cheves (Prohibition) 1.37%
[26]
Texas Joseph D. Sayers DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory Samuel W. T. Lanham (Democratic) 74.92%
George W. Burkett (Republican) 18.30%
J. M. Mallett (Populist) 3.45%
George W. Carroll (Prohibition) 2.43%
Scattering 0.91%
[27] [28]
Vermont
(held, 2 September 1902)		 William W. Stickney RepublicanRetired, Republican victory John Griffith McCullough (Republican) 45.56%
Percival Wood Clement (Local Option) 40.33%
Felix W. McGettrick (Democratic) 10.53%
Joel O. Sherbune (Prohibition) 3.57%
Scattering 0.01%
[29]
(General Assembly result) [lower-alpha 4]
√ John Griffith McCullough (Republican) 164
Percival Wood Clement (Local Option) 59
Felix W. McGettrick (Democratic) 45
Wisconsin Robert M. LaFollette RepublicanRe-elected, 52.89% David Stuart Rose (Democratic) 39.88%
Emil Seidel (Social Democrat) 4.37%
[30]
Wyoming DeForest Richards RepublicanRe-elected, 57.81% George T. Beck (Democratic) 39.99%
Henry Breitenstein (Socialist) 2.20%
[31]

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References

  1. ↑ "AL Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "AR Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "CA Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "CO Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "CT Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "GA Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Thomas W. Loyless, compiler. Georgia’s Public Men, 1902-1904. Atlanta, Ga.: The Byrd Printing Company. p.  5.
  8. ↑ Keith Hulett. "Joseph M. Terrell (1861-1912)". New Georgia Encyclopedia.
  9. ↑ "ID Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "KS Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "ME Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  12. ↑ "MA Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  13. ↑ "MI Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  14. ↑ "MN Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  15. ↑ "NE Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  16. ↑ "NV Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  17. ↑ "NH Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  18. ↑ "NY Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  19. ↑ "ND Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  20. ↑ "OR Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  21. ↑ "PA Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  22. ↑ "RI Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  23. ↑ "SC Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  24. ↑ "SC Governor, 1902 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  25. ↑ "SD Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  26. ↑ "TN Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  27. ↑ "TX Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  28. ↑ "Election of Texas Governors, 1900-1948". Texas Almanac.
  29. ↑ "VT Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  30. ↑ "WI Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  31. ↑ "WY Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

Notes

  1. ↑ Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon and Vermont held early elections.
  2. ↑ Henry McBride (R) succeeded Washington Governor John Rankin Rogers (D) who died in office in December 1901.
  3. ↑ Thompson ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party
  4. ↑ Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the state legislature decided the election.
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