1908 United States gubernatorial elections

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1908 United States gubernatorial elections
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33 governorships
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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).

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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 Pindall DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory George W. Donaghey (Democratic) 68.08%
John I. Worthington (Republican) 27.66%
J. Samuel Jones (Socialist) 4.18%
Scattering 0.08%
[1]
Colorado Henry Augustus Buchtel RepublicanRetired, Democratic victory John F. Shafroth (Democratic) 49.41%
Jesse F. McDonald (Republican) 45.16%
Henry Clay Darrah (Socialist) 3.03%
H. L. Murray (Prohibition) 2.40%
[2]
Connecticut Rollin S. Woodruff Republican[ 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]
Delaware Preston Lea Republican[ data unknown/missing ] Simeon S. Pennewill (Republican) 51.97%
Rowland G. Paynter (Democratic) 47.56%
Frank Smith (Socialist) 0.47%
[4]
Florida Napoleon B. Broward DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Albert 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 Smith DemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Joseph 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]
Idaho Frank R. Gooding Republican[ 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]
Illinois Charles Samuel Deneen RepublicanRe-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]
Indiana Frank Hanly RepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victory Thomas 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]
Iowa Albert B. Cummins RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Beryl 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]
Kansas Edward W. Hoch Republican[ 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. Cobb Republican[ 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]
Massachusetts Curtis 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]
Michigan Fred M. Warner RepublicanRe-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]
Minnesota John Albert Johnson DemocraticRe-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]
Missouri Joseph W. Folk DemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victory Herbert 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]
Montana Edwin L. Norris DemocraticRe-elected, 47.34% Edward Donlan (Republican) 45.16%
Harry Hazelton (Socialist) 7.50%
[20]
Nebraska George L. Sheldon RepublicanDefeated, 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 Hampshire Charles M. Floyd RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Henry 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 York Charles Evans Hughes RepublicanRe-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 Carolina Robert Broadnax Glenn DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory William W. Kitchin (Democratic) 57.31%
J. Elwood Cox (Republican) 42.56%
J. A. Transom (Socialist) 0.14%
[24]
North Dakota John Burke DemocraticRe-elected, 51.06% C. A. Johnson (Republican) 48.43%
L. F. Dow (Independent) 0.51%
[25]
Ohio Andrew L. Harris RepublicanDefeated, 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 Island James H. Higgins DemocraticRetired, Republican victory Aram 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 Carolina Martin Frederick Ansel DemocraticRe-elected, 100.00%
[28] 		(Democratic primary results)
Martin Frederick Ansel 59.89%
Coleman Livingston Blease 40.11%
[29]
South Dakota Coe I. Crawford RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Robert S. Vessey (Republican) 55.28%
Andrew E. Lee (Democratic) 39.39%
G. F. Knappen (Prohibition) 3.10%
J. C. Knapp (Socialist) 2.23%
[30]
Tennessee Malcolm R. Patterson DemocraticRe-elected, 53.73% G. N. Tillman (Republican) 45.70%
W.A. Weatherall (Socialist) 0.57%
[31]
Texas Thomas M. Campbell DemocraticRe-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]
Utah John Christopher Cutler Republican[ 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. Proctor RepublicanRetired, Republican victory George 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]
Washington Albert E. Mead RepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victory 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 Virginia William M. O. Dawson RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory William Ellsworth Glasscock (Republican) 50.70%
Louis Bennett (Democratic) 46.09%
E. W. Miller (Independent) 1.93%
I. W. Houston (Socialist) 1.28%
[36]
Wisconsin James O. Davidson RepublicanRe-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]

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  2. ↑ "CO Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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  7. ↑ Horace Montgomery, ed. (1958). Georgians in Profile: Historical Essays in Honor of Ellis Merton Coulter. Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press. p. 320. ISBN   9780820335476.
  8. ↑ Grantham, Dewey W. (1958). Hoke Smith and the Politics of the New South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p. 192. ISBN   9780807101186.
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  10. ↑ "ID Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "IL Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  12. ↑ "IN Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  13. ↑ "IA Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  14. ↑ "KS Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  15. ↑ "ME Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  16. ↑ "MA Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  17. ↑ "MI Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  18. ↑ "MN Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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  21. ↑ "NE Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  22. ↑ "NH Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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  25. ↑ "ND Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  26. ↑ "OH Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  27. ↑ "RI Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  28. ↑ "SC Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  29. ↑ "SC Governor, 1908 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  30. ↑ "SD Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  31. ↑ "TN Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  32. ↑ "TX Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  33. ↑ "UT Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  34. ↑ "VT Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  35. ↑ "WA Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  36. ↑ "WV Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  37. ↑ "WI Governor, 1908". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

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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