1911 United States gubernatorial elections

1911 United States gubernatorial elections

←  1910 November 7, 1911; December 12, 1911 (AZ); April 16, 1912 (LA) 1912  →
8 governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 25 21 Seats after 27 21 Seat change 2 Seats up 4 2 Seats won 6 2
Democratic gain     Democratic hold      Republican gain     Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1911, in eight states.

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Mississippi held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year.

Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected their governors to a single-year term; this was the last time Rhode Island elected its governors to a single-year term. It switching to two-year-terms from the 1912 election.

Arizona and New Mexico held their first gubernatorial elections on achieving statehood.

Results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Arizona (Held, 12 December 1911)	New state			George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) 51.46% Edmund W. Wells (Republican) 42.41% P. W. Gallentine (Socialist) 5.77% T. W. Otts (Prohibition) 0.37% [1]
Kentucky	Augustus E. Willson	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	James B. McCreary (Democratic) 52.01% Edward C. O'Rear (Republican) 44.92% Walter B. Lanfersiek (Socialist) 2.00% J. D. Rodd (Prohibition) 0.84% James H. Arnold (Socialist Labor) 0.18% S. M. Payton (Independence League) 0.05% [2]
Louisiana (Held, 16 April 1912)	Jared Y. Sanders Sr.	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Luther E. Hall (Democratic) 89.48% Hugh S. Suthon (Republican) 8.78% J. R. Jones (Independent) 1.74% [3] (Democratic primary results) Luther E. Hall 43.28% John T. Michel 37.44% James B. Aswell 19.29% [4]
Maryland	Austin Lane Crothers	Democratic	Retired, Republican victory	Phillips Lee Goldsborough (Republican) 49.26% Arthur Pue Gorman Jr. (Democratic) 47.88% Charles E. Devlin (Socialist) 1.75% John H. Dulany (Prohibition) 1.11% [5] [6] [7] [8]
Massachusetts	Eugene Foss	Democratic	Re-elected, 48.84%	Louis A. Frothingham (Republican) 47.00% James F. Carey (Socialist) 3.04% Frank N. Rand (Prohibition) 0.79% Dennis McGoff (Socialist Labor) 0.34% Scattering 0.01% [9]
Mississippi	Edmond Noel	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Earl Brewer (Democratic) 95.18% Summer W. Rose (Socialist) 4.82% [10] (Democratic primary results) Earl Brewer, unopposed [11] [12]
New Mexico	New state			William C. McDonald (Democratic) 51.01% Holm O. Bursum (Republican) 46.05% T. C. Rivera (Socialist) 2.94% [13]
Rhode Island	Aram J. Pothier	Republican	Re-elected, 53.36%	Lewis A. Waterman (Democratic) 42.97% Edward W. Theinert (Socialist) 1.96% Ernest L. Merry (Prohibition) 1.28% John W. Leach (Socialist Labor) 0.43% [14]

References

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6. Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 32. ISBN   978-0-7864-4722-0.
7. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 134–135. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
8. Compiled by N. Winslow Williams, Secretary of State. "Maryland Manual 1912". Manual, State of Maryland. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., Printers: 229.
9. "MA Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
10. "MS Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
11. Westley F. Busbee, Jr. (2015). Mississippi: A History. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   978-1-118-75590-7.
12. J. W. Power, Secretary of State of Mississippi (1911). Biennial Report of the Secretary of State to the Legislature of Mississippi from October 1, 1909 to July 1, 1911. Nashville, Tenn.: The Brandon Printing Co. p. 63.
13. "NM Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
14. "RI Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 1, 2019.