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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1913, in four states. Massachusetts at this time held gubernatorial elections every year, which it would abandon in 1920. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years, which it would abandon in 1949. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year.
In Arkansas, a special election was held in July 1913 following the resignation of Joseph T. Robinson in March 1913 to take a seat in the United States Senate.
State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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Arkansas (special election, held 23 July 1913) | Junius Marion Futrell (acting) | Democratic | Did not contest, Democratic victory | George W. Hays (Democratic) 64.25% Harry H. Myers (Republican) 20.41% George W. Murphy (Progressive) 10.10% J. Emil Webber (Socialist) 5.24% [1] |
Massachusetts | Eugene Foss | Democratic | Did not contest Democratic renomination, ran as an independent, defeated | David I. Walsh (Democratic) 39.77% Charles S. Bird (Progressive) 27.72% Augustus P. Gardner (Republican) 25.32% Eugene Foss (Independent) 4.38% George H. Wrenn (Socialist) 1.96% Alfred H. Evans (Prohibition) 0.44% Arthur Elmer Reimer (Socialist Labor) 0.42% [2] |
New Jersey | Leon R. Taylor (acting) [lower-alpha 2] | Democratic | Did not contest, Democratic victory | James F. Fielder (Democratic) 46.13% Edward C. Stokes (Republican) 37.38% Everett Colby (Progressive) 10.96% James M. Reilly (Socialist) 3.72% James G. Mason (Prohibition) 0.91% John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.66% Daniel F. Dwyer (Independent) 0.23% [4] |
Virginia | William Hodges Mann | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Henry Carter Stuart (Democratic) 91.87% C. Campbell (Socialist) 5.23% B. D. Downey (Socialist Labor) 2.90% [5] Democratic primary results Henry Carter Stuart, unopposed [6] [7] or "without serious opposition" [8] [ data unknown/missing ] |
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