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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1918, in 32 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 5, 1918. Elections took place on September 9 in Maine.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Charles Henderson | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Thomas E. Kilby (Democratic) 80.21% Dallas B. Smith (Independent) 19.79% [1] (Democratic primary results: after second preferences) Thomas E. Kilby 36.84% William W. Brandon 34.37% Charles B. Teasley 19.37% John H. Wallace Jr. 7.99% John Purifoy 1.42% [2] |
| Arizona | George W. P. Hunt | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) 49.90% Fred T. Colter (Democratic) 49.25% George D. Smith (Socialist) 0.86% [3] |
| Arkansas | Charles H. Brough | Democratic | Re-elected, 93.43% | Clay Fulks (Socialist) 6.57% (Democratic primary results) √ Charles H. Brough L. C. 'Judge' Smith [ data missing ] [4] [5] [6] |
| California | William D. Stephens | Republican | Re-elected | William D. Stephens (Republican) 56.28% Theodore Arlington Bell (Independent) 36.48% Henry H. Roser (Socialist) 4.21% James Rolph Jr. (Democratic) [lower-alpha 1] (write-in) 2.99% Scattering 0.05% [7] |
| Colorado | Julius Caldeen Gunter | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory | Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (Republican) 51.15% Thomas J. Tynan (Democratic) 46.47% Mary L. Geffs (Socialist) 2.38% [8] |
| Connecticut | Marcus H. Holcomb | Republican | Re-elected, 50.72% | Thomas J. Spellacy (Democratic) 45.87% Martin F. Plunkett (Socialist) 2.39% John Newton Lackey (Prohibition) 0.61% Herman Klawansky (Socialist Labor) 0.34% George A. Parsons (National) 0.07% [9] |
| Georgia | Hugh M. Dorsey | Democratic | Re-elected, unopposed [10] | (Democratic primary results) Hugh M. Dorsey (unopposed) [11] |
| Idaho | Moses Alexander | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | David W. Davis (Republican) 59.95% H. F. Samuels (Democratic) 40.05% [12] |
| Iowa | William L. Harding | Republican | Re-elected, 50.55% | Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 46.92% Andrew Engle (Socialist) 2.10% M. L. Christian (Prohibition) 0.43% [13] |
| Kansas | Arthur Capper | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Henry J. Allen (Republican) 66.39% W. C. Lansdon (Democratic) 30.68% George W. Kleihege (Socialist) 2.94% [14] |
| Maine (held, 9 September 1918) | Carl E. Milliken | Republican | Re-elected, 52.04% | Bertrand G. McIntire (Democratic) 47.96% [15] |
| Massachusetts | Samuel W. McCall | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Calvin Coolidge (Republican) 50.87% Richard H. Long (Democratic) 46.84% Sylvester J. McBride (Socialist) 1.84% Ingvar Paulsen (Socialist Labor) 0.45% [16] |
| Michigan | Albert E. Sleeper | Republican | Re-elected, 61.41% | John W. Bailey (Democratic) 36.41% Ernest J. Moore (Socialist) 1.63% John S. McColl (Prohibition) 0.38% John Hinds (Socialist Labor) 0.18% [17] |
| Minnesota | Joseph A. A. Burnquist | Republican | Re-elected, 45.04% | David H. Evans (Farmer-Labor) 30.28% Fred E. Wheaton (Democratic) 20.77% L. P. Berot (Socialist) 2.11% Olaf O. Stageberg (National) 1.80% [18] |
| Nebraska | Keith Neville | Democratic | Defeated, 44.00% | Samuel R. McKelvie (Republican) 54.47% Julian D. Graves (Prohibition) 1.53% [19] |
| Nevada | Emmet D. Boyle | Democratic | Re-elected, 52.08% | Tasker L. Oddie (Republican) 47.92% [20] |
| New Hampshire | Henry W. Keyes | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | John H. Bartlett (Republican) 54.13% Nathaniel E. Martin (Democratic) 45.86% Scattering 0.01% [21] |
| New Mexico | Washington Lindsey | Republican | Lost renomination, Republican victory | Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (Republican) 50.50% Felix Garcia (Democratic) 47.70% A. H. Moulton (Socialist) 1.80% [22] |
| New York | Charles S. Whitman | Republican | Defeated, 46.68% | Alfred E. Smith (Democratic) 47.37% Charles W. Ervin (Socialist) 5.71% Olive M. Johnson (Socialist Labor) 0.24% [23] |
| North Dakota | Lynn J. Frazier | Republican | Re-elected, 59.75% | S. J. Doyle (Democratic) 40.26% [24] |
| Ohio | James M. Cox | Democratic | Re-elected, 50.62% | Frank B. Willis (Republican) 49.38% [25] |
| Oklahoma | Robert L. Williams | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | James B. A. Robertson (Democratic) 53.55% Horace G. McKeever (Republican) 42.63% Patrick S. Nagle (Socialist) 3.83% [26] |
| Oregon | James Withycombe | Republican | Re-elected, 52.99% | Walter M. Pierce (Democratic) 42.78% Benjamin Franklin Ramp (Socialist) 4.24% [27] |
| Pennsylvania | Martin Grove Brumbaugh | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | William Cameron Sproul (Republican) 61.05% Eugene C. Bonniwell (Democratic) 33.74% Edwin J. Fithian (Prohibition) 3.02% Charles Sehl (Socialist) 2.07% Robert C. Macauley Jr. (Single Tax) 0.12% [28] |
| Rhode Island | R. Livingston Beeckman | Republican | Re-elected, 53.11% | Alberic A. Archambault (Democratic) 44.84% Ernest Sherwood (Socialist) 2.05% [29] |
| South Carolina | Richard Irvine Manning III | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Robert Archer Cooper (Democratic) unopposed [30] (Democratic primary results) Robert Archer Cooper 57.96% John Gardiner Richards 29.24% Andrew J. Bethea 9.70% Scattering 3.10% [31] |
| South Dakota | Peter Norbeck | Republican | Re-elected, 53.22% | Mark P. Bates (Independent) 26.12% James B. Bird (Democratic) 18.57% Knute Lewis (Independent) 1.32% Orville Anderson (Socialist) 0.77% [32] |
| Tennessee | Thomas C. Rye | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | Albert H. Roberts (Democratic) 62.37% Hugh B. Lindsay (Republican) 37.64% [33] |
| Texas | William Pettus Hobby | Democratic | Re-elected, 84.00% | Charles A. Boynton (Republican) 15.06% William D. Simpson (Socialist) 0.94% [34] |
| Vermont | Horace F. Graham | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Percival Wood Clement (Republican) 67.00% William B. Mayo (Democratic) 32.75% Scattering 0.25% [35] |
| Wisconsin | Emanuel L. Philipp | Republican | Re-elected, 46.99% | Henry A. Moehlenpah (Democratic) 33.95% Emil Seidel (Socialist) 17.35% William C. Dean (Prohibition) 1.60% Scattering 0.12% [36] |
| Wyoming | Frank L. Houx | Democratic | Defeated, 43.90% | Robert D. Carey (Republican) 56.11% [37] |
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