1912 United States gubernatorial elections

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1912 United States gubernatorial elections
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  1911 November 5, 1912 [lower-alpha 1] 1913  

33 governorships [lower-alpha 2]
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before2620
Seats after3016
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Seats up1617
Seats won2013

 Third party
 
Party Progressive
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1912 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1912, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 5, 1912 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont). In addition, there was a special election in Georgia on January 10, 1912.

Contents

In Rhode Island, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a one-year term. In Vermont, the gubernatorial election was held in September for the last time, moving to the same day as federal elections from the 1914 elections.

Results

Special election (January 1912)

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Georgia
(special election)
(held, January 10, 1912)
John M. Slaton Democratic[ data missing ] Joseph M. Brown (Democratic) 98.97%
A. F. Castleberry (Socialist) 1.03%
[1]
(Democratic primary results)
Joseph M. Brown 39.46%
J. Pope Brown 34.57%
R. B. Russell 25.97%
[2]

Regular elections (Autumn 1912)

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Arkansas
(held, September 9, 1912)
George Washington Donaghey DemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, [3] [4] Democratic victory Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democratic) 64.74%
Andrew I. Roland (Republican) 27.37%
G. E. Mikel (Socialist) 7.89%
[5]
Colorado John F. Shafroth DemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Elias M. Ammons (Democratic) 42.91%
Edward P. Costigan (Progressive) 24.88%
Clifford C. Parks (Republican) 23.73%
Charles A. Ashelstrom (Socialist) 6.09%
John Henry Ketchum (Prohibition) 2.22%
Jonathan U. Billings (Socialist Labor) 0.17%
[6]
Connecticut Simeon E. Baldwin DemocraticRe-elected, 41.11% J. P. Studley (Republican) 35.47%
Herbert Smith (Progressive) 16.29%
Samuel E. Beardsley (Socialist) 5.38%
B. B. Bassette (Prohibition) 1.10%
Charles B. Wells (Socialist Labor) 0.66%
[7]
Delaware Simeon S. Pennewill Republican[ data missing ] Charles R. Miller (Republican) 46.95%
Thomas M. Monaghan (Democratic) 44.30%
George B. Hynson (Progressive) 6.23%
John Heyd (Prohibition) 1.37%
Norman L. Rearick (Socialist) 1.15%
[8]
Florida Albert W. Gilchrist DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Park Trammell (Democratic) 80.42%
Thomas W. Cox (Socialist) 7.15%
William R. O'Neal (Republican) 5.46%
William C. Hodges (Progressive) 4.78%
J. W. Bingham (Prohibition) 2.19%
[9]
Georgia
(held, October 2, 1912)
Joseph Mackey Brown Democratic[ data missing ] John M. Slaton (Democratic) 100.00%
[10]
(Democratic primary results)
John M. Slaton 62.14%
Hooper Alexander 23.13%
Joe Hill Hall 14.73%
[11]
Idaho James H. Hawley DemocraticDefeated, 32.22% John M. Haines (Republican) 33.24%
G. H. Martin (Progressive) 23.05%
L. A. Coblentz (Socialist) 10.51%
Scattering 0.97%
[12]
Illinois Charles S. Deneen RepublicanDefeated, 27.39% Edward F. Dunne (Democratic) 38.11%
Frank H. Funk (Progressive) 26.09%
John C. Kennedy (Socialist) 6.77%
Edward Worrell (Prohibition) 1.31%
John M. Francis (Socialist Labor) 0.34%
[13]
Indiana Thomas R. Marshall DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory Samuel M. Ralston (Democratic) 42.95%
Albert J. Beveridge (Progressive) 25.99%
Winfield T. Durbin (Republican) 22.10%
Stephen N. Reynolds (Socialist) 5.53%
William H. Hickman (Prohibition) 2.88%
James Matthews (Socialist Labor) 0.45%
Scattering 0.10%
[14]
Iowa Beryl F. Carroll RepublicanRetired, Republican victory George W. Clarke (Republican) 39.93%
Edward G. Dunn (Democratic) 39.56%
John L. Stevens (Progressive) 15.59%
I. S. McCrillis (Socialist) 3.25%
C. Durant Jones (Prohibition) 1.68%
[15]
Kansas Walter R. Stubbs RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory George H. Hodges (Democratic) 46.55%
Arthur Capper (Republican) 46.54%
George W. Kleihege (Socialist) 6.89%
Scattering 0.02%
[16]
Maine
(held, September 9, 1912)
Frederick W. Plaisted DemocraticDefeated, 47.70% William T. Haines (Republican) 49.97%
George Allan England (Socialist) 1.47%
William I. Sterling (Prohibition) 0.86%
Scattering 0.01%
[17]
Massachusetts Eugene Foss DemocraticRe-elected, 40.60% Joseph Walker (Republican) 30.18%
Charles S. Bird (Progressive) 25.77%
Roland D. Sawyer (Socialist) 2.42%
Frank N. Rand (Prohibition) 0.57%
Patrick Mulligan (Socialist Labor) 0.47%
[18]
Michigan Chase Osborn RepublicanRetired, Democratic victory Woodbridge N. Ferris (Democratic) 35.35%
Amos S. Musselman (Republican) 30.96%
L. Whitney Watkins (Progressive) 28.31%
James Hoogerhyde (Socialist) 3.90%
Jefferson D. Leland (Prohibition) 1.42%
Herman Richter (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
[19]
Minnesota Adolph O. Eberhart RepublicanRe-elected, 40.73% Peter M. Ringdahl (Democratic) 31.30%
Paul V. Collins (Progressive) 10.51%
Engebret E. Lobeck (Prohibition) 9.38%
David Morgan (Public Ownership) 8.09%
[20]
Missouri Herbert S. Hadley RepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victory Elliott W. Major (Democratic) 48.20%
John C. McKinley (Republican) 31.15%
Albert D. Nortoni (Progressive) 15.61%
William A. Ward (Socialist) 4.03%
Charles E. Stokes (Prohibition) 0.75%
Charles Rogers (Socialist Labor) 0.27%
[21]
Montana Edwin L. Norris Democratic[ data missing ] Samuel V. Stewart (Democratic) 31.73%
Harry L. Wilson (Republican) 28.70%
Frank J. Edwards (Progressive) 23.61%
Lewis J. Duncan (Socialist) 15.96%
[22]
Nebraska Chester H. Aldrich RepublicanDefeated, 45.33% John H. Morehead (Democratic) 49.27%
Clyde J. Wright (Socialist) 3.96%
Nathan Wilson (Prohibition) 1.45%
[23]
New Hampshire Robert P. Bass RepublicanRetired, Democratic victory Samuel D. Felker (Democratic) 41.07%
Franklin Worcester (Republican) 39.03%
Winston Churchill (Progressive) 17.29%
William H. Wilkins (Socialist) 2.01%
Alva H. Morrill (Prohibition) 0.60%
[24]
New York John Alden Dix DemocraticLost Democratic nomination, Democratic victory William Sulzer (Democratic) 41.46%
Job E. Hedges (Republican) 28.35%
Oscar S. Straus (Progressive) 25.10%
Charles Edward Russell (Socialist) 3.63%
T. Alexander MacNicholl (Prohibition) 1.21%
John Hall (Socialist Labor) 0.24%
[25]
North Carolina William Walton Kitchin DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Locke Craig (Democratic) 61.35%
Iredell Meares (Progressive) 20.42%
Thomas Settle III (Republican) 17.84%
H. E. Hodges (Socialist) 0.39%
[26]
North Dakota John Burke DemocraticRetired, Republican victory Louis B. Hanna (Republican) 45.45%
Frank O. Hellstrom (Democratic) 36.01%
W. D. Sweet (Progressive) 10.74%
A. E. Bowen Jr. (Socialist) 7.80%
[27]
Ohio Judson Harmon DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory James M. Cox (Democratic) 42.38%
Robert B. Brown (Republican) 26.29%
Arthur Lovett Garford (Progressive) 21.02%
Charles Emil Ruthenberg (Socialist) 8.46%
Daniel A. Polling (Prohibition) 1.60%
John Kircher (Socialist Labor) 0.26%
[28]
Rhode Island Aram J. Pothier RepublicanRe-elected, 43.67% Theodore Francis Green (Democratic) 41.87%
Albert H. Humes (Progressive) 10.82%
Samuel H. Fassel (Socialist) 2.45%
Willis H. White (Prohibition) 0.88%
Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 0.32%
[29]
South Carolina Coleman Livingston Blease DemocraticRe-elected, 99.53%R. B. Britton (Socialist) 0.47%
[30]
(Democratic primary results)
Coleman Livingston Blease 50.96%
Ira B. Jones 47.34%
John T. Duncan 1.70%
[31]
South Dakota Robert S. Vessey RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Frank M. Byrne (Republican) 48.51%
Edwin S. Johnson (Democratic) 45.70%
Samuel Lovett (Socialist) 2.95%
O. W. Butterfield (Prohibition) 2.83%
[32]
Tennessee Ben W. Hooper RepublicanRe-elected, 50.10% Benton McMillin (Democratic) 46.87%
Scattering 3.03%
[33]
Texas Oscar Branch Colquitt DemocraticRe-elected, 77.82% Reddin Andrews (Socialist) 8.39%
C. W. Johnson (Republican) 7.67%
Ed C. Lasater (Progressive) 5.24%
Andrew Jackson Houston (Prohibition) 0.78%
K. E. Choate (Socialist Labor) 0.10%
[34]
(Democratic primary results)
Oscar Branch Colquitt 55.00%
William F. Ramsey 45.00%
[35]
Utah William Spry RepublicanRe-elected, 38.17% John Franklin Tolton (Democratic) 32.36%
Nephi L. Morris (Progressive) 21.16%
Homer P. Burt (Socialist) 7.89%
E. A. Battell (Socialist Labor) 0.43%
[36]
Vermont
(held, September 3, 1912)
John A. Mead RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Allen Miller Fletcher (Republican) 40.47%
Harland Bradley Howe (Democratic) 30.85%
Fraser Metzger (Progressive) 24.10%
Clement F. Smith (Prohibition) 2.68%
Frederick W. Suitor (Socialist) 1.87%
Scattering 0.04%
[37]
(General Assembly result) [lower-alpha 4]
Allen Miller Fletcher (Republican) 163
Harland Bradley Howe (Democratic) 76
Frazer Metzger (Progressive) 32 [38]
Washington Marion E. Hay RepublicanDefeated, 30.35% Ernest Lister (Democratic) 30.55%
Robert T. Hodge (Progressive) 24.44%
Anna A. Maley (Socialist) 11.67%
George F. Stivers (Prohibition) 2.56%
Abraham Lincoln Brearcliff (Socialist Labor) 0.43%
[39]
West Virginia William E. Glasscock RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory Henry Drury Hatfield (Republican) 47.74%
W. R. Thompson (Democratic) 44.47%
Walter B. Hilton (Socialist) 5.61%
Goodloe Jackson (Prohibition) 2.19%
[40]
Wisconsin Francis E. McGovern RepublicanRe-elected, 45.54% John C. Karel (Democratic) 42.48%
Carl D. Thompson (Social Democrat) 8.75%
Charles Lewis Hill (Prohibition) 2.40%
William H. Curtis (Socialist Labor) 0.83%
Scattering 0.01%
[41]

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Notes

  1. Elections were held earlier in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, and Vermont.
  2. Including a special election in Georgia.
  3. California Governor Hiram Johnson (R) and Wyoming Governor Joseph M. Carey (D) joined the Progressive Party on its formation.
  4. Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the state legislature decided the election.