1910 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held 31 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 8, 1910 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont, which held early elections).
In Oregon, the gubernatorial election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in June.
Results
[edit]State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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Alabama | B. B. Comer | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Emmet O'Neal (Democratic) 80.18% Joseph O. Thompson (Republican) 19.82% [1] |
Arkansas (held, September 12, 1910) |
George W. Donaghey | Democratic | Re-elected, 67.44% | Andrew I. Roland (Republican) 26.46% Dan Hogan (Socialist) 6.10% [2] |
California | James Gillett | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Hiram W. Johnson (Republican) 45.94% Theodore Arlington Bell (Democratic) 40.14% J. Stitt Wilson (Socialist) 12.40% Simeon P. Meads (Prohibition) 1.51% Scattering 0.02% [3] |
Colorado | John F. Shafroth | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.04% | John B. Stephen (Republican) 43.48% Henry W. Pinkham (Socialist) 3.49% Phideliah A. Rice (Prohibition) 1.67% George Anderson (Socialist Labor) 0.33% [4] |
Connecticut | Frank B. Weeks | Republican | [data missing] | Simeon E. Baldwin (Democratic) 46.48% Charles A. Goodwin (Republican) 44.25% Robert Hunter (Socialist) 7.33% Emil L. G. Hohenthal (Prohibition) 1.22% Frederick Fellerman (Socialist Labor) 0.73% [5] |
Georgia (held, October 5, 1910) |
Joseph M. Brown | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary,[6][7] ran as an independent, defeated | M. Hoke Smith (Democratic) 82.48% Joseph M. Brown (Independent Democrat) 17.44% C. O. Brown (Socialist) 0.08% [8][9][10][11] (Democratic primary results) M. Hoke Smith 51.10% Joseph M. Brown 48.90% [12][13] |
Idaho | James H. Brady | Republican | Defeated, 46.38% | James H. Hawley (Democratic) 47.42% S. W. Motley (Socialist) 6.20% [14] |
Iowa | Beryl F. Carroll | Republican | Re-elected, 49.81% | Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 45.37% A. MacEachron (Prohibition) 2.48% John M. Work (Socialist) 2.35% [15] |
Kansas | Walter R. Stubbs | Republican | Re-elected, 49.76% | George H. Hodges (Democratic) 44.80% S. M. Stallard (Socialist) 4.72% William C. Cady (Prohibition) 0.73% [16] |
Maine (held, September 12, 1910) |
Bert M. Fernald | Republican | Defeated, 45.86% | Frederick W. Plaisted (Democratic) 52.01% Robert V. Hunter (Socialist) 1.16% James H. Ames (Prohibition) 0.92% Scattering 0.05% [17] |
Massachusetts | Eben S. Draper | Republican | Defeated, 44.05% | Eugene Foss (Democratic) 52.03% Dan White (Socialist) 2.59% John A. Nicholls (Prohibition) 0.74% Moritz E. Ruther (Socialist Labor) 0.59% Scattering 0.01% [18] |
Michigan | Fred M. Warner | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Chase S. Osborn (Republican) 52.85% Lawton T. Hemans (Democratic) 41.63% Joseph Warnock (Socialist) 2.60% Fred W. Corbett (Prohibition) 2.60% Herman Richter (Socialist Labor) 0.31% [19] |
Minnesota | Adolph O. Eberhart | Republican | Re-elected, 55.73% | James Gray Sr. (Democratic) 35.23% George E. Barrett (Public Ownership) 3.79% Jergen F. Heiberg (Prohibition) 3.04% Carl W. Brandborg (Socialist Labor) 2.21% [20] |
Nebraska | Ashton C. Shallenberger | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory | Chester H. Aldrich (Republican) 51.90% James C. Dahlman (Democratic) 45.45% Clyde J. Wright (Socialist) 2.65% [21] |
Nevada | Denver S. Dickerson | Silver-Democrat | Ran as a Democrat, defeated | Tasker L. Oddie (Republican) 50.59% Denver S. Dickerson (Democratic) 42.66% Henry F. Gegax (Socialist) 6.75% [22] |
New Hampshire | Henry B. Quinby | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Robert P. Bass (Republican) 53.36% Clarence E. Carr (Democratic) 44.84% Ash Warren Drew (Socialist) 1.31% John C. Berry (Prohibition) 0.49% Scattering 0.01% [23] |
New Jersey | John Franklin Fort | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) 53.93% Vivian M. Lewis (Republican) 42.61% Wilson B. Killingbeck (Socialist) 2.34% C. F. Repp (Prohibition) 0.65% John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.47% [24] |
New York | Horace White | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | John Alden Dix (Democratic) 48.00% Henry Lewis Stimson (Republican) 43.31% Charles Edward Russell (Socialist) 3.38% John J. Hopper (Independence League) 3.37% T. Alexander MacNicholl (Prohibition) 1.55% Frank E. Passanno (Socialist Labor) 0.40% [25] |
North Dakota | John Burke | Democratic | Re-elected, 49.96% | C. A. Johnson (Republican) 47.36% I. S. Lampman (Socialist) 2.68% [26] |
Ohio | Judson Harmon | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.61% | Warren G. Harding (Republican) 40.75% Tom Clifford (Socialist) 6.56% Henry A. Thompson (Prohibition) 0.77% J. R. Malley (Socialist Labor) 0.32% [27] |
Oklahoma | Charles N. Haskell | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Lee Cruce (Democratic) 48.56% J. W. McNeal (Republican) 40.23% J. T. Cumbie (Socialist) 9.91% George E. Rouch (Prohibition) 1.30% [28] |
Oregon | Jay Bowerman | Republican | Defeated, 41.42% | Oswald West (Democratic) 46.61% W. S. Richards (Socialist) 6.83% A. E. Eaton (Prohibition) 5.14% [29] |
Pennsylvania | Edwin Sydney Stuart | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | John Kinley Tener (Republican) 41.63% William H. Berry (Keystone Party) 38.27% Webster Grim (Democratic) 12.96% John W. Slayton (Socialist) 5.31% Madison F. Larkin (Prohibition) 1.75% George G. Anton (Industrialist) 0.08% [30] |
Rhode Island | Aram J. Pothier | Republican | Re-elected, 49.60% | Lewis A. Waterman (Democratic) 47.91% Nathaniel C. Greene (Prohibition) 1.48% Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 1.01% [31] |
South Carolina | Martin Frederick Ansel | Democratic | [data missing] | Coleman Livingston Blease (Democratic) 99.77% F. N. U. Thompson (Socialist) 0.23% [32] Democratic primary run-off results Coleman Livingston Blease 52.64% Claudius Cyprian Featherstone 47.36% [33][34] |
South Dakota | Robert S. Vessey | Republican | Re-elected, 58.35% | Chauncey L. Wood (Democratic) 35.90% O. W. Butterfield (Prohibition) 4.26% M. G. Opsahl (Independent) 1.49% [35] |
Tennessee | Malcolm R. Patterson | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Ben W. Hooper (Republican) 51.89% Robert L. Taylor (Democratic) 47.45% Seth McCallen (Socialist) 0.67% [36] |
Texas | Thomas Mitchell Campbell | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Oscar Branch Colquitt (Democratic) 79.79% J. O. Terrell (Republican) 11.97% Reddin Andrews Jr. (Socialist) 5.27% Andrew Jackson Houston (Prohibition) 2.77% Carl Schmidt (Socialist Labor) 0.20% [37] |
Vermont (held, September 6, 1910) |
George H. Prouty | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John Abner Mead (Republican) 64.20% Charles D. Watson (Democratic) 31.72% Chester E. Ordway (Socialist) 1.92% Edwin R. Towle (Prohibition) 1.90% Scattering 0.26% [38] |
Wisconsin | James O. Davidson | Republican | [data missing] | Francis E. McGovern (Republican) 50.58% Adolph H. Schmitz (Democratic) 34.57% William A. Jacobs (Social Democrat) 12.38% Byron E. Van Keuren (Prohibition) 2.33% Fred G. Kremer (Socialist Labor) 0.14% Scattering 0.01% [39] |
Wyoming | Bryant B. Brooks | Republican | [data missing] | Joseph M. Carey (Democratic) 55.60% W. E. Mullen (Republican) 40.17% W. W. Paterson (Socialist) 4.23% [40] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "AL Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "AR Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "CA Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "CO Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "CT Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ Barton Myers (February 3, 2006). "Joseph M. Brown (1851–1932)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "Governor Joseph Mackey Brown". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "GA Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ Grantham 1958, p. 204.
- ^ The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1912. New York: The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). 1911. p. 700.
- ^ The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1913. New York: The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). 1912. p. 727.
- ^ Grantham 1958, pp. 202–203.
- ^ Saye, Albert B. (1948). A Constitutional History of Georgia, 1732–1945. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press. p. 347. ISBN 9780820335544.
- ^ "ID Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "IA Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "KS Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "ME Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "MA Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "MI Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "MN Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "NE Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "NV Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "NH Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "NJ Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "NY Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "ND Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "OH Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "OK Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "OR Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "PA Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "RI Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "SC Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "SC Governor, 1910 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "Politics". The Pickens Sentinel. Pickens, South Carolina. July 30, 1914. p. 2. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "SD Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "TN Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "TX Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "VT Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "WI Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ "WY Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
Bibliography
[edit]Grantham, Dewey W. (1958). Hoke Smith and the Politics of the New South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 9780807101186.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, and Vermont held early elections.