1910 United States gubernatorial elections
November 8, 1910[lower-alpha 1]
31 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 19 26
Seats after 25 21
Seat change Increase6 Decrease5
Seats up 11 19
Seats won 17 14
  Third party
 
Party Silver
Seats before 1
Seats after 0
Seat change Decrease1
Seats up 1
Seats won 0
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

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

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
AlabamaB. B. ComerDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryEmmet O'Neal (Democratic) 80.18%
Joseph O. Thompson (Republican) 19.82%
[1]
Arkansas
(held, September 12, 1910)		George W. DonagheyDemocraticRe-elected, 67.44%Andrew I. Roland (Republican) 26.46%
Dan Hogan (Socialist) 6.10%
[2]
CaliforniaJames GillettRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryHiram 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]
ColoradoJohn F. ShafrothDemocraticRe-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]
ConnecticutFrank B. WeeksRepublican[data missing]Simeon Eben 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. BrownDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary,[6][7] ran as an independent, defeatedM. 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]
IdahoJames H. BradyRepublicanDefeated, 46.38%James H. Hawley (Democratic) 47.42%
S. W. Motley (Socialist) 6.20%
[14]
IowaBeryl F. CarrollRepublicanRe-elected, 49.81%Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 45.37%
A. MacEachron (Prohibition) 2.48%
John M. Work (Socialist) 2.35%
[15]
KansasWalter R. StubbsRepublicanRe-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. FernaldRepublicanDefeated, 45.86%Frederick W. Plaisted (Democratic) 52.01%
Robert V. Hunter (Socialist) 1.16%
James H. Ames (Prohibition) 0.92%
Scattering 0.05%
[17]
MassachusettsEben S. DraperRepublicanDefeated, 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]
MichiganFred M. WarnerRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryChase 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]
MinnesotaAdolph O. EberhartRepublicanRe-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]
NebraskaAshton C. ShallenbergerDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victoryChester H. Aldrich (Republican) 51.90%
James C. Dahlman (Democratic) 45.45%
Clyde J. Wright (Socialist) 2.65%
[21]
NevadaDenver S. DickersonSilver-DemocratRan as a Democrat, defeatedTasker L. Oddie (Republican) 50.59%
Denver S. Dickerson (Democratic) 42.66%
Henry F. Gegax (Socialist) 6.75%
[22]
New HampshireHenry B. QuinbyRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryRobert 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 JerseyJohn Franklin FortRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryWoodrow 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 YorkHorace WhiteRepublicanRetired, Democratic victoryJohn 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 DakotaJohn BurkeDemocraticRe-elected, 49.96%C. A. Johnson (Republican) 47.36%
I. S. Lampman (Socialist) 2.68%
[26]
OhioJudson HarmonDemocraticRe-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]
OklahomaCharles N. HaskellDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryLee Cruce (Democratic) 48.56%
J. W. McNeal (Republican) 40.23%
J. T. Cumbie (Socialist) 9.91%
George E. Rouch (Prohibition) 1.30%
[28]
OregonJay BowermanRepublicanDefeated, 41.42%Oswald West (Democratic) 46.61%
W. S. Richards (Socialist) 6.83%
A. E. Eaton (Prohibition) 5.14%
[29]
PennsylvaniaEdwin Sydney StuartRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryJohn 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 IslandAram J. PothierRepublicanRe-elected, 49.60%Lewis A. Waterman (Democratic) 47.91%
Nathaniel C. Greene (Prohibition) 1.48%
Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 1.01%
[31]
South CarolinaMartin Frederick AnselDemocratic[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 DakotaRobert S. VesseyRepublicanRe-elected, 58.35%Chauncey L. Wood (Democratic) 35.90%
O. W. Butterfield (Prohibition) 4.26%
M. G. Opsahl (Independent) 1.49%
[35]
TennesseeMalcolm R. PattersonDemocraticRetired, Republican victoryBen W. Hooper (Republican) 51.89%
Robert L. Taylor (Democratic) 47.45%
Seth McCallen (Socialist) 0.67%
[36]
TexasThomas Mitchell CampbellDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryOscar 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. ProutyRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryJohn 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]
WisconsinJames O. DavidsonRepublican[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]
WyomingBryant B. BrooksRepublican[data missing]Joseph M. Carey (Democratic) 55.60%
W. E. Mullen (Republican) 40.17%
W. W. Paterson (Socialist) 4.23%
[40]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AL Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ "AR Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ "CA Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ "CO Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  5. ↑ "CT Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  6. ↑ Barton Myers (February 3, 2006). "Joseph M. Brown (1851–1932)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Governor Joseph Mackey Brown". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  8. ↑ "GA Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  9. ↑ Grantham 1958, p. 204.
  10. ↑ The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1912. New York: The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). 1911. p. 700.
  11. ↑ The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1913. New York: The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). 1912. p. 727.
  12. ↑ Grantham 1958, pp. 202–203.
  13. ↑ Saye, Albert B. (1948). A Constitutional History of Georgia, 1732–1945. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press. p. 347. ISBN 9780820335544.
  14. ↑ "ID Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  15. ↑ "IA Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  16. ↑ "KS Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  17. ↑ "ME Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  18. ↑ "MA Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  19. ↑ "MI Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  20. ↑ "MN Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  21. ↑ "NE Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  22. ↑ "NV Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  23. ↑ "NH Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  24. ↑ "NJ Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  25. ↑ "NY Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  26. ↑ "ND Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  27. ↑ "OH Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  28. ↑ "OK Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  29. ↑ "OR Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  30. ↑ "PA Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  31. ↑ "RI Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  32. ↑ "SC Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  33. ↑ "SC Governor, 1910 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  34. ↑ "Politics". The Pickens Sentinel. Pickens, South Carolina. July 30, 1914. p. 2. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  35. ↑ "SD Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  36. ↑ "TN Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  37. ↑ "TX Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  38. ↑ "VT Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  39. ↑ "WI Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  40. ↑ "WY Governor, 1910". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2019.

Bibliography

Grantham, Dewey W. (1958). Hoke Smith and the Politics of the New South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 9780807101186.

Notes

  1. ↑ Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, and Vermont held early elections.
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