1911 United States gubernatorial elections

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1911 United States gubernatorial elections
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←  1910 November 7, 1911;
December 12, 1911 (AZ);
April 16, 1912 (LA)		 1912  →
8 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before2521
Seats after2721
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Steady2.svg
Seats up42
Seats won62
1911 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1911, in eight states.

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Mississippi held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year.

Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected its governors to a single-year term; this was the last time Rhode Island elected its governors to a single-year term, switching to two years from the 1912 election.

Arizona and New Mexico held their first gubernatorial elections on achieving statehood.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Arizona
(Held, 12 December 1911)		New state George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) 51.46%
Edmund W. Wells (Republican) 42.41%
P. W. Gallentine (Socialist) 5.77%
T. W. Otts (Prohibition) 0.37%
[1]
Kentucky Augustus E. Willson RepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victory James B. McCreary (Democratic) 52.01%
Edward C. O'Rear (Republican) 44.92%
Walter B. Lanfersiek (Socialist) 2.00%
J. D. Rodd (Prohibition) 0.84%
James H. Arnold (Socialist Labor) 0.18%
S. M. Payton (Independence League) 0.05%
[2]
Louisiana
(Held, 16 April 1912)
 Jared Y. Sanders Sr. DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Luther E. Hall (Democratic) 89.48%
Hugh S. Suthon (Republican) 8.78%
J. R. Jones (Independent) 1.74%
[3]
(Democratic primary results)
Luther E. Hall 43.28%
John T. Michel 37.44%
James B. Aswell 19.29%
[4]
Maryland Austin Lane Crothers DemocraticRetired, Republican victory Phillips Lee Goldsborough (Republican) 49.26%
Arthur Pue Gorman Jr. (Democratic) 47.88%
Charles E. Devlin (Socialist) 1.75%
John H. Dulany (Prohibition) 1.11%
[5] [6] [7] [8]
Massachusetts Eugene Foss DemocraticRe-elected, 48.84% Louis A. Frothingham (Republican) 47.00%
James F. Carey (Socialist) 3.04%
Frank N. Rand (Prohibition) 0.79%
Dennis McGoff (Socialist Labor) 0.34%
Scattering 0.01%
[9]
Mississippi Edmond Noel DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Earl Brewer (Democratic) 95.18%
Summer W. Rose (Socialist) 4.82%
[10]
(Democratic primary results)
Earl Brewer, unopposed
[11] [12]
New Mexico New state William C. McDonald (Democratic) 51.01%
Holm O. Bursum (Republican) 46.05%
T. C. Rivera (Socialist) 2.94%
[13]
Rhode Island Aram J. Pothier RepublicanRe-elected, 53.36% Lewis A. Waterman (Democratic) 42.97%
Edward W. Theinert (Socialist) 1.96%
Ernest L. Merry (Prohibition) 1.28%
John W. Leach (Socialist Labor) 0.43%
[14]

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References

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  2. ↑ "KY Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "LA Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "LA Governor, 1912 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "MD Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 32. ISBN   978-0-7864-4722-0.
  7. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 134–135. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
  8. ↑ Compiled by N. Winslow Williams, Secretary of State. "Maryland Manual 1912". Manual, State of Maryland. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., Printers: 229.
  9. ↑ "MA Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "MS Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  11. ↑ Westley F. Busbee, Jr. (2015). Mississippi: A History. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   978-1-118-75590-7.
  12. ↑ J. W. Power, Secretary of State of Mississippi (1911). Biennial Report of the Secretary of State to the Legislature of Mississippi from October 1, 1909 to July 1, 1911. Nashville, Tenn.: The Brandon Printing Co. p. 63.
  13. ↑ "NM Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  14. ↑ "RI Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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