1916 United States gubernatorial elections

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1916 United States gubernatorial elections
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←  1915 November 7, 1916;
September 11, 1916 (ME)		 1917  →
36 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before2819
Seats after2521
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg2
Seats up1917
Seats won1619
 Third party
 
Party Prohibition
Seats before0
Seats after1
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1
Seats up0
Seats won1
1916 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     Republican hold
     Prohibition gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1916, in 36 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 7, 1916 (September 11 in Maine).

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In New Mexico, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a four-year term. In Arkansas and Georgia, the gubernatorial election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in September and October, respectively.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Arizona George W. P. Hunt DemocraticDefeated, 47.94% [lower-alpha 1] Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) 47.99%
Peter T. Robertson (Socialist) 3.39%
Robert E. Dunlap (Prohibition) 0.68%
[1]
Arkansas George Washington Hays DemocraticRetired, [2] Democratic victory Charles H. Brough (Democratic) 69.45%
Wallace Townsend (Republican) 25.02%
William Davis (Socialist) 5.54%
[3]
Colorado George A. Carlson RepublicanDefeated, 41.28% Julius C. Gunter (Democratic) 53.27%
C. Goddard (Socialist) 4.38%
Louis E. Leeder (Liberal) 1.06%
[4]
Connecticut Marcus H. Holcomb RepublicanRe-elected, 51.12% Morris Beardsley (Democratic) 45.27%
Herbert Beebe (Socialist) 2.48%
G. Whitfield Simonson (Prohibition) 0.84%
Charles B. Wells (Socialist Labor) 0.29%
[5]
Delaware Charles R. Miller RepublicanRetired, Republican victory John G. Townsend Jr. (Republican) 52.07%
James H. Hughes (Democratic) 46.97%
Frank A. Houck (Socialist) 0.96%
[6]
Florida Park Trammell DemocraticTerm-limited, Prohibition victory Sidney J. Catts (Prohibition) 47.71%
William V. Knott (Democratic) 36.61%
George W. Allen (Republican) 12.47%
C. C. Allen (Socialist) 2.98%
Noel A. Mitchell (Independent) 0.23%
[7]
Georgia Nathaniel Edwin Harris DemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Hugh M. Dorsey (Democratic) 96.45%
Roscoe Pickett (Republican) 2.91%
Thomas M. Taylor (Socialist) 0.64%
[8]
(Democratic primary results)
Hugh M. Dorsey 51.34% (245)
Nathaniel E. Harris 32.53% (119)
Lamartine Griffin Hardman 12.84% (8)
Joseph E. Pottle 3.29% (8)
[9]
Idaho Moses Alexander DemocraticRe-elected, 47.49% David W. Davis (Republican) 47.07%
Annie E. Triplow (Socialist) 5.44%
[10]
Illinois Edward F. Dunne DemocraticDefeated, 42.09% Frank O. Lowden (Republican) 52.67%
Seymour Stedman (Socialist) 3.96%
John R. Golden (Prohibition) 1.16%
John M. Francis (Socialist Labor) 0.13%
[11]
Indiana Samuel M. Ralston DemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victory James P. Goodrich (Republican) 47.80%
John A. M. Adair (Democratic) 46.00%
William W. Farmer (Socialist) 3.14%
Alfred L. Mondy (Prohibition) 2.19%
Thomas A. Dalley (Progressive) 0.65%
Joe B. Trunko (Socialist Labor) 0.22%
Scattering 0.01%
[12]
Iowa George W. Clarke RepublicanRetired, Republican victory William L. Harding (Republican) 61.03%
Edwin T. Meredith (Democratic) 36.36%
John W. Bennett (Socialist) 1.60%
Oren D. Ellett (Prohibition) 0.56%
Stephen H. Bashor (Progressive) 0.40%
Arthur S. Dowler (Socialist Labor) 0.06%
[13]
Kansas Arthur Capper RepublicanRe-elected, 60.77% W. C. Lansdon (Democratic) 33.05%
E. N. Richardson (Socialist) 3.88%
Harry R. Ross (Prohibition) 2.30%
[14]
Maine
(held, 11 September 1916)		 Oakley C. Curtis DemocraticDefeated, 44.87% Carl E. Milliken (Republican) 54.00%
Frank H. Maxfield (Socialist) 0.97%
Liaus Seeley (Prohibition) 0.17%
[15]
Massachusetts Samuel W. McCall RepublicanRe-elected, 52.45% Frederick W. Mansfield (Democratic) 43.67%
Dan White (Socialist) 2.01%
Chester R. Lawrence (Prohibition) 1.13%
James Hayes (Socialist Labor) 0.74%
[16]
Michigan Woodbridge N. Ferris DemocraticRetired, Republican victory Albert E. Sleeper (Republican) 55.83%
Edwin F. Sweet (Democratic) 40.59%
Ernest J. Moore (Socialist) 2.31%
E. W. Woodruff (Prohibition) 1.11%
James R. Murray (Socialist Labor) 0.15%
Henry R. Pattengill (Progressive) 0.02%
[17]
Minnesota Joseph A. A. Burnquist RepublicanRe-elected, 62.94% Thomas P. Dwyer (Democratic) 23.84%
J. O. Bentall (Socialist) 6.73%
Thomas J. Anderson (Prohibition) 5.09%
John P. Johnson (Industrial Labor) 1.40%
[18]
Missouri Elliot Woolfolk Major DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Frederick D. Gardner (Democratic) 48.65%
Henry Lamm (Republican) 48.36%
William J. Adames (Socialist) 1.85%
Joseph P. Fontron (Progressive) 0.51%
William H. Yount (Prohibition) 0.51%
Charles Rogers (Socialist Labor) 0.12%
[19]
Montana Samuel V. Stewart DemocraticRe-elected, 49.36% Frank J. Edwards (Republican) 44.10%
Lewis J. Duncan (Socialist) 6.53%
[20]
Nebraska John H. Morehead DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory Keith Neville (Democratic) 49.27%
Abraham L. Sutton (Republican) 46.95%
Benjamin Z. Millikan (Socialist) 2.34%
Julian D. Graves (Prohibition) 1.45%
[21]
New Hampshire Rolland H. Spaulding RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Henry W. Keyes (Republican) 53.20%
John C. Hutchins (Democratic) 45.08%
William H. Wilkins (Socialist) 1.39%
Ralph E. Meras (Prohibition) 0.33%
[22]
New Jersey James Fairman Fielder DemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victory Walter E. Edge (Republican) 55.44%
H. Otto Wittpenn (Democratic) 39.83%
Frederick Krafft (Socialist) 2.89%
Harry Vaughan (Prohibition) 1.32%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.52%
[23]
New Mexico William C. McDonald DemocraticRetired to run for lieutenant governor, Democratic victory Ezequiel C. De Baca (Democratic) 49.40%
Holm O. Bursum (Republican) 47.42%
N. A. Wells (Socialist) 3.18%
[24]
New York Charles S. Whitman RepublicanRe-elected, 52.63% Samuel Seabury (Democratic) 42.53%
Algernon Lee (Socialist) 3.25%
Charles E. Welch (Prohibition) 1.35%
Jeremiah D. Crowley (Socialist Labor) 0.24%
[25]
North Carolina Locke Craig DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Thomas W. Bickett (Democratic) 58.15%
Frank A. Linney (Republican) 41.65%
L. Miller (Socialist) 0.21%
[26]
North Dakota L. B. Hanna RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Lynn J. Frazier (Republican) 79.24%
D. H. McArthur (Democratic) 18.40%
Oscar A. Johnson (Socialist) 2.36%
[27]
Ohio Frank B. Willis RepublicanDefeated, 47.83% James M. Cox (Democratic) 48.40%
Tom Clifford (Socialist) 3.14%
John H. Dickason (Prohibition) 0.63%
[28]
Rhode Island R. Livingston Beeckman RepublicanRe-elected, 55.92% Addison P. Munroe (Democratic) 40.83%
John H. Holloway (Socialist) 2.45%
Roscoe W. Phillips (Prohibition) 0.59%
Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 0.23%
[29]
South Carolina Richard Irvine Manning III DemocraticRe-elected Richard Irvine Manning III (Democratic) 97.91%
Coleman Livingston Blease (Independent) 1.77%
J. C. Gibbes (Socialist) 0.26%
J. M. Cantey (Independent) 0.06%
[30]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Richard Irvine Manning III 51.69%
Coleman Livingston Blease 48.31%
[31]
South Dakota Frank M. Byrne RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Peter Norbeck (Republican) 56.64%
Orville Rinehart (Democratic) 39.33%
Fred L. Fairchild (Socialist) 2.77%
C. K. Thompson (Prohibition) 1.27%
[32]
Tennessee Thomas C. Rye DemocraticRe-elected, 55.04% John W. Overall (Republican) 44.19%
Scattering 0.78%
[33]
Texas James E. Ferguson DemocraticRe-elected, 81.60% R. B. Creager (Republican) 13.51%
E. R. Meitzen (Socialist) 4.01%
H. W. Lewis (Prohibition) 0.88%
[34]
Utah William Spry Republican[ data unknown/missing ] Simon Bamberger (Democratic) 55.12%
Nephi L. Morris (Republican) 41.80%
F. M. McHugh (Socialist) 3.08%
[35]
Vermont Charles W. Gates RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Horace F. Graham (Republican) 71.10%
William B. Mayo (Democratic) 25.95%
William R. Rowland (Socialist) 1.51%
Lester W. Hanson (Prohibition) 1.44%
Scattering 0.01%
[36]
Washington Ernest Lister DemocraticRe-elected, 48.10% Henry McBride (Republican) 44.44%
Ludwig E. Katterfeld (Socialist) 5.61%
August B. L. Gellerman (Prohibition) 0.93%
James Bradford (Progressive) 0.77%
James E. Riordan (Socialist Labor) 0.17%
[37]
West Virginia Henry D. Hatfield RepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victory John Jacob Cornwell (Democratic) 49.55%
Ira E. Robinson (Republican) 48.59%
D. M. S. Holt (Socialist) 1.87%
[38]
Wisconsin Emanuel L. Philipp RepublicanRe-elected, 52.93% Burt Williams (Democratic) 37.89%
Rae Weaver (Socialist) 7.06%
George McKerrow (Prohibition) 2.12%
Scattering 0.01%
[39]

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References

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  2. ↑ Lisenby, Foy (1996). Charles Hillman Brough: a Biography. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. p. 32. ISBN   1-55728-411-3.
  3. ↑ "AR Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "CO Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "CT Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "DE Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "FL Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "GA Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Dorsey's Vote in Georgia: Final Returns Show He Received a Majority of 5,814". New York Times. September 20, 1916. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  10. ↑ "ID Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "IL Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "IN Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  13. ↑ "IA Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  14. ↑ "KS Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  15. ↑ "ME Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  16. ↑ "MA Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  17. ↑ "MI Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  18. ↑ "MN Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  19. ↑ "MO Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  20. ↑ "MT Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  21. ↑ "NE Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  22. ↑ "NH Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  23. ↑ "NJ Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  24. ↑ "NM Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  25. ↑ "NY Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  26. ↑ "NC Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  27. ↑ "ND Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  28. ↑ "OH Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  29. ↑ "RI Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  30. ↑ Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina. For the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 1916 and Ending December 31, 1916. Part II. Columbia, S. C.: Gonzales and Bryan, State Printers. 1917. p. 6.
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  32. ↑ "SD Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  33. ↑ "TN Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  34. ↑ "TX Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  35. ↑ "UT Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  36. ↑ "VT Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  37. ↑ "WA Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  38. ↑ "WV Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  39. ↑ "WI Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

Notes

  1. ↑ Hunt challenged the result and, following a recount by the Arizona Supreme Court, was declared the winner and took office on 25 December 1917.
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