1906 Georgia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1906 Georgia gubernatorial election Georgia (U.S. state) Presidential no 1904 Georgia gubernatorial election 1904 1908 Georgia gubernatorial election 1908 October 3, 1906 125px Hoke Smith Democratic Party (United States) 76,962 99.80% Governor Joseph M. Terrell Democratic Party (United States) Hoke Smith Democratic Party (United States) J. B. Osburn Socialist Party of America 148 0.20% No image.svg The 1906 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 1906, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee and former United States Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith defeated Socialist Party nominee J. B. Osburn in a landslide.Gov. Hoke Smith https://www.nga.org/governor/hoke-smith/ 2024-01-05 National Governors Association Democratic primary Smith defeated The Atlanta Constitution publisher Clark Howell in the Democratic gubernatorial primary on August 22, 1906.August 23, 1906 HOKE SMITH FOR GOVERNOR.; Carries Majority of the Counties In the Georgia Primaries. https://www.nytimes.com/1906/08/23/archives/hoke-smith-for-governor-carries-majority-of-the-counties-in-the.html 2025-06-18 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 Going into the primary, Smith led Howell by a slim margin. Other candidates in the primary were: J. H. Estell, publisher of the Savannah Morning News Richard B. Russell James M. Smith, land owner and farmer G. A. NunnallyBurns Rebecca https://books.google.com/books?id=o1-S8bllfYkC&dq=1906+georgia+primary+%22hoke+smith%22+howell&pg=PA18 Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot August 15, 2011 University of Georgia Press 978-0-8203-4291-7 enGarrett Franklin M. https://books.google.com/books?id=7qpif6-Z5o4C&dq=1906+georgia+primary+%22hoke+smith%22+howell&pg=PA499 Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s March 1, 2011 University of Georgia Press 978-0-8203-3904-7 en General election On election day, October 3, 1906, Democratic nominee Hoke Smith won the election with a margin of 76,814 votes against his opponent Socialist Party nominee J. B. Osburn, thereby holding Democratic control over the office of Governor. Smith was sworn in as the 58th Governor of Georgia on June 29, 1907.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264459 GA Governor ourcampaigns.com February 9, 2013 2024-01-05 Results Georgia gubernatorial election, 1906https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/data/dlg/ggpd/pdfs/dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bl404-b1907.pdf Journal of House of Representatives of the State of Georgia 1907 dlg.usg.edu PDF 2026-08-13 Democratic Party (United States) Hoke Smith 76,962 99.80 Socialist Party of America J. B. Osburn 148 0.20 77,110 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) References Category:Georgia (U.S. state) gubernatorial elections Georgia Gubernatorial Category:October 1906 in the United States