1910 Oregon gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1910 Oregon gubernatorial election Oregon File:Flag of Oregon (1900–1925).gif presidential no 1906 Oregon gubernatorial election 1906 1914 Oregon gubernatorial election 1914 November 8, 1910 File:Oswald West.jpg 150x150px Oswald West Democratic Party (United States) 54,853 46.61% File:Oregon Governor Jay Bowerman.jpg Jay Bowerman Republican Party (United States) 48,751 41.42% W. S. Richards Socialist Party of America 8,040 6.83% A. E. Eaton Prohibition Party 6,046 5.14% 1910 Oregon gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsWest: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60%Bowerman: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% Governor Jay Bowerman Republican Party (United States) Oswald West Democratic Party (United States) The 1910 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1910, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched incumbent Republican Jay Bowerman against Democratic challenger Oswald West. In the election, approximately 118,442 ballots were cast.1910-11-25 1910 Oregon Gubernatorial Vote Tally: Socialist W.S. Richards Receives 7.55% of Vote 3 Albany Democrat https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2606120/1910-oregon-gubernatorial-vote-tally/ 2020-07-15 After the resignations of George Chamberlain (to take up a Senate seat) and Frank W. Benson (due to illness), then President of the Oregon Senate Jay Bowerman took up the role as Governor for the remainder of the term. Bowerman sought election as governor in his own right on a platform advocating modernization of highways, economies in government administration, and tight control of state land management.George Chamberlain (1854-1928) https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/chamberlain_george_1854_1928_/#.WzmQk9gzaV4 2020-07-15 oregonencyclopedia.org Oswald West, a former agent of State Land Board and then member of the Oregon Railroad Commission, won the Democratic primary on the back of his good reputation on both offices. As an agent of the State Land Board, he helped recover thousands of acres that had been fraudulently obtained with the help of corrupt officials. As an agent of the Railroad Commission, he was popular and had enough public clout to win his party's nomination.http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/west_oswald_d_1873_1960_/#.VyRZOjArLIU Oswald D. West (1873-1960) Despite Oregon being a mostly Republican state at the time, Bowerman was defeated by his Democratic opponent after being labeled an opponent of direct government. Bowerman was nominated by the Republican Party in assembly despite the fact that Oregonians had adopted a direct primary law prohibiting party nominating conventions.http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_oregon/col2-content/main-content-list/title_bowerman_jay.html Jay Bowerman 2016-04-30 2012-01-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120118132012/http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_oregon/col2-content/main-content-list/title_bowerman_jay.html dead Two minor candidates, a Socialist and Prohibitionist, took about twelve percent of the vote between themselves. Primary election Oregon held primary elections on September 24, 1910. Republican party Although opposed to the direct primary system, incumbent governor Jay Bowerman won the Republican primary over county judge Grant Dimick. Candidates Albert Abraham Jay Bowerman, incumbent governor Grant Dimick, Clackamas County judge and former mayor of Oregon City E. Hofer, editor of The Capital Journal Results Republican primary resultsBowerman's Plurality For Governor 2984 https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/2003260226/1910-10-07/ed-1/seq-2/ 10 April 2026 Roseburg Review 7 October 1910 Roseburg 2 Republican Party (United States) Jay Bowerman (inc.) 16,735 44.82% Republican Party (United States) Grant Dimick 13,751 36.83% Republican Party (United States) Albert Abraham 6,184 16.56% Republican Party (United States) E. Hofer 665 1.78% 37,335 100.00% Democratic party Oswald West defeated Jefferson Myers for the Democratic nomination. Candidates Oswald West, member of Oregon Railroad Commission Jefferson Myers, member of Oregon State Senate Results Democratic primary results Democratic Party (United States) Oswald West 6,693 65.39% Democratic Party (United States) Jefferson Myers 3,543 34.61% 10,236 100.00% General election Candidates Jay Bowerman, Republican Oswald West, Democratic A. E. Eaton, Prohibition W. S. Richards, Socialist Results 1910 Oregon gubernatorial electionDunaway Willis S. The Journal of the Houseof the Twenty-Sixth Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon Regular Session 1911 1911 State Printer Salem 26 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433019341647&view=1up&seq=32 10 April 2026Benson Frank W. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Oregon to the Twenty-Sixth Legislative Assembly Regular Session 1911 1910The Secretary of State's report transposes the results for Richards and Eaton in Sherman County and gives their totals as 8,059 and 6,027, respectively. However, the official results are those as canvassed by the Legislative Assembly. Democratic Party (United States) Oswald West 54,853 46.61% -0.96% Republican Party (United States) Jay Bowerman (inc.) 48,751 41.42% -3.56% Socialist Party of America W. S. Richards 8,040 6.83% +2.21% Prohibition Party A. E. Eaton 6,046 5.14% +2.31% 117,960 100.00% 6,102 5.18% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) +2.61% Results by county Lincoln County voted Democratic for the first time in this election. Curry County also voted Democratic for the first time since 1878. County Oswald WestDemocratic Jay BowermanRepublican W. S. RichardsSocialist A. E. EatonProhibition Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Baker1,70546.96%1,44039.66%2938.07%1935.32%2657.30%3,631Benton1,16254.68%78436.89%582.73%1215.69%37817.79%2,125Clackamas3,02553.15%2,08436.62%3165.55%2664.67%94116.53%5,691Clatsop1,43655.77%91435.50%1756.80%501.94%52220.27%2,575Columbia64734.27%92649.05%22511.92%904.77%-279-14.78%1,888Coos1,34638.26%1,44941.19%57416.32%1494.24%-103-2.93%3,518Crook89948.97%76441.61%1216.59%522.83%1357.35%1,836Curry29457.20%17634.24%326.23%122.33%11822.96%514Douglas1,91344.09%1,86843.05%3969.13%1623.73%451.04%4,339Gilliam36143.55%44053.08%182.17%101.21%-79-9.53%829Grant56246.79%52343.55%907.49%262.16%393.25%1,201Harney51747.52%47543.66%756.89%211.93%423.86%1,088Hood River44939.04%56549.13%645.57%726.26%-116-10.09%1,150Jackson2,55656.51%1,25627.77%47810.57%2335.15%1,30028.74%4,523Josephine82140.70%87743.48%21710.76%1025.06%-56-2.78%2,017Klamath68739.71%79946.18%1649.48%804.62%-112-6.47%1,730Lake36738.55%48450.84%586.09%434.52%-117-12.29%952Lane2,60241.85%2,72543.83%5048.11%3866.21%-123-1.98%6,217Lincoln62049.68%46337.10%13010.42%352.80%15712.58%1,248Linn2,50253.48%1,67535.81%2976.35%2044.36%82717.68%4,678Malheur74144.80%72844.01%905.44%955.74%130.79%1,654Marion3,75150.92%2,79537.94%2974.03%5247.11%95612.98%7,367Morrow31031.03%57457.46%737.31%424.20%-264-26.43%999Multnomah14,79646.77%13,49842.66%1,8855.96%1,4604.61%1,2984.10%31,639Polk1,57753.58%1,08336.80%1485.03%1354.59%49416.79%2,943Sherman29539.39%39352.47%212.80%405.34%-98-13.08%749Tillamook59045.63%49938.59%1249.59%806.19%917.04%1,293Umatilla1,90543.75%2,02246.44%2054.71%2225.10%-117-2.69%4,354Union1,29543.05%1,19739.79%2418.01%2759.14%983.26%3,008Wallowa73145.55%64740.31%1348.35%935.79%845.23%1,605Wasco1,02143.23%1,05844.79%1596.73%1245.25%-37-1.57%2,362Washington1,59640.88%1,85547.52%1834.69%2706.92%-259-6.63%3,904Wheeler24842.32%32154.78%91.54%81.37%-73-12.46%586Yamhill1,52643.89%1,39440.09%1865.35%37110.67%1323.80%3,477Total54,85346.61%48,75141.42%8,0406.83%6,0465.14%6,1025.18%117,690 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Benton Curry Jackson Lincoln Malheur Tillamook Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Gilliam Lake Lane Morrow Wasco Notes References 30em Gubernatorial 1910 Oregon Category:November 1910 in the United States