1912 United States gubernatorial elections

none April 2019 1912 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1911 United States gubernatorial elections 1911 1913 United States gubernatorial elections 1913 Seats up Seats won 33 governorshipsIncluding a special election in Georgia. November 5, 1912Elections were held earlier in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, and Vermont. Democratic Party (United States) 26 30 4 16 20 Republican Party (United States) 20 16 4 17 13 Progressive 2California Governor Hiram Johnson (R) and Wyoming Governor Joseph M. Carey (D) joined the Progressive Party on its formation. 2 0 0 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1912, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 5, 1912 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont). In addition, there was a special election in Georgia on January 10, 1912. In Rhode Island, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a one-year term. In Vermont, the gubernatorial election was held in September for the last time, moving to the same day as federal elections from the 1914 elections. Results Special election (January 1912) State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Georgia(special election)(held, January 10, 1912) John M. Slaton Democratic February 2020 Joseph M. Brown (Democratic) 98.97%A. F. Castleberry (Socialist) 1.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264462 GA Governor – Special Election Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019(Democratic primary results)Joseph M. Brown 39.46%J. Pope Brown 34.57%R. B. Russell 25.97%World Almanac 1913 727 Regular elections (Autumn 1912) State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Arkansas(held, September 9, 1912) George Washington Donaghey Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary,Joe T Robinson: Always a Loyal Democrat 53 Cecil Edward Weller Jr. University of Arkansas Press Fayetteville 1998 1-55728-513-6 https://books.google.com/books?id=z-n-Whtjjc4C&dq=arkansas%201912%20donaghey%20nomination&pg=PA53 Anti-Catholicism in Arkansas: How Politicians, the Press, the Klan, and Religious Leaders Imagined an Enemy, 1910-1960 Barnes Kenneth C. 132 University of Arkansas Press Fayetteville 2016 978-1-68226-016-6 https://books.google.com/books?id=938RDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22donaghey%22%20%22robinson%22%201912%20primary&pg=PA132 Democratic victory Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democratic) 64.74%Andrew I. Roland (Republican) 27.37%G. E. Mikel (Socialist) 7.89%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265307 AR Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Colorado John F. Shafroth Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Elias M. Ammons (Democratic) 42.91%Edward P. Costigan (Progressive) 24.88%Clifford C. Parks (Republican) 23.73%Charles A. Ashelstrom (Socialist) 6.09%John Henry Ketchum (Prohibition) 2.22%Jonathan U. Billings (Socialist Labor) 0.17%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264804 CO Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Connecticut Simeon E. Baldwin Democratic Re-elected, 41.11% J. P. Studley (Republican) 35.47%Herbert Smith (Progressive) 16.29%Samuel E. Beardsley (Socialist) 5.38%B. B. Bassette (Prohibition) 1.10%Charles B. Wells (Socialist Labor) 0.66%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266594 CT Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Delaware Simeon S. Pennewill Republican February 2020 Charles R. Miller (Republican) 46.95%Thomas M. Monaghan (Democratic) 44.30%George B. Hynson (Progressive) 6.23%John Heyd (Prohibition) 1.37%Norman L. Rearick (Socialist) 1.15%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266280 DE Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Florida Albert W. Gilchrist Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Park Trammell (Democratic) 80.42%Thomas W. Cox (Socialist) 7.15%William R. O'Neal (Republican) 5.46%William C. Hodges (Progressive) 4.78%J. W. Bingham (Prohibition) 2.19%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131892 FL Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Georgia(held, October 2, 1912) Joseph Mackey Brown Democratic February 2020 John M. Slaton (Democratic) 100.00%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264463 GA Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019(Democratic primary results)John M. Slaton 62.14%Hooper Alexander 23.13%Joe Hill Hall 14.73%World Almanac 1913 719 Idaho James H. Hawley Democratic Defeated, 32.22% John M. Haines (Republican) 33.24%G. H. Martin (Progressive) 23.05%L. A. Coblentz (Socialist) 10.51%Scattering 0.97%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266202 ID Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Illinois Charles S. Deneen Republican Defeated, 27.39% Edward F. Dunne (Democratic) 38.11%Frank H. Funk (Progressive) 26.09%John C. Kennedy (Socialist) 6.77%Edward Worrell (Prohibition) 1.31%John M. Francis (Socialist Labor) 0.34%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263304 IL Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Indiana Thomas R. Marshall Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Samuel M. Ralston (Democratic) 42.95%Albert J. Beveridge (Progressive) 25.99%Winfield T. Durbin (Republican) 22.10%Stephen N. Reynolds (Socialist) 5.53%William H. Hickman (Prohibition) 2.88%James Matthews (Socialist Labor) 0.45%Scattering 0.10%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263323 IN Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Iowa Beryl F. Carroll Republican Retired, Republican victory George W. Clarke (Republican) 39.93%Edward G. Dunn (Democratic) 39.56%John L. Stevens (Progressive) 15.59%I. S. McCrillis (Socialist) 3.25%C. Durant Jones (Prohibition) 1.68%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265256 IA Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Kansas Walter R. Stubbs Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory George H. Hodges (Democratic) 46.55%Arthur Capper (Republican) 46.54%George W. Kleihege (Socialist) 6.89%Scattering 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265561 KS Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Maine(held, September 9, 1912) Frederick W. Plaisted Democratic Defeated, 47.70% William T. Haines (Republican) 49.97%George Allan England (Socialist) 1.47%William I. Sterling (Prohibition) 0.86%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266638 ME Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Massachusetts Eugene Foss Democratic Re-elected, 40.60% Joseph Walker (Republican) 30.18%Charles S. Bird (Progressive) 25.77%Roland D. Sawyer (Socialist) 2.42%Frank N. Rand (Prohibition) 0.57%Patrick Mulligan (Socialist Labor) 0.47%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266555 MA Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Michigan Chase Osborn Republican Retired, Democratic victory Woodbridge N. Ferris (Democratic) 35.35%Amos S. Musselman (Republican) 30.96%L. Whitney Watkins (Progressive) 28.31%James Hoogerhyde (Socialist) 3.90%Jefferson D. Leland (Prohibition) 1.42%Herman Richter (Socialist Labor) 0.07%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131211 MI Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Minnesota Adolph O. Eberhart Republican Re-elected, 40.73% Peter M. Ringdahl (Democratic) 31.30%Paul V. Collins (Progressive) 10.51%Engebret E. Lobeck (Prohibition) 9.38%David Morgan (Public Ownership) 8.09%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=63393 MN Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Missouri Herbert S. Hadley Republican Term-limited, Democratic victory Elliott W. Major (Democratic) 48.20%John C. McKinley (Republican) 31.15%Albert D. Nortoni (Progressive) 15.61%William A. Ward (Socialist) 4.03%Charles E. Stokes (Prohibition) 0.75%Charles Rogers (Socialist Labor) 0.27%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263377 MO Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Montana Edwin L. Norris Democratic February 2020 Samuel V. Stewart (Democratic) 31.73%Harry L. Wilson (Republican) 28.70%Frank J. Edwards (Progressive) 23.61%Lewis J. Duncan (Socialist) 15.96%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262079 MT Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Nebraska Chester H. Aldrich Republican Defeated, 45.33% John H. Morehead (Democratic) 49.27%Clyde J. Wright (Socialist) 3.96%Nathan Wilson (Prohibition) 1.45%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265721 NE Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 New Hampshire Robert P. Bass Republican Retired, Democratic victory Samuel D. Felker (Democratic) 41.07%Franklin Worcester (Republican) 39.03%Winston Churchill (Progressive) 17.29%William H. Wilkins (Socialist) 2.01%Alva H. Morrill (Prohibition) 0.60%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266679 NH Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 New York John Alden Dix Democratic Lost Democratic nomination, Democratic victory William Sulzer (Democratic) 41.46%Job E. Hedges (Republican) 28.35%Oscar S. Straus (Progressive) 25.10%Charles Edward Russell (Socialist) 3.63%T. Alexander MacNicholl (Prohibition) 1.21%John Hall (Socialist Labor) 0.24%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=96957 NY Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 North Carolina William Walton Kitchin Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Locke Craig (Democratic) 61.35%Iredell Meares (Progressive) 20.42%Thomas Settle III (Republican) 17.84%H. E. Hodges (Socialist) 0.39%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=133651 NC Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 North Dakota John Burke Democratic Retired, Republican victory Louis B. Hanna (Republican) 45.45%Frank O. Hellstrom (Democratic) 36.01%W. D. Sweet (Progressive) 10.74%A. E. Bowen Jr. (Socialist) 7.80%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266485 ND Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Ohio Judson Harmon Democratic Retired, Democratic victory James M. Cox (Democratic) 42.38%Robert B. Brown (Republican) 26.29%Arthur Lovett Garford (Progressive) 21.02%Charles Emil Ruthenberg (Socialist) 8.46%Daniel A. Polling (Prohibition) 1.60%John Kircher (Socialist Labor) 0.26%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=89425 OH Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Rhode Island Aram J. Pothier Republican Re-elected, 43.67% Theodore Francis Green (Democratic) 41.87%Albert H. Humes (Progressive) 10.82%Samuel H. Fassel (Socialist) 2.45%Willis H. White (Prohibition) 0.88%Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 0.32%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266739 RI Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 South Carolina Coleman Livingston Blease Democratic Re-elected, 99.53% R. B. Britton (Socialist) 0.47%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=31151 SC Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019(Democratic primary results)Coleman Livingston Blease 50.96%Ira B. Jones 47.34%John T. Duncan 1.70% https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=427699 SC Governor, 1912 – D Primary Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 South Dakota Robert S. Vessey Republican Retired, Republican victory Frank M. Byrne (Republican) 48.51%Edwin S. Johnson (Democratic) 45.70%Samuel Lovett (Socialist) 2.95%O. W. Butterfield (Prohibition) 2.83%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266454 SD Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Tennessee Ben W. Hooper Republican Re-elected, 50.10% Benton McMillin (Democratic) 46.87%Scattering 3.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264761 TN Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Texas Oscar Branch Colquitt Democratic Re-elected, 77.82% Reddin Andrews (Socialist) 8.39%C. W. Johnson (Republican) 7.67%Ed C. Lasater (Progressive) 5.24%Andrew Jackson Houston (Prohibition) 0.78%K. E. Choate (Socialist Labor) 0.10%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264406 TX Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019(Democratic primary results)Oscar Branch Colquitt 55.00%William F. Ramsey 45.00%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=296478 TX Governor, 1912 – D Primary Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Utah William Spry Republican Re-elected, 38.17% John Franklin Tolton (Democratic) 32.36%Nephi L. Morris (Progressive) 21.16%Homer P. Burt (Socialist) 7.89%E. A. Battell (Socialist Labor) 0.43%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222977 UT Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Vermont(held, September 3, 1912) John A. Mead Republican Retired, Republican victory Allen Miller Fletcher (Republican) 40.47%Harland Bradley Howe (Democratic) 30.85%Fraser Metzger (Progressive) 24.10%Clement F. Smith (Prohibition) 2.68%Frederick W. Suitor (Socialist) 1.87%Scattering 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144164 VT Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019(General Assembly result)Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the state legislature decided the election. √ Allen Miller Fletcher (Republican) 163Harland Bradley Howe (Democratic) 76Frazer Metzger (Progressive) 32https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144164 VT Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Washington Marion E. Hay Republican Defeated, 30.35% Ernest Lister (Democratic) 30.55%Robert T. Hodge (Progressive) 24.44%Anna A. Maley (Socialist) 11.67%George F. Stivers (Prohibition) 2.56%Abraham Lincoln Brearcliff (Socialist Labor) 0.43%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59092 WA Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 West Virginia William E. Glasscock Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Henry Drury Hatfield (Republican) 47.74%W. R. Thompson (Democratic) 44.47%Walter B. Hilton (Socialist) 5.61%Goodloe Jackson (Prohibition) 2.19%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265673 WV Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 Wisconsin Francis E. McGovern Republican Re-elected, 45.54% John C. Karel (Democratic) 42.48%Carl D. Thompson (Social Democrat) 8.75%Charles Lewis Hill (Prohibition) 2.40%William H. Curtis (Socialist Labor) 0.83%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262316 WI Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns April 2, 2019 See also 1912 United States elections 1912 United States presidential election 1912–13 United States Senate elections 1912 United States House of Representatives elections References 30em Bibliography The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1913 New York The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World) 1912 https://archive.org/details/worldalmanacency1913newy/page/1 World Almanac 1913 Notes collapsed Category:November 1912 in the United States