1919 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1919 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1918 United States gubernatorial elections 1918 1920 United States gubernatorial elections 1920 Seats up Seats won 6 governorships November 4, 1919;April 20, 1920 (LA) Republican Party (United States) 27Louis Folwell Hart (R) succeeded Washington Governor Ernest Lister (D) upon his resignation in February 1919. 27 2 2 Democratic Party (United States) 20 20 4 4 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1919, in six states. Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Mississippi held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years. It would abandon this practice in 1949. This was the last time Massachusetts elected its governors to a single-year term. It switched to two-year terms from the 1920 election. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Kentucky James D. Black Democratic Defeated, 45.29% Edwin P. Morrow (Republican) 53.82%G. D. Becker (Socialist) 0.89%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264849 KY Governor, 1919 Our Campaigns 25 March 2019 Louisiana(Held, 20 April 1920) Ruffin Pleasant Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory John Milliken Parker (Democratic) 97.47%J. Stewart Thompson (Republican) 2.53%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263340 LA Governor, 1920 Our Campaigns 25 March 2019(Democratic primary results)John Milliken Parker 54.28%Frank P. Stubbs 45.72% https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=734245 LA Governor, 1920 – D Primary Our Campaigns 25 March 2019 Maryland Emerson Harrington Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Albert C. Ritchie (Democratic) 49.06%Harry Whinna Nice (Republican) 48.99%Arthur L. Blessing (Socialist) 1.22%Robert W. Stevens (Labor) 0.73%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27772 MD Governor, 1919 Our Campaigns 25 March 2019 Massachusetts Calvin Coolidge Republican Re-elected, 60.94% Richard H. Long (Democratic) 36.95%William A. King (Socialist) 1.35%Ingvar Paulsen (Socialist Labor) 0.45%Charles B. Ernst (Prohibition) 0.32%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55235 MA Governor, 1919 Our Campaigns 25 March 2019 Mississippi Theodore G. Bilbo Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Lee M. Russell (Democratic) 96.96%J. T. Lester (Socialist) 3.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263363 MS Governor, 1919 Our Campaigns 25 March 2019(Democratic primary run-off results)Lee M. Russell 52.67%Oscar Goodbar Johnston 47.33%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=377219 MS Governor, 1919 – D Runoff Our Campaigns 25 March 2019 New Jersey William Nelson Runyon Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Democratic victory Edward I. Edwards (Democratic) 49.20%Newton A. K. Bugbee (Republican) 45.92%Albert Farr (Socialist) 2.49%Charles E. Lane (National Prohibition) 1.38%John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.73%Mark M. Denterfass (Single Tax) 0.28%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264573 NJ Governor, 1919 Our Campaigns 25 March 2019 References Notes collapsed Category:November 1919 in the United States