1906 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1906 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1896 legislative no 1905 United States gubernatorial elections 1905 1907 United States gubernatorial elections 1907 Seats up Seats won 28 governorships November 6, 1906Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon, and Vermont held early elections. Republican Party (United States) 27Andrew L. Harris (R) succeeded Ohio Governor John M. Pattison (D) who died in office in June 1906. 25 2 19 17 Democratic Party (United States) 17 19 2 8 10 Silver Party 1 1 1 1 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold#A3BFBA Silver hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1906, in 28 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 6, 1906 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon and Vermont, which held early elections). In Iowa, the gubernatorial election was held in an even-numbered year for the first time, having previously been held in odd-numbered years. The previous election in this state took place in 1903. In Oregon, the gubernatorial election was held in June for the last time, moving to the same day as federal elections from the 1910 elections. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Alabama William D. Jelks Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Braxton Bragg Comer (Democratic) 85.48%Asa E. Stratton (Republican) 13.94%J. N. Abbott (Socialist) 0.58%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=93742 AL Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Arkansas(held, 3 September 1906) Jeff Davis Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory John S. Little (Democratic) 69.12%John I. Worthington (Republican) 27.29%John G. Adams (Prohibition) 2.16%Dan Hogan (Socialist) 1.43%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265304 AR Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 California George Pardee Republican Lost Republican nomination, Republican victory James Norris Gillett (Republican) 40.35%Theodore Arlington Bell (Democratic) 37.71%William H. Langdon (Independence League) 14.43%Austin Lewis (Socialist) 5.14%James H. Blanchard (Prohibition) 2.36%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122025 CA Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Colorado Jesse Fuller McDonald Republican Retired, Republican victory Henry A. Buchtel (Republican) 45.59%Alva Adams (Democratic) 36.63%Ben B. Lindsey (Independent) 8.87%William D. Haywood (Socialist) 7.88%Frank C. Chamberlain (Prohibition) 1.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=121604 CO Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Connecticut Henry Roberts Republican Retired, Republican victory Rollin S. Woodruff (Republican) 54.83%Charles Frederick Thayer (Democratic) 42.05%Ernest D. Hull (Socialist) 1.82%Matthew E. O'Brien (Prohibition) 1.13%Charles F. Roberts (Socialist Labor) 0.17%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266591 CT Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Georgia(held, 3 October 1906) Joseph M. Terrell Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory M. Hoke Smith (Democratic) 99.84%J. B. Osburn (Socialist) 0.16%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264459 GA Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019(Democratic primary results)√ M. Hoke Smith def.Clark HowellJohn H. EstillRichard B. RussellJames M. SmithG. A. Nunnally Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot Burns Rebecca 18 2006 Emmis Books Cincinnati 0-8203-3307-7 https://books.google.com/books?id=o1-S8bllfYkC&dq=1906+georgia+primary+%22hoke+smith%22+howell&pg=PA18 Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s Garrett Franklin M. 2 499 1969 University of Georgia Press Athens 0-8203-0264-3 https://books.google.com/books?id=7qpif6-Z5o4C&dq=1906+georgia+primary+%22hoke+smith%22+howell&pg=PA499 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 New York Times 2019-04-06 February 2020 Idaho Frank R. Gooding Republican Re-elected, 52.18% Charles O. Stockslager (Democratic) 40.09%Thomas F. Kelley (Socialist) 6.32%Scattering 1.41%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266199 ID Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Iowa Albert B. Cummins Republican Re-elected, 50.18% Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 45.36%Lorenzo S. Coggin (Prohibition) 2.28%John E. Shank (Socialist) 2.02%J. R. Norman (People's) 0.08%Andrew Townsend Hisey (Secular Government) 0.08%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265253 IA Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Kansas Edward W. Hoch Republican Re-elected, 48.24% William A. Harris Jr. (Democratic) 47.57%J. B. Cook (Prohibition) 2.42%Harry Gilham (Socialist) 1.41%Horace A. Keefer (Populist) 0.36%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265558 KS Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Maine(held, 10 September 1906) William T. Cobb Republican Re-elected, 52.00% Cyrus W. Davis (Democratic) 45.96%Charles L. Fox (Socialist) 1.16%Henry Woodward (Prohibition) 0.85%Scattering 0.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266635 ME Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Massachusetts Curtis Guild Jr. Republican Re-elected, 51.96% John B. Moran (Democratic/Independence League/Prohibition) 44.90%James F. Carey (Socialist) 1.85%Gamaliel Bradford (Reform) 0.77%William H. Carroll (Socialist Labor) 0.51%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266549 MA Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Michigan Fred M. Warner Republican Re-elected, 60.88% Charles H. Kimmerle (Democratic) 34.78%R. Clark Reed (Prohibition) 2.45%James E. Walker (Socialist) 1.59%Herman Richter (Socialist Labor) 0.31%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=133644 MI Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Minnesota John Albert Johnson Democratic Re-elected, 60.93% Albert L. Cole (Republican) 34.78%Charles W. Dorsett (Prohibition) 2.61%O. E. Lofthus (Public Ownership) 1.68%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=63154 MN Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Nebraska John H. Mickey Republican February 2020 George L. Sheldon (Republican) 51.27%Ashton C. Shallenberger (Democratic)Shallenberger ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party 44.48%Harry T. Sutton (Prohibition) 2.68%Elisha Taylor (Socialist) 1.57%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265718 NE Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Nevada John Sparks Silver-Democrat Re-elected, 58.54% Jason F. Mitchell (Republican) 35.96%Thomas B. Casey (Socialist) 5.49%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=85535 NV Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 New Hampshire John McLane Republican February 2020 Charles M. Floyd (Republican) 49.79%Nathan C. Jameson (Democratic) 46.22%Edmund B. Tetley (Prohibition) 2.71%W. H. McFall (Socialist) 1.24%Winston Churchill (Independent) 0.04%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266676 NH Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 New York Frank W. Higgins Republican Retired, Republican victory Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) 50.52%William Randolph Hearst (Democratic/Independence League) 46.62%John C. Chase (Socialist) 1.47%Henry M. Randall (Prohibition) 1.08%Thomas H. Jackson (Socialist Labor) 0.31%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=104397 NY Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 North Dakota Elmore Y. Sarles Republican Defeated, 44.22% John Burke (Democratic) 51.94%L. F. Dow (Socialist) 1.48%Scattering 2.37%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=190152 ND Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Oregon(held, 4 June 1906) George Earle Chamberlain Democratic Re-elected, 47.56% James Withycombe (Republican) 44.99%C. W. Barzee (Socialist) 4.62%I. H. Amos (Prohibition) 2.83%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263429 OR Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Pennsylvania Samuel W. Pennypacker Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Edwin Sydney Stuart (Republican) 50.31%Lewis Emery Jr. (Democratic/Lincoln Party) 45.51%Homer L. Castle (Prohibition) 2.46%James Hudson Maurer (Socialist) 1.51%John Desmond (Socialist Labor) 0.21%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=41269 PA Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Rhode Island George H. Utter Republican Defeated, 47.94% James H. Higgins (Democratic) 49.92%Bernan E. Helme (Prohibition) 1.07%Warren A. Carpenter (Socialist) 0.59%David J. Moran (Socialist Labor) 0.48%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266733 RI Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 South Carolina Duncan Clinch Heyward Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Martin Frederick Ansel (Democratic) 99.89%F. N. U. Chandler (Socialist) 0.11%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40484 SC Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019(Democratic primary run-off results)Martin Frederick Ansel 56.12%Richard Irvine Manning III 43.88%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=783589 SC Governor, 1906 – D Runoff Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 South Dakota Samuel H. Elrod Republican Retired, Republican victory Coe I. Crawford (Republican) 65.32%John A. Stransky (Democratic) 26.72%Knute Lewis (Prohibition) 4.56%Freeman Knowles (Socialist) 3.41%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266451 SD Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Tennessee John I. Cox Democratic Lost Democratic nomination, Democratic victory Malcolm R. Patterson (Democratic) 54.42%Henry Clay Evans (Republican) 45.14%John M. Ray (Socialist) 0.44%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264758 TN Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Texas S. W. T. Lanham Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Thomas M. Campbell (Democratic) 81.17%C. A. Gray (Republican) 12.94%Alex W. Atcheson (Reorganized Republican) 2.94%George C. Edwards (Socialist) 1.61%J. W. Pearson (Prohibition) 1.21%Arthur S. Dowler (Socialist Labor) 0.14%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264403 TX Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Vermont(held, 4 September 1906) Charles J. Bell Republican Retired, Republican victory Fletcher D. Proctor (Republican) 60.05%Percival Wood Clement (Independent/Democratic) 38.18%Lester W. Hanson (Prohibition) 1.04%Timothy Sullivan (Socialist) 0.73%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144161 VT Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Wisconsin James O. Davidson Republican Re-elected, 57.36% John A. Aylward (Democratic) 32.28%Winfield R. Gaylord (Social Democrat) 7.64%Ephraim Llewellyn Eaton (Prohibition) 2.57%Ole T. Rosaas (Socialist Labor) 0.14%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262313 WI Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 Wyoming Bryant B. Brooks Republican Re-elected, 60.20% Stephen A. D. Keister (Democratic) 34.85%William L.O'Neill (Socialist) 4.56%George W. Blain (Independent) 0.39%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263446 WY Governor, 1906 Our Campaigns 6 April 2019 See also 1906 United States elections 1906–07 United States Senate elections 1906 United States House of Representatives elections References 30em Notes Category:November 1906 in the United States