1913 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1913 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative No 1912 United States gubernatorial elections 1912 1914 United States gubernatorial elections 1914 Seats up Seats won 4 governorshipsIncluding a special election in Arkansas. November 4, 1913;July 23, 1913 (AR) Democratic Party (United States) 30 30 4 4 Republican Party (United States) 16 16 0 0 324px #92C5DE Democratic hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1913, in four states. Massachusetts at this time held gubernatorial elections every year. It would abandon this practice in 1920. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years. It would abandon this practice in 1949. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. In Arkansas, a special election was held in July 1913 following the resignation of Joseph T. Robinson in March 1913 to take a seat in the United States Senate. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Arkansas(special election, held 23 July 1913) Junius Marion Futrell (acting) Democratic Did not contest, Democratic victory George W. Hays (Democratic) 64.25%Harry H. Myers (Republican) 20.41%George W. Murphy (Progressive) 10.10%J. Emil Webber (Socialist) 5.24%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265282 AR Governor, 1913 – Special Election Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Massachusetts Eugene Foss Democratic Did not contest Democratic renomination, ran as an independent, defeated David I. Walsh (Democratic) 39.77%Charles S. Bird (Progressive) 27.72%Augustus P. Gardner (Republican) 25.32%Eugene Foss (Independent) 4.38%George H. Wrenn (Socialist) 1.96%Alfred H. Evans (Prohibition) 0.44%Arthur Elmer Reimer (Socialist Labor) 0.42%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266556 MA Governor, 1913 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 New Jersey Leon R. Taylor (acting)James F. Fielder became governor when Woodrow Wilson resigned to be President of the United States. As president of the senate, Fielder acted as governor until he resigned from the senate. The constitution prohibited governors from succeeding themselves, so he resigned to run, winning the race.http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GFIEL.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20070620160621/http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GFIEL.pdf dead June 20, 2007 James Fairman Fielder New Jersey State Library January 14, 2010 This left Taylor, as speaker of the house of representatives, acting as governor for the remainder of the term. Democratic Did not contest, Democratic victory James F. Fielder (Democratic) 46.13%Edward C. Stokes (Republican) 37.38%Everett Colby (Progressive) 10.96%James M. Reilly (Socialist) 3.72%James G. Mason (Prohibition) 0.91%John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.66%Daniel F. Dwyer (Independent) 0.23%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264570 NJ Governor, 1913 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Virginia William Hodges Mann Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Henry Carter Stuart (Democratic) 91.87%C. Campbell (Socialist) 5.23%B. D. Downey (Socialist Labor) 2.90%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262821 VA Governor, 1913 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019Democratic primary resultsHenry Carter Stuart, unopposed Henry C. Stuart (1855-1933) https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Stuart_Henry_Carter_1855-1933 www.encyclopediavirginia.org 2019-03-30Evans Poston Charles 1970 Henry Carter Stuart in Virginia Politics M.A. 19–20 University of Virginia https://libra2.lib.virginia.edu/downloads/nv935298c?filename=X000418040.pdf 2019-04-01 or "without serious opposition" Claude A. Swanson of Virginia: A Political Biography Henry C. Ferrell Jr. The University Press of Kentucky 1985 Lexington, Kentucky 107 https://books.google.com/books?id=JrsfBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA107 978-0-8131-5243-1 February 2020 References Notes collapsed Category:July 1913 in the United States Category:November 1913 in the United States