1908 Illinois gubernatorial election

Election for Illinois governor January 2025 September 2023 1908 Illinois gubernatorial election Illinois 1915 Presidential no 1904 Illinois gubernatorial election 1904 1912 Illinois gubernatorial election 1912 November 3, 1908 C.S. Deneen LCCN2014716647 (cropped)2.jpg Charles S. Deneen Republican Party (United States) 550,076 47.64% Adlai Stevenson I 3c08489u (cropped).jpg Adlai Stevenson I Democratic Party (United States) 526,912 45.64% 1908 Illinois gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 160px County resultsDeneen: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Stevenson: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Charles S. Deneen Republican Party (United States) Charles S. Deneen Republican Party (United States) The 1908 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908. Republican incumbent Charles S. Deneen was elected to a second term in office over former vice president Adlai Stevenson I. This was the first Illinois election to use direct primary elections for the nomination of candidates. Primary elections were held on August 8. In the Republican primary, Deneen narrowly survived a challenge from former governor Richard Yates Jr., whom he had defeated at a lengthy and drawn-out convention in 1904. Stevenson won the Democratic nomination over J. Hamilton Lewis with a large plurality of the vote. Republican primary Candidates Charles S. Deneen, incumbent governor since 1905 Richard Yates Jr., former governor Results Republican primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=385324 IL Governor, 1908 - R Primary Our Campaigns 6 May 2020https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=17&year=1908&f=0&off=5&elect=2 1908 Gubernatorial Republican Primary Election Results - Illinois US Election Atlas 6 May 2020Illinois Blue Book 1909-10 345-347 Charles S. Deneen (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 212,983 51.44 Richard Yates Jr. Republican Party (United States) 201,034 48.56 414,017 100.00 Democratic primary Candidates Charles F. Gunther, former Chicago treasurerCentennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office. http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm 6 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052355/http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm 4 September 2018 dead Eugene Kimbrough J. Hamilton Lewis, former Chicago corporation counsel and U.S. representative for Washington's at-large district Memorial services held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States, together with remarks presented in eulogy of James Hamilton Lewis, late a senator from Illinois. Seventy-sixth Congress, first session. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070239887&view=1up&seq=8 Washington, D.C. United States Government Publishing Office 43 1939 John P. McGoorty, state representative from ChicagoIllinois Blue Book 1907-08 246 James O. Monroe, candidate for U.S. representative in 1902 and 1904 Douglas Pattison, state representative from FreeportIllinois Blue Book 1907-08 252 Adlai Stevenson, former vice president of the United States Results Democratic primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=385323 IL Governor, 1908 - D Primary Our Campaigns 6 May 2020https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=17&year=1908&f=0&off=5&elect=1 1908 Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Election Results - Illinois US Election Atlas 6 May 2020Illinois Blue Book 1909-10 355-357 Adlai E. Stevenson I Democratic Party (United States) 79,773 45.62 J. Hamilton Lewis Democratic Party (United States) 30,214 17.28 Douglas Pattison Democratic Party (United States) 24,608 14.07 John P. McGoorty Democratic Party (United States) 23,543 13.46 Charles F. Gunther Democratic Party (United States) 10,705 6.12 James O. Monroe Democratic Party (United States) 4,305 2.46 Eugene Kimbrough Democratic Party (United States) 1,707 0.98 174,855 100.00 Other primaries Prohibition primary Candidates Eugene W. Chafin, perennial candidate Daniel R. Sheen, former state representative from PeoriaIllinois Blue Book 1907-08 360 Results Prohibition primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=385326 IL Governor, 1908 - PRB Primary Our Campaigns 6 May 2020Illinois Blue Book 1909-10 363-365 Daniel R. Sheen Prohibition Party 3,604 53.58 Eugene W. Chafin Prohibition Party 3,123 46.42 6,727 100.00 Socialist primary Candidates James H. Brower, candidate for lieutenant governor in 1904 Results Socialist primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=385325 IL Governor, 1908 - S Primary Our Campaigns 6 May 2020Illinois Blue Book 1909-10 366-368 James H. Brower Socialist Party of America 4,542 100.00 4,542 100.00 General election Candidates James H. Brower, candidate for lieutenant governor in 1904 (Socialist) Charles S. Deneen, incumbent governor since 1905 (Republican) Gustav A. Jennings (Socialist Labor) George W. McCaskrin, former mayor of Rock Island (Independence League) Daniel R. Sheen, former state representative from PeoriaIllinois Blue Book 1907-08 360 (Prohibition) Adlai Stevenson, former vice president of the United States (Democratic) Results 1908 Illinois gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=390732 IL Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 6 May 2020https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=17&year=1908&f=0&off=5&elect=0 1908 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Illinois US Election Atlas 6 May 2020Illinois Blue Book 1909-10 372-373 Republican Party (United States) Charles S. Deneen (incumbent) 550,076 47.64% Democratic Party (United States) Adlai E. Stevenson I 526,912 45.64% Prohibition Party Daniel R. Sheen 33,922 2.94% Socialist Party of America James H. Brower 31,293 2.71% Independence Party (United States) George W. McCaskrin 10,883 0.94% Socialist Labor Party of America Gustav A. Jennings 1,526 0.13% 23,164 2.01% 1,154,612 100.00% Republican Party (United States) See also 1908 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election References Bibliography Compiled by James A. Rose, Secretary of State James A. Rose 1908 Blue Book of the State of Illinois, 1907-08 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d011466931 Springfield, Illinois Phillips Bros., State Printers Illinois Blue Book 1907-08 Compiled by James A. Rose, Secretary of State James A. Rose 1909 Blue Book of the State of Illinois, 1909-10 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d01146694z&view=1up&seq=7 Danville, Illinois Illinois Printing Company Illinois Blue Book 1909-10 Compiled by James A. Rose, Secretary of State James A. Rose 1908 Official vote of the State of Illinois cast at the General and Special Elections, November 3, 1908 https://archive.org/details/officialvoteofst4618illi/page/n317/mode/2up Springfield, Illinois Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers 1908 Illinois Gubernatorial Category:November 1908 in the United States