1908 Florida gubernatorial election

none related races 1908 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1908 Florida gubernatorial election Florida 1900 Presidential no 1904 Florida gubernatorial election 1904 1912 Florida gubernatorial election 1912 November 3, 1908 Florida_Governor_Albert_W._Gilchrist.jpg Albert W. Gilchrist Democratic Party (United States) 33,036 78.82% John_M_Cheney.jpg John M. Cheney Republican Party (United States) 6,453 15.40% 3x4.svg Andrew Pettigrew Socialist Party of America 2,427 5.79% 301px County results 301px Congressional district results Gilchrist: #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d056c >90% Governor Napoleon B. Broward Democratic Party (United States) Albert W. Gilchrist Democratic Party (United States) x140px The 1908 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908. Incumbent Governor Napoleon B. Broward was term-limited. Democratic nominee Albert W. Gilchrist was elected with 78.82% of the vote. Democratic primary Primary elections were held on May 19, 1908, with the Democratic runoff held on June 16, 1908. Candidates Jefferson B. Browne, President of the Florida Senate Albert W. Gilchrist, former State Representative John N. C. Stockton, former state legislator Results Democratic primary resultsBurnett Gene M. 1991 Florida's Past: People and Events That Shaped the State 3 https://books.google.com/books?id=wxJKItY_mRIC&pg=PA204 Sarasota, FL Pineapple Press, Inc. 204 9781561641178 Kabat 1988 199 Four of ten delegates; all for Bryan https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062268/1908-05-30/ed-1/seq-1/ Pensacola Journal Pensacola, FL 30 May 1908 1 3 June 2020 Kerber Stephen 1979 Park Trammell of Florida: A Political Biography Doctor of Philosophy University of Florida https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/02/64/63/00001/parktrammelloffl00kerb.pdf 82 3 June 2020 Albert W. Gilchrist Democratic Party (United States) 23,248 44.45 John N. C. Stockton Democratic Party (United States) 20,068 38.37 Jefferson B. Browne Democratic Party (United States) 8,986 17.18 52,302 100.00 Democratic primary run-off resultsKabat 1988 202Guthrie John J. Jr. 1998 Keepers of the Spirits: The Judicial Response to Prohibition Enforcement in Florida, 1885-1935 https://books.google.com/books?id=FmGyiyiyVGwC&pg=PA19 Westport, Connecticut Greenwood Press 19 0-313-30190-5 Albert W. Gilchrist Democratic Party (United States) 32,465 58.23 John N. C. Stockton Democratic Party (United States) 23,291 41.77 55,756 100.00 General election Candidates John M. Cheney, Republican, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Albert W. Gilchrist, Democratic Andrew Jackson Pettigrew, Socialist, State Representative for Manatee County.Griffin, R. Steven; ‘Workers of the Sunshine State, Unite! The Florida Socialist Party during the Progressive Era, 1900-1920’ (thesis) https://web.archive.org/web/20210511090105/http://etd.fcla.edu/UF/UFE0013396/griffin_r.pdf May 11, 2021 Results 1908 Florida gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131893 FL Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 3 June 2020Florida Handbook 1965-66 370Glashan 1979 58–59Congressional Quarterly 1998 47 Democratic Party (United States) Albert W. Gilchrist 33,036 78.82% -0.34% Republican Party (United States) John M. Cheney 6,453 15.40% +1.97% Socialist Party of America A. J. Pettigrew 2,427 5.79% +2.5% 41,916 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Results by county CountyCrawford, H. C. (1907). (rep.). Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida (Vol. 1907, p. 18). Tallahassee, FL: Union Label. Albert W. Gilchrist Democratic John M. Cheney Republican Andrew Pettigrew Socialist Total Votes # % # % # %Alachua 1,260 74.64% 394 23.34% 34 2.01% 1,688Baker 258 76.79% 44 13.10% 34 10.12% 336Bradford 710 85.44% 101 12.15% 20 2.41% 831Brevard 283 60.60% 141 30.19% 43 9.21% 467Calhoun 452 76.87% 128 21.77% 8 1.36% 588Citrus 378 94.50% 14 3.50% 8 2.00% 400Clay 317 78.47% 76 18.81% 11 2.72% 404Columbia 552 76.45% 159 22.02% 11 1.52% 722Dade 1,134 83.94% 180 13.32% 37 2.74% 1,351DeSoto 1,141 82.68% 129 9.35% 110 7.97% 1,380Duval 2,373 83.67% 383 13.50% 80 2.82% 2,836Escambia 2,240 78.96% 466 16.43% 131 4.62% 2,837Franklin 278 68.81% 101 25.00% 25 6.19% 404Gadsden 589 95.77% 17 2.76% 9 1.46% 615Hamilton 434 76.54% 84 14.81% 49 8.64% 567Hernando 278 86.34% 22 6.83% 22 6.83% 322Hillsborough 2,840 79.60% 352 9.87% 376 10.54% 3,568Holmes 576 77.63% 117 15.77% 49 6.60% 742Jackson 1,174 79.32% 202 13.65% 104 7.03% 1,480Jefferson 566 83.24% 113 16.62% 1 0.15% 680Lafayette 467 87.13% 54 10.07% 15 2.80% 536Lake 502 75.04% 135 20.18% 32 4.78% 669Lee 295 63.99% 43 9.33% 123 26.68% 461Leon 713 86.74% 100 12.17% 9 1.09% 822Levy 413 84.29% 62 12.65% 15 3.06% 490Liberty 172 77.13% 47 21.08% 4 1.79% 223Madison 590 96.41% 13 2.12% 9 1.47% 612Manatee 620 76.92% 66 8.19% 120 14.89% 806Marion 1,370 79.88% 296 17.26% 49 2.86% 1,715Monroe 651 64.26% 170 16.78% 192 18.95% 1,013Nassau 378 84.94% 58 13.03% 9 2.02% 445Orange 1,081 67.27% 476 29.62% 50 3.11% 1,607Osceola 233 86.62% 33 12.27% 3 1.12% 269Pasco 438 90.87% 34 7.05% 10 2.07% 482Polk 1,169 82.44% 152 10.72% 97 6.84% 1,418Putnam 771 68.35% 357 31.65% - 0.00% 1,128Santa Rosa 688 89.70% 46 6.00% 33 4.30% 767St. Johns 758 71.78% 224 21.21% 74 7.01% 1,056St. Lucie 271 78.32% 42 12.14% 33 9.54% 346Sumter 341 84.83% 40 9.95% 21 5.22% 402Suwannee 641 74.28% 70 8.11% 152 17.61% 863Taylor 313 72.62% 64 14.85% 54 12.53% 431Volusia 803 71.25% 284 25.20% 40 3.55% 1,127Wakulla 243 77.14% 47 14.92% 25 7.94% 315Walton 534 73.35% 167 22.94% 27 3.71% 728Washington 748 77.35% 150 15.51% 69 7.14% 967Total33,03678.81%6,45315.40%2,4275.79%41,916 References Bibliography The Florida Handbook, 1965-66 Tallahassee, FL The Peninsular Publishing Company Morris Allen 1965 https://archive.org/details/floridahandbook100morr/page/n1/mode/2up Florida Handbook 1965-66 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books 1979 0-930466-17-9 Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998 Kabat Ric A. October 1988 "Everybody votes for Gilchrist": The Florida gubernatorial campaign of 1908. http://ucf.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A25486/datastream/OBJ/view The Florida Historical Quarterly LXVII 2 Florida Historical Society Tampa, FL 184–203 3 June 2020 1908 Florida Gubernatorial Category:November 1908 in the United States