1916 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1916 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1915 United States gubernatorial elections 1915 1917 United States gubernatorial elections 1917 Seats up Seats won 36 governorships November 7, 1916;September 11, 1916 (ME) Democratic Party (United States) 28 25 3 19 16 Republican Party (United States) 19 21 2 17 19 Prohibition Party (United States) 0 1 1 0 1 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold#EE2678 Prohibition gain United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1916, in 36 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 7, 1916. Elections took place on September 11 in Maine. In New Mexico, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a four-year term. In Arkansas and Georgia, the gubernatorial election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in September and October, respectively. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Arizona George W. P. Hunt Democratic Defeated, 47.94%Hunt challenged the result and, following a recount by the Arizona Supreme Court, was declared the winner and took office on 25 December 1917. Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) 47.99%Peter T. Robertson (Socialist) 3.39%Robert E. Dunlap (Prohibition) 0.68%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=123351 AZ Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Arkansas George Washington Hays Democratic Retired,Charles Hillman Brough: a Biography Lisenby Foy 32 University of Arkansas Press Fayetteville 1996 1-55728-411-3 https://books.google.com/books?id=hs1ay40A5RAC&pg=PA32 Democratic victory Charles H. Brough (Democratic) 69.45%Wallace Townsend (Republican) 25.02%William Davis (Socialist) 5.54%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265310 AR Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Colorado George A. Carlson Republican Defeated, 41.28% Julius C. Gunter (Democratic) 53.27%C. Goddard (Socialist) 4.38%Louis E. Leeder (Liberal) 1.06%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264806 CO Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Connecticut Marcus H. Holcomb Republican Re-elected, 51.12% Morris Beardsley (Democratic) 45.27%Herbert Beebe (Socialist) 2.48%G. Whitfield Simonson (Prohibition) 0.84%Charles B. Wells (Socialist Labor) 0.29%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266596 CT Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Delaware Charles R. Miller Republican Retired, Republican victory John G. Townsend Jr. (Republican) 52.07%James H. Hughes (Democratic) 46.97%Frank A. Houck (Socialist) 0.96%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266281 DE Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Florida Park Trammell Democratic Term-limited, Prohibition victory Sidney J. Catts (Prohibition) 47.71%William V. Knott (Democratic) 36.61%George W. Allen (Republican) 12.47%C. C. Allen (Socialist) 2.98%Noel A. Mitchell (Independent) 0.23%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131891 FL Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Georgia Nathaniel Edwin Harris Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Hugh M. Dorsey (Democratic) 96.45%Roscoe Pickett (Republican) 2.91%Thomas M. Taylor (Socialist) 0.64%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264465 GA Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019(Democratic primary results)Hugh M. Dorsey 51.34% (245)Nathaniel E. Harris 32.53% (119)Lamartine Griffin Hardman 12.84% (8)Joseph E. Pottle 3.29% (8)September 20, 1916 Dorsey's Vote in Georgia: Final Returns Show He Received a Majority of 5,814 https://www.nytimes.com/1916/09/20/archives/dorseys-vote-in-georgia-final-returns-show-he-received-a-majority.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1916%2F09%2F20%2F104691703.html New York Times 2019-03-30 Idaho Moses Alexander Democratic Re-elected, 47.49% David W. Davis (Republican) 47.07%Annie E. Triplow (Socialist) 5.44%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266204 ID Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Illinois Edward F. Dunne Democratic Defeated, 42.09% Frank O. Lowden (Republican) 52.67%Seymour Stedman (Socialist) 3.96%John R. Golden (Prohibition) 1.16%John M. Francis (Socialist Labor) 0.13%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263305 IL Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Indiana Samuel M. Ralston Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory James P. Goodrich (Republican) 47.80%John A. M. Adair (Democratic) 46.00%William W. Farmer (Socialist) 3.14%Alfred L. Mondy (Prohibition) 2.19%Thomas A. Dalley (Progressive) 0.65%Joe B. Trunko (Socialist Labor) 0.22%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263324 IN Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Iowa George W. Clarke Republican Retired, Republican victory William L. Harding (Republican) 61.03%Edwin T. Meredith (Democratic) 36.36%John W. Bennett (Socialist) 1.60%Oren D. Ellett (Prohibition) 0.56%Stephen H. Bashor (Progressive) 0.40%Arthur S. Dowler (Socialist Labor) 0.06%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265258 IA Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Kansas Arthur Capper Republican Re-elected, 60.77% W. C. Lansdon (Democratic) 33.05%E. N. Richardson (Socialist) 3.88%Harry R. Ross (Prohibition) 2.30%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265563 KS Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Maine(held, 11 September 1916) Oakley C. Curtis Democratic Defeated, 44.87% Carl E. Milliken (Republican) 54.00%Frank H. Maxfield (Socialist) 0.97%Liaus Seeley (Prohibition) 0.17%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266640 ME Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Massachusetts Samuel W. McCall Republican Re-elected, 52.45% Frederick W. Mansfield (Democratic) 43.67%Dan White (Socialist) 2.01%Chester R. Lawrence (Prohibition) 1.13%James Hayes (Socialist Labor) 0.74%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266559 MA Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Michigan Woodbridge N. Ferris Democratic Retired, Republican victory Albert E. Sleeper (Republican) 55.83%Edwin F. Sweet (Democratic) 40.59%Ernest J. Moore (Socialist) 2.31%E. W. Woodruff (Prohibition) 1.11%James R. Murray (Socialist Labor) 0.15%Henry R. Pattengill (Progressive) 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=117642 MI Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Minnesota Joseph A. A. Burnquist Republican Re-elected, 62.94% Thomas P. Dwyer (Democratic) 23.84%J. O. Bentall (Socialist) 6.73%Thomas J. Anderson (Prohibition) 5.09%John P. Johnson (Industrial Labor) 1.40%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=63283 MN Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Missouri Elliot Woolfolk Major Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Frederick D. Gardner (Democratic) 48.65%Henry Lamm (Republican) 48.36%William J. Adames (Socialist) 1.85%Joseph P. Fontron (Progressive) 0.51%William H. Yount (Prohibition) 0.51%Charles Rogers (Socialist Labor) 0.12%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263378 MO Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Montana Samuel V. Stewart Democratic Re-elected, 49.36% Frank J. Edwards (Republican) 44.10%Lewis J. Duncan (Socialist) 6.53%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262080 MT Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Nebraska John H. Morehead Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Keith Neville (Democratic) 49.27%Abraham L. Sutton (Republican) 46.95%Benjamin Z. Millikan (Socialist) 2.34%Julian D. Graves (Prohibition) 1.45%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265723 NE Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 New Hampshire Rolland H. Spaulding Republican Retired, Republican victory Henry W. Keyes (Republican) 53.20%John C. Hutchins (Democratic) 45.08%William H. Wilkins (Socialist) 1.39%Ralph E. Meras (Prohibition) 0.33%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266681 NH Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 New Jersey James Fairman Fielder Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory Walter E. Edge (Republican) 55.44%H. Otto Wittpenn (Democratic) 39.83%Frederick Krafft (Socialist) 2.89%Harry Vaughan (Prohibition) 1.32%John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.52%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264571 NJ Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 New Mexico William C. McDonald Democratic Retired to run for lieutenant governor, Democratic victory Ezequiel C. De Baca (Democratic) 49.40%Holm O. Bursum (Republican) 47.42%N. A. Wells (Socialist) 3.18%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262108 NM Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 New York Charles S. Whitman Republican Re-elected, 52.63% Samuel Seabury (Democratic) 42.53%Algernon Lee (Socialist) 3.25%Charles E. Welch (Prohibition) 1.35%Jeremiah D. Crowley (Socialist Labor) 0.24%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=95400 NY Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 North Carolina Locke Craig Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Thomas W. Bickett (Democratic) 58.15%Frank A. Linney (Republican) 41.65%L. Miller (Socialist) 0.21%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=133649 NC Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 North Dakota L. B. Hanna Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Lynn J. Frazier (Republican) 79.24%D. H. McArthur (Democratic) 18.40%Oscar A. Johnson (Socialist) 2.36%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266487 ND Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Ohio Frank B. Willis Republican Defeated, 47.83% James M. Cox (Democratic) 48.40%Tom Clifford (Socialist) 3.14%John H. Dickason (Prohibition) 0.63%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=89423 OH Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Rhode Island R. Livingston Beeckman Republican Re-elected, 55.92% Addison P. Munroe (Democratic) 40.83%John H. Holloway (Socialist) 2.45%Roscoe W. Phillips (Prohibition) 0.59%Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 0.23%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266752 RI Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 South Carolina Richard Irvine Manning III Democratic Re-elected Richard Irvine Manning III (Democratic) 97.91%Coleman Livingston Blease (Independent) 1.77%J. C. Gibbes (Socialist) 0.26%J. M. Cantey (Independent) 0.06%Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina. For the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 1916 and Ending December 31, 1916. Part II. Columbia, S. C. Gonzales and Bryan, State Printers 1917 6 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068376071;view=1up;seq=8;size=125 (Democratic primary run-off results)Richard Irvine Manning III 51.69%Coleman Livingston Blease 48.31%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=427702 SC Governor, 1916 – D Runoff Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 South Dakota Frank M. Byrne Republican Retired, Republican victory Peter Norbeck (Republican) 56.64%Orville Rinehart (Democratic) 39.33%Fred L. Fairchild (Socialist) 2.77%C. K. Thompson (Prohibition) 1.27%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266456 SD Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Tennessee Thomas C. Rye Democratic Re-elected, 55.04% John W. Overall (Republican) 44.19%Scattering 0.78%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264763 TN Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Texas James E. Ferguson Democratic Re-elected, 81.60% R. B. Creager (Republican) 13.51%E. R. Meitzen (Socialist) 4.01%H. W. Lewis (Prohibition) 0.88%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264408 TX Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Utah William Spry Republican February 2020 Simon Bamberger (Democratic) 55.12%Nephi L. Morris (Republican) 41.80%F. M. McHugh (Socialist) 3.08%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222978 UT Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Vermont Charles W. Gates Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Horace F. Graham (Republican) 71.10%William B. Mayo (Democratic) 25.95%William R. Rowland (Socialist) 1.51%Lester W. Hanson (Prohibition) 1.44%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144166 VT Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Washington Ernest Lister Democratic Re-elected, 48.10% Henry McBride (Republican) 44.44%Ludwig E. Katterfeld (Socialist) 5.61%August B. L. Gellerman (Prohibition) 0.93%James Bradford (Progressive) 0.77%James E. Riordan (Socialist Labor) 0.17%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59091 WA Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 West Virginia Henry D. Hatfield Republican Term-limited, Democratic victory John Jacob Cornwell (Democratic) 49.55%Ira E. Robinson (Republican) 48.59%D. M. S. Holt (Socialist) 1.87%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265674 WV Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 Wisconsin Emanuel L. Philipp Republican Re-elected, 52.93% Burt Williams (Democratic) 37.89%Rae Weaver (Socialist) 7.06%George McKerrow (Prohibition) 2.12%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262318 WI Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 30 March 2019 See also 1916 United States elections 1916 United States presidential election 1916 United States Senate elections 1916 United States House of Representatives elections References 30em Notes collapsed Category:September 1916 in the United States Category:November 1916 in the United States