1911 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1911 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1908 legislative no 1910 United States gubernatorial elections 1910 1912 United States gubernatorial elections 1912 Seats up Seats won 8 governorships November 7, 1911;December 12, 1911 (AZ);April 16, 1912 (LA) Democratic Party (United States) 25 27 2 4 6 Republican Party (United States) 21 21 2 2 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1911, in eight states. Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Mississippi held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected their governors to a single-year term; this was the last time Rhode Island elected its governors to a single-year term. It switching to two-year-terms from the 1912 election. Arizona and New Mexico held their first gubernatorial elections on achieving statehood. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Arizona(Held, 12 December 1911) New state George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) 51.46%Edmund W. Wells (Republican) 42.41%P. W. Gallentine (Socialist) 5.77%T. W. Otts (Prohibition) 0.37%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=123350 AZ Governor, 1911 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Kentucky Augustus E. Willson Republican Term-limited, Democratic victory James B. McCreary (Democratic) 52.01%Edward C. O'Rear (Republican) 44.92%Walter B. Lanfersiek (Socialist) 2.00%J. D. Rodd (Prohibition) 0.84%James H. Arnold (Socialist Labor) 0.18%S. M. Payton (Independence League) 0.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264846 KY Governor, 1911 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Louisiana(Held, 16 April 1912) Jared Y. Sanders Sr. Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Luther E. Hall (Democratic) 89.48%Hugh S. Suthon (Republican) 8.78%J. R. Jones (Independent) 1.74%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263338 LA Governor, 1912 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019(Democratic primary results)Luther E. Hall 43.28%John T. Michel 37.44%James B. Aswell 19.29%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=734240 LA Governor, 1912 – D Primary Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Maryland Austin Lane Crothers Democratic Retired, Republican victory Phillips Lee Goldsborough (Republican) 49.26%Arthur Pue Gorman Jr. (Democratic) 47.88%Charles E. Devlin (Socialist) 1.75%John H. Dulany (Prohibition) 1.11%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27768 MD Governor, 1911 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019Dubin Michael J. 2010 United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911 https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC&pg=PA10 32 Jefferson, NC McFarland & Co. 978-0-7864-4722-0 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 134–135 0-930466-17-9Compiled by N. Winslow Williams, Secretary of State Maryland Manual 1912 Manual, State of Maryland https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073448733&view=1up&seq=241&skin=2021 Baltimore John Murphy Co., Printers 229 Massachusetts Eugene Foss Democratic Re-elected, 48.84% Louis A. Frothingham (Republican) 47.00%James F. Carey (Socialist) 3.04%Frank N. Rand (Prohibition) 0.79%Dennis McGoff (Socialist Labor) 0.34%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266554 MA Governor, 1911 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Mississippi Edmond Noel Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Earl Brewer (Democratic) 95.18%Summer W. Rose (Socialist) 4.82%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263361 MS Governor, 1911 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019(Democratic primary results)Earl Brewer, unopposed Mississippi: A History Westley F. Busbee, Jr. John Wiley & Sons 2015 978-1-118-75590-7 https://books.google.com/books?id=sG0gBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22mississippi%22+%22primary%22+%221911%22&pg=PA211 Biennial Report of the Secretary of State to the Legislature of Mississippi from October 1, 1909 to July 1, 1911 J. W. Power, Secretary of State of Mississippi Nashville, Tenn. The Brandon Printing Co. 1911 63 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002544423q;view=1up;seq=71;size=75 New Mexico New state William C. McDonald (Democratic) 51.01%Holm O. Bursum (Republican) 46.05%T. C. Rivera (Socialist) 2.94%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262107 NM Governor, 1911 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Rhode Island Aram J. Pothier Republican Re-elected, 53.36% Lewis A. Waterman (Democratic) 42.97%Edward W. Theinert (Socialist) 1.96%Ernest L. Merry (Prohibition) 1.28%John W. Leach (Socialist Labor) 0.43%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266738 RI Governor, 1911 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 References Category:November 1911 in the United States Category:December 1911 in the United States