1918 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1918 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1917 United States gubernatorial elections 1917 1919 United States gubernatorial elections 1919 Seats up Seats won 32 governorships November 5, 1918;September 9, 1918 (ME) Republican Party (United States) 22 26 4 18 22 Democratic Party (United States) 25 21 4 14 10 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1918, in 32 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 5, 1918. Elections took place on September 9 in Maine. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Alabama Charles Henderson Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Thomas E. Kilby (Democratic) 80.21%Dallas B. Smith (Independent) 19.79%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=93537 AL Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019(Democratic primary results: after second preferences)Thomas E. Kilby 36.84%William W. Brandon 34.37%Charles B. Teasley 19.37%John H. Wallace Jr. 7.99%John Purifoy 1.42% Alabama official and statistical register, 1919 Mrs Marie B. Owen, Director State of Alabama; Department of Archives and History The Brown Printing Co., Montgomery, Ala. 1920 396 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015053613652;view=1up;seq=392 Arizona George W. P. Hunt Democratic Retired, Republican victory Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) 49.90%Fred T. Colter (Democratic) 49.25%George D. Smith (Socialist) 0.86%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=123353 AZ Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Arkansas Charles H. Brough Democratic Re-elected, 93.43% Clay Fulks (Socialist) 6.57%(Democratic primary results)√ Charles H. BroughL. C. 'Judge' SmithFebruary 2020Centennial History of Arkansas, Volume II Herndon Dallas T. Chicago and Little Rock The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 379 https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor00hern Charles Hillman Brough: a Biography Lisenby Foy Fayetteville The University of Arkansas Press 1996 41 https://books.google.com/books?id=hs1ay40A5RAC&pg=PA41 1-55728-411-3 Arkansas Democrat Gazette May 29, 2018 100 years ago https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/may/29/other-days-20180529/ California William D. Stephens Republican Re-elected William D. Stephens (Republican) 56.28%Theodore Arlington Bell (Independent) 36.48%Henry H. Roser (Socialist) 4.21%James Rolph Jr. (Democratic)Rolph, a Republican, ran for the Republican and Democratic nominations. He lost the Republican nomination and won the Democratic nomination. However, under California's crossfiling law, he could not be the Democratic nominee after losing the primary of his own party. (write-in) 2.99%Scattering 0.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122032 CA Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Colorado Julius Caldeen Gunter Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (Republican) 51.15%Thomas J. Tynan (Democratic) 46.47%Mary L. Geffs (Socialist) 2.38%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264807 CO Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Connecticut Marcus H. Holcomb Republican Re-elected, 50.72% Thomas J. Spellacy (Democratic) 45.87%Martin F. Plunkett (Socialist) 2.39%John Newton Lackey (Prohibition) 0.61%Herman Klawansky (Socialist Labor) 0.34%George A. Parsons (National) 0.07%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266597 CT Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Georgia Hugh M. Dorsey Democratic Re-elected, unopposedhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264466 GA Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 (Democratic primary results)Hugh M. Dorsey (unopposed)Ostermeier Dr. Eric May 23, 2018 Stacey Abrams Notches 3rd Best Showing in Contested Georgia Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Since 1898 http://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/2018/05/23/stacey-abrams-notches-3rd-best-showing-in-contested-georgia-democratic-gubernatorial-primary-since-1898/ Smart Politics University of Minnesota Libraries 2019-03-29 Idaho Moses Alexander Democratic Retired, Republican victory David W. Davis (Republican) 59.95%H. F. Samuels (Democratic) 40.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266205 ID Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Iowa William L. Harding Republican Re-elected, 50.55% Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 46.92%Andrew Engle (Socialist) 2.10%M. L. Christian (Prohibition) 0.43%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265259 IA Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Kansas Arthur Capper Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Henry J. Allen (Republican) 66.39%W. C. Lansdon (Democratic) 30.68%George W. Kleihege (Socialist) 2.94%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265564 KS Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Maine(held, 9 September 1918) Carl E. Milliken Republican Re-elected, 52.04% Bertrand G. McIntire (Democratic) 47.96%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266641 ME Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Massachusetts Samuel W. McCall Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Calvin Coolidge (Republican) 50.87%Richard H. Long (Democratic) 46.84%Sylvester J. McBride (Socialist) 1.84%Ingvar Paulsen (Socialist Labor) 0.45%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55233 MA Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Michigan Albert E. Sleeper Republican Re-elected, 61.41% John W. Bailey (Democratic) 36.41%Ernest J. Moore (Socialist) 1.63%John S. McColl (Prohibition) 0.38%John Hinds (Socialist Labor) 0.18%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=117365 MI Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Minnesota Joseph A. A. Burnquist Republican Re-elected, 45.04% David H. Evans (Farmer-Labor) 30.28%Fred E. Wheaton (Democratic) 20.77%L. P. Berot (Socialist) 2.11%Olaf O. Stageberg (National) 1.80%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=63183 MN Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Nebraska Keith Neville Democratic Defeated, 44.00% Samuel R. McKelvie (Republican) 54.47%Julian D. Graves (Prohibition) 1.53%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265724 NE Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Nevada Emmet D. Boyle Democratic Re-elected, 52.08% Tasker L. Oddie (Republican) 47.92%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=85539 NV Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 New Hampshire Henry W. Keyes Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory John H. Bartlett (Republican) 54.13%Nathaniel E. Martin (Democratic) 45.86%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266682 NH Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 New Mexico Washington Lindsey Republican Lost renomination, Republican victory Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (Republican) 50.50%Felix Garcia (Democratic) 47.70%A. H. Moulton (Socialist) 1.80%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262111 NM Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 New York Charles S. Whitman Republican Defeated, 46.68% Alfred E. Smith (Democratic) 47.37%Charles W. Ervin (Socialist) 5.71%Olive M. Johnson (Socialist Labor) 0.24%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=95399 NY Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 North Dakota Lynn J. Frazier Republican Re-elected, 59.75% S. J. Doyle (Democratic) 40.26%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266488 ND Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Ohio James M. Cox Democratic Re-elected, 50.62% Frank B. Willis (Republican) 49.38%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=89421 OH Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Oklahoma Robert L. Williams Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory James B. A. Robertson (Democratic) 53.55%Horace G. McKeever (Republican) 42.63%Patrick S. Nagle (Socialist) 3.83%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261800 OK Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Oregon James Withycombe Republican Re-elected, 52.99% Walter M. Pierce (Democratic) 42.78%Benjamin Franklin Ramp (Socialist) 4.24%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263432 OR Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Pennsylvania Martin Grove Brumbaugh Republican Term-limited, Republican victory William Cameron Sproul (Republican) 61.05%Eugene C. Bonniwell (Democratic) 33.74%Edwin J. Fithian (Prohibition) 3.02%Charles Sehl (Socialist) 2.07%Robert C. Macauley Jr. (Single Tax) 0.12%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=41280 PA Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Rhode Island R. Livingston Beeckman Republican Re-elected, 53.11% Alberic A. Archambault (Democratic) 44.84%Ernest Sherwood (Socialist) 2.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266753 RI Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 South Carolina Richard Irvine Manning III Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Robert Archer Cooper (Democratic) unopposedhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40478 SC Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019(Democratic primary results)Robert Archer Cooper 57.96%John Gardiner Richards 29.24%Andrew J. Bethea 9.70%Scattering 3.10%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=427704 SC Governor, 1918 – D Primary Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 South Dakota Peter Norbeck Republican Re-elected, 53.22% Mark P. Bates (Independent) 26.12%James B. Bird (Democratic) 18.57%Knute Lewis (Independent) 1.32%Orville Anderson (Socialist) 0.77%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266457 SD Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Tennessee Thomas C. Rye Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Albert H. Roberts (Democratic) 62.37%Hugh B. Lindsay (Republican) 37.64%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264764 TN Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Texas William Pettus Hobby Democratic Re-elected, 84.00% Charles A. Boynton (Republican) 15.06%William D. Simpson (Socialist) 0.94%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264409 TX Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Vermont Horace F. Graham Republican Retired, Republican victory Percival Wood Clement (Republican) 67.00%William B. Mayo (Democratic) 32.75%Scattering 0.25%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144167 VT Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Wisconsin Emanuel L. Philipp Republican Re-elected, 46.99% Henry A. Moehlenpah (Democratic) 33.95%Emil Seidel (Socialist) 17.35%William C. Dean (Prohibition) 1.60%Scattering 0.12%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262319 WI Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 Wyoming Frank L. Houx Democratic Defeated, 43.90% Robert D. Carey (Republican) 56.11%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263449 WY Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns March 27, 2019 See also 1918 United States elections 1918 United States Senate elections 1918 United States House of Representatives elections Notes References 30emcollapsed Category:September 1918 in the United States Category:November 1918 in the United States Category:United States home front during World War I