1902 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1902 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1896 legislative no 1901 United States gubernatorial elections 1901 1903 United States gubernatorial elections 1903 Seats up Seats won 27 governorships November 4, 1902Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon and Vermont held early elections. Republican Party (United States) 27Henry McBride (R) succeeded Washington Governor John Rankin Rogers (D) who died in office in December 1901. 27 18 18 Democratic Party (United States) 17 17 8 8 Silver Party 1 1 1 1 1902 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold#608B85 Silver hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1902, in 27 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 4, 1902 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon and Vermont, which held early elections). In Alabama, the governor was elected to a four-year term for the first time, instead of a two-year term. The election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in August. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Alabama William D. Jelks Democratic Re-elected, 73.72% John A. W. Smith (Republican) 26.28%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=93743 AL Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Arkansas(held, 1 September 1902) Jefferson Davis Democratic Re-elected, 64.60% Harry H. Myers (Republican) 24.43%Charles D. Greaves (Independent Republican) 6.97%George H. Kimball (Prohibition) 4.00%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265301 AR Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 California Henry Gage Republican Lost re-nomination, Republican victory George C. Pardee (Republican) 48.06%Franklin Knight Lane (Democratic) 47.22%Gideon S. Brower (Socialist) 3.15%Theodore D. Kanouse (Prohibition) 1.52%Scattering 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122024 CA Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Colorado James Bradley Orman Democratic Lost re-nomination, Republican victory James H. Peabody (Republican) 46.92%E. C. Stimson (Democratic) 43.20%J. C. Provost (Socialist) 3.84%Frank W. Owens (People's) 3.43%Otto A. Reinhardt (Prohibition) 2.09%J. A. Knight (Socialist Labor) 0.52%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264795 CO Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Connecticut George P. McLean Republican Retired, Republican victory Abiram Chamberlain (Republican) 53.44%Melbert B. Cary (Democratic) 43.41%Francis E. Wheeler (Socialist) 1.76%Robert N. Stanley (Prohibition) 0.90%Ernest Oatley (Socialist Labor) 0.50%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266589 CT Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Georgia(held, 1 October 1902) Allen D. Candler Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Joseph M. Terrell (Democratic) 93.61%J. K. Hines (Populist) 6.39%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264457 GA Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019(Democratic primary results)√ Joseph M. Terrell def.John H. EstillDupont GuerryGeorgia's Public Men, 1902-1904 Thomas W. Loyless, compiler 5 The Byrd Printing Company Atlanta, Ga. https://archive.org/details/georgiaspublicme00loyl Joseph M. Terrell (1861-1912) Keith Hulett New Georgia Encyclopedia https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/joseph-m-terrell-1861-1912 February 2020 Idaho Frank W. Hunt Democratic Defeated, 43.18% John T. Morrison (Republican) 52.90%August M. Slatey (Socialist) 2.60%Albert E. Gipson (Prohibition) 1.01%DeForest Andrews (People's) 0.31%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266197 ID Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Kansas William Eugene Stanley Republican Retired, Republican victory Willis J. Bailey (Republican) 55.45%W. H. Craddock (Democratic) 40.79%F. W. Emerson (Prohibition) 2.11%A. S. McAllister (Socialist) 1.42%James H, Lathrop (Populist) 0.22%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265555 KS Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Maine(held, 8 September 1902) John Fremont Hill Republican Re-elected, 59.48% Samuel W. Gould (Democratic) 34.68%James Perrigo (Prohibition) 4.03%Charles L. Fox (Socialist) 1.80%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266633 ME Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Massachusetts Winthrop Murray Crane Republican February 2020 John L. Bates (Republican) 49.23%William A. Gaston (Democratic) 39.92%John C. Chase (Socialist) 8.44%Michael T. Berry (Socialist Labor) 1.53%William H. Partridge (Prohibition) 0.89%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266545 MA Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Michigan Aaron T. Bliss Republican Re-elected, 52.52% Lorenzo T. Durand (Democratic) 43.28%Walter S. Westerman (Prohibition) 2.82%William E. Walter (Socialist) 1.06%Shepard B. Cowles (Socialist Labor) 0.32%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=133646 MI Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Minnesota Samuel Rinnah Van Sant Republican Re-elected, 57.53% Leonard A. Rosing (Democratic) 36.68%Charles Scanlon (Prohibition) 2.13%Thomas J. Meighen (People's) 1.78%Thomas Van Lear (Socialist Labor) 0.95%Jay E. Nash (Socialist) 0.93%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=62897 MN Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Nebraska Ezra P. Savage Republican Retired, Republican victory John H. Mickey (Republican) 49.54%William H. Thompson (Democratic)Thompson ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party 46.79%George Bigelow (Socialist) 1.93%Samuel T. Davies (Prohibition) 1.74%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265716 NE Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Nevada Reinhold Sadler Silver Retired, Silver victory John Sparks (Silver-Democrat) 57.78%Abner Coburn Cleveland (Republican) 42.22%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=85534 NV Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 New Hampshire Chester B. Jordan Republican February 2020 Nahum J. Bachelder (Republican) 53.19%Henry F. Hollis (Democratic) 42.75%John C. Berry (Prohibition) 2.05%Michael H. O'Neil (Socialist) 1.34%Alonzo Elliott (Independent) 0.59%George Howie (Allied People's) 0.07%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266674 NH Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 New York Benjamin Odell Republican Re-elected, 48.09% Bird Sim Coler (Democratic) 47.45%Ben Hanford (Social Democrat) 1.69%Alfred L. Manierre (Prohibition) 1.48%Daniel De Leon (Socialist Labor) 1.15%Edgar L. Ryder (Liberal Democrat) 0.14%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=106593 NY Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 North Dakota Frank White Republican Re-elected, 62.68% J. Cronan (Democratic) 34.85%Robert Grant (Independent) 2.47%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266483 ND Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Oregon(held, 2 June 1902) Theodore Thurston Geer Republican Lost re-nomination, Democratic victory George Earle Chamberlain (Democratic) 46.17%William J. Furnish (Republican) 45.90%R. Ryan (Socialist) 4.09%A. J. Hunsaker (Prohibition) 3.84%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263428 OR Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Pennsylvania William A. Stone Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Samuel W. Pennypacker (Republican) 54.20%Robert Emory Pattison (Democratic) 41.19%Silas C. Swallow (Prohibition) 2.13%John W. Slayton (Socialist) 2.00%William Adams (Socialist Labor) 0.47%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=41268 PA Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Rhode Island Charles D. Kimball Republican Defeated, 41.04% Lucius F. C. Garvin (Democratic) 53.99%William E. Brightman (Prohibition) 2.83%Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 2.15%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266729 RI Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 South Carolina Miles Benjamin McSweeney Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Duncan Clinch Heyward (Democratic) 100.00%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40486 SC Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019(Democratic primary run-off results)Duncan Clinch Heyward 55.58%William Jasper Talbert 44.42%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=514596 SC Governor, 1902 – D Runoff Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 South Dakota Charles N. Herreid Republican Re-elected, 64.72% John W. Martin (Democratic) 28.73%John C. Crawford (Socialist) 3.53%H. H. Curtis (Prohibition) 3.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266449 SD Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Tennessee Benton McMillin Democratic Retired, Democratic victory James B. Frazier (Democratic) 61.79%H. Campbell (Republican) 36.84%R. S. Cheves (Prohibition) 1.37%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264756 TN Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Texas Joseph D. Sayers Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Samuel W. T. Lanham (Democratic) 74.92%George W. Burkett (Republican) 18.30%J. M. Mallett (Populist) 3.45%George W. Carroll (Prohibition) 2.43%Scattering 0.91%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264401 TX Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019Texas Almanac Election of Texas Governors, 1900-1948 https://texasalmanac.com/topics/elections/election-texas-governors-1900-%E2%80%93-1948 April 15, 2019 August 20, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190820100534/https://texasalmanac.com/topics/elections/election-texas-governors-1900-%E2%80%93-1948 dead Vermont(held, 2 September 1902) William W. Stickney Republican Retired, Republican victory John Griffith McCullough (Republican) 45.56%Percival Wood Clement (Local Option) 40.33%Felix W. McGettrick (Democratic) 10.53%Joel O. Sherbune (Prohibition) 3.57%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144159 VT Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019(General Assembly result)Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the state legislature decided the election.√ John Griffith McCullough (Republican) 164Percival Wood Clement (Local Option) 59 Felix W. McGettrick (Democratic) 45 Wisconsin Robert M. LaFollette Republican Re-elected, 52.89% David Stuart Rose (Democratic) 39.88%Emil Seidel (Social Democrat) 4.37%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262311 WI Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 Wyoming DeForest Richards Republican Re-elected, 57.81% George T. Beck (Democratic) 39.99%Henry Breitenstein (Socialist) 2.20%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263445 WY Governor, 1902 Our Campaigns 15 April 2019 See also 1902 United States elections References 30em Notes Category:November 1902 in the United States