1914 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1914 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1913 United States gubernatorial elections 1913 1915 United States gubernatorial elections 1915 Seats up Seats won 31 governorships November 3, 1914Arkansas, Georgia, and Maine held elections earlier in the year. Democratic Party (United States) 30 29 1 17 16 Republican Party (United States) 16 18 2 12 14 Progressive 2 1 1 2 1 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold#5FD170 Progressive hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1914, in 31 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 3, 1914 (except for Arkansas and Maine, where they were held on September 14, and Georgia, where they were held on October 7). In Arizona, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, having been elected to an inaugural three-year term at the first election in 1911. In Vermont, the gubernatorial election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in September. In Arkansas and Georgia, the gubernatorial election was held in September and October, respectively, for the last time, moving to the same day as federal elections from the 1916 elections. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Alabama Emmet O'Neal Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Charles Henderson (Democratic) 83.89%John B. Shields (Republican) 16.11%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=93718 AL Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Arizona George W. P. Hunt Democratic Re-elected, 49.46% Ralph Henry Cameron (Republican) 34.51%George U. Young (Progressive) 10.21%J. R. Barnette (Socialist) 5.83%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=47388 AZ Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Arkansas(held, 14 September 1914) George W. Hays Democratic Re-elected, 69.47% Audrey L. Kinney (Republican) 22.84%Dan Hogan (Socialist) 7.70%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265309 AR Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 California Hiram W. Johnson Progressive Re-elected, 49.69% John D. Fredericks (Republican) 29.35%John Barry Curtin (Democratic) 12.53%Noble A. Richardson (Socialist) 5.47%Clinton P. Moore (Prohibition) 2.95%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122028 CA Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Colorado Elias M. Ammons Democratic Retired, Republican victory George A. Carlson (Republican) 48.67%Thomas M. Patterson (Democratic) 34.17%Edward P. Costigan (Progressive) 12.41%Abraham Marions (Socialist) 3.97%L. D. Hosman (Socialist Labor) 0.78%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264805 CO Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Connecticut Simeon E. Baldwin Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Marcus H. Holcomb (Republican) 50.39%Lyman T. Tingier (Democratic) 40.80%W. Fisher (Progressive) 4.43%Samuel E. Beardsley (Socialist) 3.27%Duane N. Griffin (Prohibition) 0.76%Charles B. Wells (Socialist Labor) 0.35%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266595 CT Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Georgia(held, 7 October 1914) John M. Slaton Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Nathaniel E. Harris (Democratic) 100.00%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264464 GA Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019(Democratic primary results)Nathaniel E. Harris 44.23%Lamartine Griffin Hardman 35.62%J. Randolph Anderson 20.14% The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1915 New York The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World) 1914 765–766 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510009913233;view=1up;seq=922 Idaho John M. Haines Republican Defeated, 37.39% Moses Alexander (Democratic) 44.13%Hugh E. McElroy (Progressive) 9.81%L. A. Coblentz (Socialist) 7.38%Scattering 1.29%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266203 ID Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Iowa George W. Clarke Republican Re-elected, 49.31% John Taylor Hamilton (Democratic) 42.94%George C. White (Progressive) 3.98%Oliver C. Wilson (Socialist) 2.14%Malcolm Smith (Prohibition) 1.62%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265257 IA Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Kansas George H. Hodges Democratic Defeated, 30.61% Arthur Capper (Republican) 39.67%Henry Justin Allen (Progressive) 15.91%Julius B. Billard (Independent) 8.94%Milo M. Mitchell (Socialist) 3.86%Sials W. Bond (Prohibition) 1.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265562 KS Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Maine(held, 14 September 1914) William T. Haines Republican Defeated, 41.57% Oakley C. Curtis (Democratic) 43.82%Halbert P. Gardner (Progressive) 12.87%Percy F. Morse (Socialist) 1.33%Frederick A. Shepherd (Prohibition) 0.42%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266639 ME Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Massachusetts David I. Walsh Democratic Re-elected, 45.93% Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 43.35%Joseph H. Walker (Progressive) 7.02%Samuel C. Roberts (Socialist) 2.08%Alfred H. Evans (Prohibition) 1.15%Arthur Elmer Reimer (Socialist Labor) 0.48%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266557 MA Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Michigan Woodbridge N. Ferris Democratic Re-elected, 48.15% Chase S. Osborn (Republican) 40.02%Henry R. Pattengill (Progressive) 8.34%James Hoogerhyde (Socialist) 2.51%Charles N. Eayrs (Prohibition) 0.87%Herman Richter (Socialist Labor) 0.11%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=130267 MI Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Minnesota Adolph O. Eberhart Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Democratic victory Winfield Scott Hammond (Democratic) 45.54%William E. Lee (Republican) 41.87%Willis Greenleaf Calderwood (Prohibition) 5.41%Thomas J. Lewis (Socialist) 5.02%Herbert Johnson (Industrial Labor) 1.13%Hugh T. Halbert (Progressive) 1.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=63400 MN Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Nebraska John H. Morehead Democratic Re-elected, 50.35% Robert B. Howell (Republican) 42.41%Harry E. Sackett (Progressive) 3.63%George C. Porter (Socialist) 2.41%Nathan Wilson (Prohibition) 1.20%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265722 NE Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Nevada Tasker L. Oddie Republican Defeated, 39.61% Emmet D. Boyle (Democratic) 44.65%W. A. Morgan (Socialist) 15.74%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=85538 NV Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 New Hampshire Samuel D. Felker Democratic Retired, Republican victory Rolland H. Spaulding (Republican) 55.18%Albert W. Noone (Democratic) 40.04%Henry D. Allison (Progressive) 3.06%John P. Burke (Socialist) 1.69%Scattering 0.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266680 NH Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 New York Martin H. Glynn Democratic Defeated, 37.59% Charles S. Whitman (Republican) 47.69%William Sulzer (American/Prohibition) 8.77%Frederick M. Davenport (Progressive) 3.17%Gustave A. Strebel (Socialist) 2.63%James T. Hunter (Socialist Labor) 0.16%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=95401 NY Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 North Dakota Louis B. Hanna Republican Re-elected, 49.58% Frank O. Hellstrom (Democratic) 38.91%J. A. Williams (Socialist) 6.74%Hans H. Aaker (Prohibition) 4.77%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266486 ND Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Ohio James M. Cox Democratic Defeated, 43.73% Frank B. Willis (Republican) 46.32%James Rudolph Garfield (Progressive) 5.39%Scott Wilkins (Socialist) 4.56%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=89424 OH Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Oklahoma Lee Cruce Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Robert L. Williams (Democratic) 39.65%John Fields (Republican) 37.81%Fred W. Holt (Socialist) 20.78%John P. Hickam (Progressive) 1.65%Amos L. Wilson (Independent) 0.08%T. J. Woods (Independent) 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261799 OK Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Oregon Oswald West Democratic Retired, Republican victory James Withycombe (Republican) 48.80%C. J. Smith (Democratic) 38.14%W. J. Smith (Socialist) 5.76%William S. U'Ren (Independent) 4.23%F. M. Gill (Progressive) 2.47%Will E. Purdy (Non-partisan) 0.61%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263431 OR Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Pennsylvania John K. Tener Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Martin G. Brumbaugh (Republican) 52.98%Vance C. McCormick (Democratic) 40.84%Joseph B. Allen (Socialist) 3.61%Matthew H. Stevenson (Prohibition) 1.57%William Draper Lewis ("Roosevelt Progressive") 0.59%Scattering 0.41%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=41275 PA Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Rhode Island Aram J. Pothier Republican Retired, Republican victory R. Livingston Beeckman (Republican) 53.80%Patrick H. Quinn (Democratic) 41.23%Edward W. Theinert (Socialist) 2.17%F. D. Thompson (Progressive) 1.65%Ernest L. Merry (Prohibition) 0.80%Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 0.35%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266751 RI Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 South Carolina Coleman Livingston Blease Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Richard Irvine Manning III (Democratic) 99.76%R. B. Britton (Socialist) 0.24%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40481 SC Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019(Democratic primary run-off results)Richard Irvine Manning III 62.12%John Gardiner Richards 37.88%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=427701 SC Governor, 1914 – D Runoff Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 South Dakota Frank M. Byrne Republican Re-elected, 50.07% James W. McCarter (Democratic) 35.20%Richard Olsen Richards (Independent) 9.91%J. C. Knapp (Socialist) 2.71%C. K. Thompson (Prohibition) 2.11%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266455 SD Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Tennessee Ben W. Hooper Republican Defeated, 45.80% Thomas C. Rye (Democratic) 53.55%Scattering 0.65%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264762 TN Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Texas Oscar Branch Colquitt Democratic Retired, Democratic victory James E. Ferguson (Democratic) 81.95%E. R. Meitzen (Socialist) 11.59%John W. Philip (Republican) 5.30%F. M. Etheridge (Progressive) 0.83%K. E. Choate (Socialist Labor) 0.32%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264407 TX Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019(Democratic primary results)James E. Ferguson 55.31%Thomas Henry Ball 44.69%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=296479 TX Governor, 1914 – D Primary Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Vermont Allen M. Fletcher Republican Retired, Republican victory Charles Winslow Gates (Republican) 59.51%Harland Bradley Howe (Democratic) 26.06%Walter J. Aldrich (Progressive) 11.22%Clement F. Smith (Prohibition) 1.73%William R. Rowland (Socialist) 1.45%Scattering 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144165 VT Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Wisconsin Francis E. McGovern Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Emanuel L. Philipp (Republican) 43.26%John C. Karel (Democratic) 36.72%John J. Blaine (Independent Progressive) 10.01%Oscar T. Ameringer (Social Democrat) 7.96%David W. Emerson (Prohibition) 1.93%John Vierthaler (Socialist Labor) 0.11%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262317 WI Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 Wyoming Joseph M. Carey Progressive Retired, Democratic victory John B. Kendrick (Democratic) 51.61%Hilliard S. Ridgely (Republican) 44.20%Paul J. Paulson (Socialist) 4.19%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263448 WY Governor, 1914 Our Campaigns 1 April 2019 See also 1914 United States elections 1914 United States Senate elections 1914 United States House of Representatives elections References 30em Notes Category:November 1914 in the United States