1908 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1908 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1908 legislative no 1907 United States gubernatorial elections 1907 1909 United States gubernatorial elections 1909 Seats up Seats won 33 governorships November 3, 1908Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, and Vermont held early elections. Republican Party (United States) 26 24 2 19 21 Democratic Party (United States) 19 21 2 12 14 Silver Party 1 1 0 0 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1908, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 3, 1908 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont, which held early elections). In Ohio, the gubernatorial election was held in an even-numbered year for the first time, having previously been held in odd-numbered years. The previous election in this state took place in 1905. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Arkansas(held, 14 September 1908) Xenophon Overton Pindall Democratic Retired, Democratic victory George W. Donaghey (Democratic) 68.08%John I. Worthington (Republican) 27.66%J. Samuel Jones (Socialist) 4.18%Scattering 0.08%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265305 AR Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Colorado Henry Augustus Buchtel Republican Retired, Democratic victory John F. Shafroth (Democratic) 49.41%Jesse F. McDonald (Republican) 45.16%Henry Clay Darrah (Socialist) 3.03%H. L. Murray (Prohibition) 2.40%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264802 CO Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Connecticut Rollin S. Woodruff Republican February 2020 George L. Lilley (Republican) 51.92%A. Heaton Richardson (Democratic) 43.50%Charles T. Peach (Socialist) 2.56%Matthew E. O'Brien (Prohibition) 1.37%F. C. Albrecht (Independence) 0.33%Charles F. Roberts (Socialist Labor) 0.31%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266592 CT Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Delaware Preston Lea Republican February 2020 Simeon S. Pennewill (Republican) 51.97%Rowland G. Paynter (Democratic) 47.56%Frank Smith (Socialist) 0.47%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266279 DE Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Florida Napoleon B. Broward Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Albert W. Gilchrist (Democratic) 78.82%John M. Cheney (Republican) 15.40%A. J. Pettigrew (Socialist) 5.79%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131893 FL Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Georgia(held, 7 October 1908) M. Hoke Smith Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Joseph M. Brown (Democratic) 90.53%Yancy Carter (Independent) 9.47%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264460 GA Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019(Democratic primary results)Joseph M. Brown 52.60%M. Hoke Smith 47.40%Georgians in Profile: Historical Essays in Honor of Ellis Merton Coulter Horace Montgomery 320 The University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 1958 9780820335476 https://books.google.com/books?id=2XU7C5bXrnIC&dq=%22brown%22+%22109806%22+%22smith%22+%2298949%22&pg=PA320 Hoke Smith and the Politics of the New South Grantham Dewey W. Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge 1958 https://books.google.com/books?id=fB9dlRiSVkAC&pg=PA192 192 9780807101186 June 13, 1908 Georgia Governor primary https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4883718/georgia_governor_primary_june_13_1908/ The Donaldsonville Chief Donaldsville, Louisiana 2 April 4, 2019 Idaho Frank R. Gooding Republican February 2020 James H. Brady (Republican) 49.61%Moses Alexander (Democratic) 41.61%Ernest Untermann (Socialist) 6.38%William C. Stalker (Prohibition) 2.25%E. W. Johnson (Independence) 0.14%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266200 ID Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Illinois Charles Samuel Deneen Republican Re-elected, 47.64% Adlai Stevenson (Democratic) 45.64%Daniel R. Sheen (Prohibition) 2.94%James H. Brower (Socialist) 2.71%George W. McCaskrin (Independence) 0.94%Gustave A. Jennings (Socialist Labor) 0.13%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263303 IL Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Indiana Frank Hanly Republican Term-limited, Democratic victory Thomas R. Marshall (Democratic) 48.95%James E. Watson (Republican) 46.87%Sumner W. Haynes (Prohibition) 2.24%Frank S. Goodman (Socialist) 1.68%F. J. S. Robinson (Populist) 0.14%O. P. Stoner (Socialist Labor) 0.08%James M. Zion (Independence) 0.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55216 IN Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Iowa Albert B. Cummins Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Beryl F. Carroll (Republican) 54.60%Fred E. White (Democratic) 41.84%K. W. Brown (Prohibition) 1.94%I. S. McCrillis (Socialist) 1.52%Luman H. Weller (Independence) 0.06%D. C. Cowles (People's) 0.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265254 IA Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Kansas Edward W. Hoch Republican February 2020 Walter R. Stubbs (Republican) 52.49%Jeremiah D. Botkin (Democratic) 43.33%George F. Hibner (Socialist) 3.13%Alfred L. Hope (Prohibition) 1.04%John W. Northrop (Independence) 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265559 KS Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Maine(held, 14 September 1908) William T. Cobb Republican February 2020 Bert M. Fernald (Republican) 51.56%Obadiah Gardner (Democratic) 46.46%James H. Ames (Prohibition) 1.00%Curtis A. Perry (Socialist) 0.99%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266636 ME Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Massachusetts Curtis Guild Jr. Republican February 2020 Eben S. Draper (Republican) 51.59%James H. Vahey (Democratic) 38.00%William N. Osgood (Independence) 5.22%James F. Carey (Socialist) 3.26%Williard O. Wylie (Prohibition) 1.35%Walter J. Hoar (Socialist Labor) 0.58%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266551 MA Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Michigan Fred M. Warner Republican Re-elected, 48.39% Lawton T. Hemans (Democratic) 46.63%John W. Gray (Prohibition) 2.97%Alexander M. Stirton (Socialist) 1.74%Archie McInnis (Socialist Labor) 0.16%Alva W. Nichols (Independence) 0.11%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131213 MI Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Minnesota John Albert Johnson Democratic Re-elected, 52.08% Jacob F. Jacobson (Republican) 43.71%George D. Haggard (Prohibition) 2.09%Beecher Moore (Public Ownership) 1.94%William W. Allen (Independence) 0.18%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=63171 MN Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Missouri Joseph W. Folk Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory Herbert S. Hadley (Republican) 49.73%William S. Cowherd (Democratic) 47.51%William L. Garver (Socialist) 2.03%Herman P. Faris (Prohibition) 0.58%William A. Dillon (People's) 0.15%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263376 MO Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Montana Edwin L. Norris Democratic Re-elected, 47.34% Edward Donlan (Republican) 45.16%Harry Hazelton (Socialist) 7.50%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262078 MT Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Nebraska George L. Sheldon Republican Defeated, 47.27% Ashton C. Shallenberger (Democratic)Shallenberger ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party 49.90%Roy R. Teeter (Prohibition) 1.68%C. H. Harbaugh (Socialist) 1.15%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265719 NE Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 New Hampshire Charles M. Floyd Republican Retired, Republican victory Henry B. Quinby (Republican) 50.40%Clarence E. Carr (Democratic) 46.74%Sumner F. Claflin (Socialist) 1.23%Edmund B. Tetley (Prohibition) 1.01%Walter H. Lewis (Independence) 0.58%Scattering 0.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266677 NH Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 New York Charles Evans Hughes Republican Re-elected, 49.08% Lewis S. Chanler (Democratic) 44.84%Clarence J. Shearn (Independence) 2.64%Joshua Wanhope (Socialist) 2.07%George E. Stockwell (Prohibition) 1.15%Leander A. Armstrong (Socialist Labor) 0.22%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=106591 NY Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 North Carolina Robert Broadnax Glenn Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory William W. Kitchin (Democratic) 57.31%J. Elwood Cox (Republican) 42.56%J. A. Transom (Socialist) 0.14%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=133652 NC Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 North Dakota John Burke Democratic Re-elected, 51.06% C. A. Johnson (Republican) 48.43%L. F. Dow (Independent) 0.51%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=190153 ND Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Ohio Andrew L. Harris Republican Defeated, 47.47% Judson Harmon (Democratic) 49.20%Robert Bandlow (Socialist) 2.54%John Kircher (Socialist Labor) 0.68%John B. Martin (Prohibition) 0.07%Andrew F. Otte (Independence) 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=89468 OH Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Rhode Island James H. Higgins Democratic Retired, Republican victory Aram J. Pothier (Republican) 52.61%Olney Arnold (Democratic) 42.72%William H. Johnston (Socialist) 1.80%Louis E. Remington (Prohibition) 1.67%A. E. Mowry (Independence) 0.92%Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 0.27%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266735 RI Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 South Carolina Martin Frederick Ansel Democratic Re-elected, 100.00%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40485 SC Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 (Democratic primary results)Martin Frederick Ansel 59.89%Coleman Livingston Blease 40.11%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=783590 SC Governor, 1908 – D Primary Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 South Dakota Coe I. Crawford Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Robert S. Vessey (Republican) 55.28%Andrew E. Lee (Democratic) 39.39%G. F. Knappen (Prohibition) 3.10%J. C. Knapp (Socialist) 2.23%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266452 SD Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Tennessee Malcolm R. Patterson Democratic Re-elected, 53.73% G. N. Tillman (Republican) 45.70%W.A. Weatherall (Socialist) 0.57%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264759 TN Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Texas Thomas M. Campbell Democratic Re-elected, 72.79% John N. Simpson (Republican) 24.37%J. C. Rhodes (Socialist) 2.69%W. B. Cook (Socialist Labor) 0.08%E. C. Heath (Prohibition) 0.05%Charles L. Martin (Independence) 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264404 TX Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Utah John Christopher Cutler Republican February 2020 William Spry (Republican) 47.45%Jesse Knight (Democratic) 38.80%John A. Street (American) 10.23%V. R. Bohman (Socialist) 3.53%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222976 UT Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Vermont(held, 1 September 1908) Fletcher D. Proctor Republican Retired, Republican victory George Herbert Prouty (Republican) 70.83%James M. Burke (Democratic) 24.78%Quimby S. Backus (Independent) 2.10%Eugene M. Campbell (Prohibition) 1.43%Joseph H. Dunbar (Socialist) 0.85%Scattering 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144162 VT Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Washington Albert E. Mead Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove (Republican) 62.38%John Pattison (Democratic) 32.91%George Ellsworth Boomer (Socialist) 2.72%Arthur S. Caton (Prohibition) 1.99%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59095 WA Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 West Virginia William M. O. Dawson Republican Term-limited, Republican victory William Ellsworth Glasscock (Republican) 50.70%Louis Bennett (Democratic) 46.09%E. W. Miller (Independent) 1.93%I. W. Houston (Socialist) 1.28%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265672 WV Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 Wisconsin James O. Davidson Republican Re-elected, 54.03% John A. Aylward (Democratic) 36.91%H. D. Brown (Social Democrat) 6.36%Winfield D. Cox (Prohibition) 2.62%Herman Bottema (Socialist Labor) 0.09%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262314 WI Governor, 1908 Our Campaigns 4 April 2019 See also 1908 United States elections 1908 United States presidential election 1908–09 United States Senate elections 1908 United States House of Representatives elections References 30em Notes Category:November 1908 in the United States