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1918 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
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1918 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election Pennsylvania presidential 1918 11 5 no 1914 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1914 1922 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1922 William Cameron Sproul in 1918.jpg William Sproul Republican Party (United States) 552,537 61.05% Eugene C. Bonniwell Crop.jpg Democratic Party (United States) Eugene C. Bonniwell 305,315 33.74% 1918 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 260px County resultsSproul: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Bonniwell: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh Republican Party (United States) William Sproul Republican Party (United States)
The 1918 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 5, 1918. Incumbent Republican governor Martin Brumbaugh was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate William Sproul defeated Democratic candidate Eugene C. Bonniwell to become Governor of Pennsylvania.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Eugene C. Bonniwell, judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court
Joseph F. Guffey, business executive
John Butch McDevitt
Results
thumb|Democratic primary results
#7996E2 Bonniwell #A5B0FF 40%–50% #7996E2 50%–60% #6674DE 60%–70% #584CDE 70%–80% #3933E5 80%–90%
#51C2C2 Guffey #7DDDDD 40%–50% #51C2C2 50%–60% #2AACAC 60%–70% #009696 70%–80%
#AE8BB1 Tie #D2B1D9 40%–50%
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Pennsylvania gubernatorial Democratic primary election, 1918Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania 1918 J.L.L. Kuhn 1918 Harrisburg 738 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.cu08261270?urlappend=%3Bseq=812%3Bownerid=113964779-818 en
Democratic Party (United States) Eugene C. Bonniwell 78,208 51.33
Democratic Party (United States) Joseph F. Guffey 65,876 43.24
Democratic Party (United States) John Butch McDevitt 8,007 5.26
259 0.17
152,350 100.00
Republican primary
Candidates
Robert Patton Habgood
J. Denny O'Neil
William Sproul, member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
Asa A. Weimer
Results
thumb|Republican primary results
#E27F7F Sproul #FFB2B2 40%–50% #E27F7F 50%–60% #D75D5D 60%–70% #D72F30 70%–80% #C21B18 80%–90% #A80000 90%–100%
#FFB380 O'Neil #FFCCAA 40%–50% #FFB380 50%–60% #FF9955 60%–70%
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Pennsylvania gubernatorial Republican primary election, 1918
Republican Party (United States) William Sproul 353,711 66.46
Republican Party (United States) J. Denny O'Neil 150,459 28.27
Republican Party (United States) Robert Patton Habgood 18,807 3.53
Republican Party (United States) Asa A. Weimer 9,110 1.71
127 0.02
532,214 100.00
Results
Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1918Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1918 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/gov/PaGov1918.html Wilkes University 20 December 2012
Republican Party (United States) William Cameron Sproul 552,537 61.05
Democratic Party (United States) Eugene C. Bonniwell 305,315 33.74
Prohibition Party Edwin J. Fithian 27,359 3.02
Socialist Party of America Charles Sehl 18,714 2.07
Single Tax Robert Colvin Macauley, Jr. 4,031 0.36
N/A Others 33 0.00
905,035 100.00
References
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