1914 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1914 Oklahoma gubernatorial election Oklahoma 1911 presidential no 1910 Oklahoma gubernatorial election 1910 1918 Oklahoma gubernatorial election 1918 November 3, 1914 RobertLWilliams.jpg Robert L. Williams Democratic Party (United States) 100,597 39.65% John Fields 1914.jpg John Fields Republican Party (United States) 95,904 37.80% 3x4.svg 150x150px Fred W. Holt Socialist Party of America 52,703 20.78% 1914 Oklahoma gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsWilliams: #bdd3ff 30–40% #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60%Fields: #ffc8cd 30–40% #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Holt: #ff7644ff 30–40% Governor Lee Cruce Democratic Party (United States) Robert L. Williams Democratic Party (United States) The 1914 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1914, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Robert L. Williams narrowly defeated Republican John Fields and Socialist Fred W. Holt. Also on the ballot were Independents Amos L. Wilson and T. J. Wood as well as Progressive Party nominee John P. Hickam. The Prohibition Party also had ballot access but did not run a candidate in the general election.1914-1916 results https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/elections/election-results/results-prior-to-1980/1914-1916-results.pdf Oklahoma State Election Board September 18, 2024 This was the closest gubernatorial election in Oklahoma until 1970 and Williams' 39.65% share of the vote is the lowest for any winning candidate in the state's history. Primary election Democratic party Candidates Robert Dunlop, incumbent Oklahoma State Treasurer F. E. Herting Al Jennings, lawyer, actor, and former train robber James B. A. Robertson, former Oklahoma District Couty judge Charles West, incumbent Attorney General of Oklahoma Robert L. Williams, Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court Results Democratic primary resultsReturns of Democratic Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 4, 1914 Oklahoma State Election Board For Governor 1914 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Robert L. Williams Democratic Party (United States) 33,605 27.03% James B. A. Robertson Democratic Party (United States) 33,504 25.43% Al Jennings Democratic Party (United States) 21,732 16.50% Robert Dunlop Democratic Party (United States) 16,094 12.22% Charles West Democratic Party (United States) 14,642 11.11% F. E. Herting Democratic Party (United States) 10,164 7.72% 131,741 100.00% Republican party Candidates John Fields, candidate for Republican nomination in 1910 Results Republican primary resultsReturns of Republican Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 4, 1914 Oklahoma State Election Board For Governor 1914 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma John Fields Republican Party (United States) 31,770 100.00% 31,770 100.00% Socialist Party Candidates Fred W. Holt, candidate for Oklahoma's 4th congressional district in 1912 Results Socialist primary resultsReturns of the Socialist Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 4, 1914 Oklahoma State Election Board For Governor 1914 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Fred W. Holt Socialist Party of America 16,166 100.00% 16,166 100.00% Progressive Party Candidates John P. Hickam, lawyer and former member of Oklahoma Territorial Legislature Results Progressive primary resultsReturns of the Progressive Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 4, 1914 Oklahoma State Election Board For Governor 1914 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma John P. Hickam Bull Moose Party Progressive 2,275 100.00% 2,275 100.00% Prohibition Party Candidates A. H. Crawford Results Prohibition primary resultsReturns of the Prohibition Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 4, 1914 Oklahoma State Election Board For Governor 1914 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma A. H. Crawford Prohibition Party 49 100.00% 49 100.00% General election Results 1914 gubernatorial election, OklahomaReturns of General Election held in the State of Oklahoma November 3, 1914 Oklahoma State Election Board For Governor 1914 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Democratic Party (United States) Robert L. Williams 100,597 39.65% -8.89% Republican Party (United States) John Fields 95,904 37.80% -2.38% Socialist Party of America Fred W. Holt 52,703 20.78% +10.80% Bull Moose Party Progressive John P. Hickam 4,189 1.65% Independent Amos L. Wilson 206 0.08% Independent T. J. Wood 88 0.03% 4,693 1.85% 253,687 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) -6.50% Results by county Comanche County would not vote Republican again until 1994. This was the only time between statehood in 1907 and 1998 that Kiowa County did not vote for the Democratic candidate. Similarly, Beckham County, Cimarron County, Craig County, Pottawatomie County, Roger Mills County would not fail to back the Democratic candidate again until 1962. This was also the only time between statehood and 1978 that Beckham County voted for the losing candidate. County Robert L. WilliamsDemocratic John FieldsRepublican Fred W. HoltSocialist John P. HickamProgressive Amos L. WilsonIndependent T. J. WoodIndependent Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % # %Adair1,18249.39%1,02842.96%1747.27%90.38%00.00%00.00%1546.44%2,393Alfalfa95431.54%1,23940.96%41113.59%41813.82%20.07%10.03%-285-9.42%3,025Atoka1,13537.88%90030.04%95431.84%70.23%00.00%00.00%181"WilliamsHolt" Williams' margin over Holt6.04%2,996Beaver79136.62%94043.52%38217.69%472.18%00.00%00.00%-149-6.90%2,160Beckham96434.16%71925.48%1,12539.87%130.46%00.00%10.04%-161"HoltWilliams" Holt's margin over Williams-5.71%2,822Blaine92131.95%1,26043.70%60821.09%943.26%00.00%00.00%-339-11.76%2,883Bryan2,42950.94%91219.13%1,41229.61%120.25%20.04%10.02%1,017"WilliamsHolt"21.33%4,768Caddo1,93434.86%2,44744.11%1,07719.41%901.62%00.00%00.00%-513-9.25%5,548Canadian1,59441.83%1,74945.89%38510.10%822.15%10.03%00.00%-155-4.07%3,811Carter1,99851.53%72718.75%1,13629.30%140.36%20.05%00.00%862"WilliamsHolt"22.23%3,877Cherokee1,42444.85%1,32541.73%42013.23%60.19%00.00%00.00%993.12%3,175Choctaw1,46546.11%64120.18%1,06733.59%30.09%10.03%00.00%398"WilliamsHolt"12.53%3,177Cimarron28044.66%25340.35%7812.44%152.39%10.16%00.00%274.31%627Cleveland1,22839.61%1,16737.65%68522.10%80.26%30.10%90.29%611.97%3,100Coal1,01740.89%76930.92%68527.54%110.44%30.12%20.08%2489.97%2,487Comanche1,30736.45%1,41839.54%82022.87%361.00%30.08%20.06%-111-3.10%3,586Cotton1,03643.95%85536.27%45419.26%90.38%10.04%20.08%1817.68%2,357Craig1,45646.95%1,54549.82%912.93%80.26%00.00%10.03%-89-2.87%3,101Creek1,60833.25%2,17945.06%94419.52%721.49%200.41%130.27%-571-11.81%4,836Custer1,17333.34%1,81551.59%50814.44%220.63%00.00%00.00%-642-18.25%3,518Delaware1,08052.20%78337.84%1919.23%120.58%20.10%10.05%29714.35%2,069Dewey72929.67%91537.24%76931.30%351.42%90.37%00.00%-145"FieldsHolt" Fields' margin over Holt-5.96%2,457Ellis65928.21%1,01243.32%61126.16%522.23%20.09%00.00%-353-15.11%2,336Garfield1,63931.24%2,98956.97%4849.22%1312.50%40.08%00.00%-1,350-25.73%5,247Garvin1,88645.24%84820.34%1,41233.87%220.53%00.00%10.02%474"WilliamsHolt"11.37%4,169Grady1,85543.97%1,07325.43%1,20228.49%831.97%60.14%00.00%653"WilliamsHolt"15.48%4,219Grant1,21438.41%1,61050.93%2387.53%953.01%30.09%10.03%-396-12.53%3,161Greer94648.71%40620.91%56929.30%201.03%10.05%00.00%377"WilliamsHolt"19.41%1,942Harmon62951.60%24820.34%33727.65%50.41%00.00%00.00%292"WilliamsHolt"23.95%1,219Harper44327.69%61238.25%50131.31%392.44%30.19%20.13%-111"FieldsHolt"-6.94%1,600Haskell1,21839.90%89329.25%92330.23%160.52%20.07%10.03%295"WilliamsHolt"9.66%3,053Hughes1,39638.79%1,07429.84%1,10830.79%190.53%10.03%10.03%288"WilliamsHolt"8.00%3,599Jackson1,12343.49%59723.12%85233.00%100.39%00.00%00.00%271"WilliamsHolt"10.50%2,582Jefferson1,19846.34%56621.90%81131.37%100.39%00.00%00.00%387"WilliamsHolt"14.97%2,585Johnston1,15442.21%59121.62%97635.70%100.37%30.11%00.00%178"WilliamsHolt"6.51%2,734Kay1,85740.70%2,23849.05%2956.47%1683.68%50.11%00.00%-381-8.35%4,563Kingfisher96830.38%1,72154.02%35111.02%1434.49%30.09%00.00%-753-23.63%3,186Kiowa1,01828.68%1,23034.65%1,26035.49%391.10%30.08%00.00%-30"HoltFields" Holt's margin over Fields-0.84%3,550Latimer75944.36%57033.31%37521.92%50.29%10.06%10.06%18911.05%1,711Le Flore1,64641.27%1,22030.59%99124.85%1243.11%60.15%10.03%42610.68%3,988Lincoln1,48827.71%2,55747.63%1,19622.28%1262.35%20.04%00.00%-1,069-19.91%5,369Logan1,02624.85%2,56762.19%4109.93%1212.93%30.07%10.02%-1,541-37.33%4,128Love1,04653.10%23311.83%6,8634.82%50.25%00.00%00.00%360"WilliamsHolt"18.27%1,970Major47422.03%67131.18%61328.49%39018.12%20.09%20.09%-58"FieldsHolt"-2.69%2,152Marshall1,03742.47%39916.34%1,00040.95%40.16%10.04%10.04%37"WilliamsHolt"1.52%2,442Mayes1,36248.87%1,18642.55%2308.25%90.32%00.00%00.00%1766.32%2,787McClain94043.64%59427.58%61028.32%70.32%10.05%20.09%330"WilliamsHolt"15.32%2,154McCurtain1,64548.10%51214.97%1,24436.37%150.44%20.06%20.06%401"WilliamsHolt"11.73%3,420McIntosh1,25240.35%1,00932.52%82526.59%80.26%40.13%50.16%2437.83%3,103Murray89047.14%45924.31%53328.23%40.21%20.11%00.00%357"WilliamsHolt"18.91%1,888Muskogee2,86646.59%2,73644.48%5228.49%200.33%30.05%40.07%1302.11%6,151Noble95837.00%1,35252.22%2067.96%732.82%00.00%00.00%-394-15.22%2,589Nowata1,04440.47%1,30050.39%2128.22%240.93%00.00%00.00%-256-9.92%2,580Okfuskee99038.92%81031.84%73228.77%100.39%20.08%00.00%1807.08%2,544Oklahoma3,85833.49%6,47856.24%9908.59%1901.65%30.03%00.00%-2,620-22.75%11,519Okmulgee1,55945.69%1,10132.27%70620.69%300.88%110.32%50.15%45813.42%3,412Osage1,77145.94%1,55540.34%50213.02%250.65%10.03%10.03%2165.60%3,855Ottawa1,36945.51%1,43547.71%1856.15%160.53%20.07%10.03%-66-2.19%3,008Pawnee1,13436.35%1,51248.46%42913.75%451.44%00.00%00.00%-378-12.12%3,120Payne1,36734.34%1,39134.94%81320.42%40710.22%30.08%00.00%-24-0.60%3,981Pittsburg2,65146.68%1,53026.94%1,47926.04%180.32%10.02%00.00%1,12119.74%5,679Pontotoc1,62644.78%72019.83%1,27735.17%80.22%00.00%00.00%349"WilliamsHolt"9.61%3,631Pottawatomie2,16136.55%2,52642.72%1,18219.99%240.41%130.22%70.12%-365-6.17%5,913Pushmataha87442.89%52425.71%63431.11%60.29%00.00%00.00%24011.78%2,038Roger Mills63631.15%65732.17%72735.60%170.83%30.15%20.10%-70"HoltFields"-3.43%2,042Rogers1,52545.04%1,34439.69%48314.26%320.95%10.03%10.03%1815.35%3,386Seminole1,08638.21%76326.85%98334.59%90.32%10.04%00.00%103"WilliamsHolt"3.62%2,842Sequoyah1,51746.86%1,17136.18%52216.13%260.80%10.03%00.00%34610.69%3,237Stephens1,27939.96%87527.34%1,02832.11%120.37%40.12%30.09%251"WilliamsHolt"7.84%3,201Texas74544.56%64238.40%26215.67%231.38%00.00%00.00%1036.16%1,672Tillman1,32552.62%61624.46%56122.28%140.56%20.08%00.00%70928.16%2,518Tulsa2,43237.89%3,21750.12%70310.95%671.04%00.00%00.00%-785-12.23%6,419Wagoner95344.66%71433.46%44820.99%190.89%00.00%00.00%23911.20%2,134Washington1,42738.48%1,92251.83%3088.31%391.05%110.30%10.03%-495-13.35%3,708Washita1,18736.72%1,16135.91%87527.06%90.28%10.03%00.00%260.80%3,233Woods1,03033.65%1,53150.02%39813.00%1023.33%00.00%00.00%-501-16.37%3,061Woodward75429.43%1,05040.98%51720.18%2218.63%110.43%90.35%-296-11.55%2,562Totals100,59739.65%95,90437.80%52,70320.78%4,1891.65%206The county figures add up to 1840.08%880.03%4,6931.85%253,687 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Okmulgee Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Comanche Craig Custer Dewey Nowata Oklahoma Ottawa Pottawatomie Tulsa Washington Counties that flipped from Democratic to Socialist Beckham Kiowa Roger Mills Notes References Oklahoma Politics Society 1914 Gubernatorial Okla Category:November 1914 in the United States