1904 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1904, in 33 states, concurrent with the
Senate elections and presidential election
, on November 8, 1904 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont, which held early elections).
In Wyoming, a special election was held following the death of Governor DeForest Richards in April 1903.
Results
State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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Arkansas (held, 5 September 1904) |
Jefferson Davis |
Democratic | Re-elected, 60.97% | Harry H. Myers (Republican) 36.41% John G. Adams (Prohibition) 2.22% Scattering 0.40% [1] |
Colorado | James H. Peabody |
Republican | Defeated, 46.80% | Alva Adams (Democratic) 50.64% Robert A. N. Wilson (Prohibition) 1.24% Andrew H. Floaten (Socialist) 1.07% James Merwin (People's) 0.13% J. A. Knight (Socialist Labor) 0.12% [2] |
Connecticut | Abiram Chamberlain | Republican | [data missing] | Henry Roberts (Republican) 54.88% A. Heaton Richardson (Democratic) 41.48% George A. Sweetland (Socialist) 2.30% Oliver G. Beard (Prohibition) 0.79% Timothy Sullivan (Socialist Labor) 0.30% Joseph Sheldon (Populist) 0.25% [3] |
Delaware | John Hunn | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Preston Lea (Republican) 51.40% Caleb S. Pennewill (Democratic) 45.13% Joseph H. Chandler (Independent Republican) 1.83% John R. Price (Prohibition) 1.34% Gustave E. Reinicke (Socialist) 0.30% [4] |
Florida | William Sherman Jennings | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (Democratic) 79.16%
Matthew B. MacFarlane (Republican) 17.37% W. R. Healey (Socialist) 3.47% [5] |
Georgia (held, 5 October 1904) |
Joseph M. Terrell | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00%[6] | (Democratic primary results) Joseph M. Terrell unopposed [7][8] |
Idaho | John T. Morrison | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | Frank R. Gooding (Republican) 58.74% Henry Heitfeld (Democratic) 34.02% Theodore B. Shaw (Socialist) 5.61% Edwin R. Headley (Prohibition) 1.39% T. W. Bartley (People's) 0.25% [9] |
Illinois | Richard Yates Jr. | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | Charles Samuel Deneen (Republican) 59.09%
Lawrence B. Stringer (Democratic) 31.21% John Collins (Socialist) 5.51% Robert H. Patton (Prohibition) 3.30% Philip Veal (Socialist Labor) 0.41% James Hogan (People's) 0.41% Andrew G. Specht (Continental) 0.07% [10] |
Indiana | Winfield T. Durbin | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | John Worth Kern (Democratic) 40.95%
Felix T. McWhirter (Prohibition) 3.38% Matthew Hallenberger (Socialist) 1.64% Leroy Templeton (People's) 0.31% E. J. Dillon (Socialist Labor) 0.21% [11] |
Kansas | Willis J. Bailey | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Edward W. Hoch (Republican) 57.92% David M. Dale (Democratic) 36.29% Granville Lowther (Socialist) 3.75% James Kerr (Prohibition) 2.04% [12] |
Maine (held, 12 September 1904) |
John Fremont Hill | Republican | [data missing] | William T. Cobb (Republican) 58.52% Cyrus W. Davis (Democratic) 38.13% Nathan F. Woodbury (Prohibition) 2.12% Wilbur G. Hapgood (Socialist) 1.21% Scattering 0.02% [13] |
Massachusetts | John L. Bates | Republican | Defeated, 44.14% | William L. Douglas (Democratic) 52.14%
John Quincy Adams (Socialist) 2.58% Oliver W. Cobb (Prohibition) 0.70% Michael T. Berry (Socialist Labor) 0.45% [14] |
Michigan | Aaron T. Bliss | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Fred M. Warner (Republican) 54.09% Woodbridge N. Ferris (Democratic) 42.61% James M. Shackleton (Prohibition) 1.98% Clayton J. Lamb (Socialist) 1.18% Meiko Meyer (Socialist Labor) 0.15% [15] |
Minnesota | Samuel R. Van Sant |
Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | John Albert Johnson (Democratic) 48.71% Robert C. Dunn (Republican) 46.13% Charles W. Dorsett (Prohibition) 2.49% Jay E. Nash (Public Ownership) 1.91% A. W. M. Anderson (Socialist Labor) 0.76% [16] |
Missouri | Alexander Monroe Dockery |
Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Joseph W. Folk (Democratic) 50.73% Cyrus P. Walbridge (Republican) 46.05% Ernest T. Behrens (Socialist) 1.71% Orange J. Hill (Prohibition) 0.87% William C. Alldredge (People's) 0.42% J. E. White (Socialist Labor) 0.22% [17] |
Montana | Joseph K. Toole |
Democratic | Re-elected, 53.79% | William Lindsay (Republican) 40.99% Malcolm A. O'Malley (Socialist) 5.22% [18] |
Nebraska | John H. Mickey | Republican | Re-elected, 49.67% | George W. Berge (Democratic/Populist fusion) 45.61% Clarence F. Swander (Prohibition) 2.44% Benjamin H. Vail (Socialist) 2.28% [19] |
New Hampshire | Nahum J. Bachelder | Republican | [data missing] | John McLane (Republican) 57.83% Henry F. Hollis (Democratic) 40.05% Sumner F. Claflin (Socialist) 1.07% David Heald (Prohibition) 0.97% George Howie (People's) 0.07% Scattering 0.02% [20] |
New Jersey | Franklin Murphy | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Edward C. Stokes (Republican) 53.50% Charles C. Black (Democratic) 41.56% Henry R. Kearns (Socialist) 2.05% James Parker (Prohibition) 1.55% George A. Honnecker (Populist) 0.76% George P. Herrschaft (Socialist Labor) 0.58% [21] |
New York |
Benjamin Odell | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | D. Cady Herrick (Democratic) 45.29%
Thomas Pendergast (Social Democrat) 2.24% John McKee (Prohibition) 1.27% Daniel De Leon (Socialist Labor) 0.56% Alfred J. Boulton (People's) 0.37% [22] |
North Carolina | Charles Brantley Aycock | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Robert B. Glenn (Democratic) 61.72%
Charles J. Harris (Republican) 38.11% James M. Templeton (Prohibition) 0.11% William Pegram (Socialist) 0.05% [23] |
North Dakota | Frank White | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Elmore Y. Sarles (Republican) 70.71% Marthinus F. Hegge (Democratic) 24.65% Arthur Basset (Socialist) 2.59% Hans H. Aaker (Prohibition) 2.04% [24] |
Rhode Island | Lucius F. C. Garvin | Democratic | Defeated, 47.70% | George H. Utter (Republican) 48.94% William E. Brightman (Prohibition) 1.58% John Edward Carney (Socialist) 1.08% Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 0.71% [25] |
South Carolina | Duncan Clinch Heyward | Democratic | Re-elected | Duncan Clinch Heyward (Democratic) 100.00%[26] (Democratic primary results) Duncan Clinch Heyward unopposed [citation needed] |
South Dakota | Charles N. Herreid | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Samuel H. Elrod (Republican) 68.29% Louis N. Crill (Democratic) 24.68% Freeman Knowles (Socialist) 3.02% W. J. Edgar (Prohibition) 2.91% R. C. Warne (Populist) 1.11% [27] |
Tennessee | James B. Frazier | Democratic | Re-elected, 55.72% | Jessie M. Littleton (Republican) 43.81% John M. Ray (Socialist) 0.47% [28] |
Texas | Samuel W. T. Lanham | Democratic | Re-elected, 73.57% | J. G. Lowden (Republican) 20.29% Pat B. Clark (Populist) 3.32% W. D. Jackson (Prohibition) 1.61% Word H. Mills (Socialist) 1.02% Frank Leitner (Socialist Labor) 0.20% [29] |
Utah | Heber Manning Wells | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | James Henry Moyle (Democratic) 37.40%
William Montague Ferry (American) 7.82% Joseph A. Kauffman (Socialist) 4.81% [30] |
Vermont (held, 6 September 1904) |
John G. McCullough | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Charles J. Bell (Republican) 72.22% Eli H. Porter (Democratic) 24.85% Homer Fletcher Comings (Prohibition) 1.76% Clarence E. Morse (Socialist) 1.15% Scattering 0.01% [31] |
Washington | Henry McBride | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | George Turner (Democratic) 40.87%
David Burgess (Socialist) 5.13% Ambrose H. Sherwood (Prohibition) 1.92% William McCormick (Socialist Labor) 0.74% [32] |
West Virginia | Albert B. White | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | John Jacob Cornwell (Democratic) 47.02%
Joseph W. Bedford (Prohibition) 1.67% J. M. Eskey (Socialist) 0.53% [33] |
Wisconsin | Robert M. LaFollette |
Republican | Re-elected, 50.55% | George Wilbur Peck (Democratic) 39.22% William A. Arnold (Social Democrat) 5.53% Edward Schofield (National Republican) 2.70% William H. Clark (Prohibition) 1.95% Charles M. Minkley (Socialist Labor) 0.06% [34] |
Wyoming (special election) |
Fenimore Chatterton | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | John E. Osborne (Democratic) 39.27%
James W. Gates (Socialist) 2.64% George W. Blain (Prohibition) 0.62% [35] |
See also
References
- ^ "AR Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "CO Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "CT Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "DE Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "FL Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "GA Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Wednesday will settle fate of all candidates". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. 17 April 1904. p. 5.
- ^ Ostermeier, Dr. Eric (May 23, 2018). "Stacey Abrams Notches 3rd Best Showing in Contested Georgia Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Since 1898". Smart Politics. University of Minnesota Libraries. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ^ "ID Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "IL Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "IN Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "KS Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "ME Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "MA Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "MI Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "MN Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "MO Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "MT Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "NE Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "NH Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "NJ Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "NY Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "NC Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "ND Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "RI Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "SC Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "SD Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "TN Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "TX Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "UT Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "VT Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "WA Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "WV Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "WI Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "WY Governor, 1904 - Special Election". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
Notes
- ^ Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont held early elections.
- ^ Including a special election in Wyoming.