1906 United States gubernatorial elections

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1906 United States gubernatorial elections
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28 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 27[b] 17
Seats after 25 19
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2
Seats up 19 8
Seats won 17 10
  Third party
 
Party Silver
Seats before 1
Seats after 1
Seat change Steady
Seats up 1
Seats won 1
1906 North Dakota gubernatorial election1906 Alabama gubernatorial election1906 Arkansas gubernatorial election1906 California gubernatorial election1906 Colorado gubernatorial election1906 Connecticut gubernatorial election1906 Georgia gubernatorial election1906 Idaho gubernatorial election1906 Iowa gubernatorial election1906 Kansas gubernatorial election1906 Maine gubernatorial election1906 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1906 Michigan gubernatorial election1906 Minnesota gubernatorial election1906 Nebraska gubernatorial election1906 Nevada gubernatorial election1906 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1906 New York gubernatorial election1906 Oregon gubernatorial election1906 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election1906 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1906 South Carolina gubernatorial election1906 South Dakota gubernatorial election1906 Tennessee gubernatorial election1906 Texas gubernatorial election1906 Vermont gubernatorial election1906 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1906 Wyoming gubernatorial election
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Silver hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1906, in 28 states, concurrent with the

Senate elections
, on November 6, 1906 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon and Vermont, which held early elections).

In Iowa, 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 1903.

In Oregon, the gubernatorial election was held in June for the last time, moving to the same day as federal elections from the 1910 elections.

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Alabama William D. Jelks Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory
Asa E. Stratton (Republican) 13.94%
J. N. Abbott (Socialist) 0.58%
[1]
Arkansas
(held, 3 September 1906)
Jeff Davis
 Democratic Retired to
run for U.S. Senate
, Democratic victory		 John S. Little (Democratic) 69.12%
John I. Worthington (Republican) 27.29%
John G. Adams (Prohibition) 2.16%
Dan Hogan (Socialist) 1.43%
[2]
California George Pardee Republican Lost Republican nomination, Republican victory
James Norris Gillett (Republican) 40.35%
Theodore Arlington Bell (Democratic) 37.71%
William H. Langdon (Independence League) 14.43%
Austin Lewis (Socialist) 5.14%
James H. Blanchard (Prohibition) 2.36%
Scattering 0.01%
[3]
Colorado Jesse Fuller McDonald Republican Retired, Republican victory
Ben B. Lindsey (Independent) 8.87%
William D. Haywood (Socialist) 7.88%
Frank C. Chamberlain (Prohibition) 1.03%
[4]
Connecticut Henry Roberts Republican Retired, Republican victory Rollin S. Woodruff (Republican) 54.83%
Charles Frederick Thayer (Democratic) 42.05%
Ernest D. Hull (Socialist) 1.82%
Matthew E. O'Brien (Prohibition) 1.13%
Charles F. Roberts (Socialist Labor) 0.17%
[5]
Georgia
(held, 3 October 1906)		 Joseph M. Terrell Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory
M. Hoke Smith def.
Clark Howell
John H. Estill
Richard B. Russell
James M. Smith
G. A. Nunnally[7][8][9]
[data missing
]
Idaho Frank R. Gooding Republican Re-elected, 52.18%
Charles O. Stockslager (Democratic) 40.09%
Thomas F. Kelley (Socialist) 6.32%
Scattering 1.41%
[10]
Iowa Albert B. Cummins Republican Re-elected, 50.18% Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 45.36%
Lorenzo S. Coggin (Prohibition) 2.28%
John E. Shank (Socialist) 2.02%
J. R. Norman (People's) 0.08%
Andrew Townsend Hisey (Secular Government) 0.08%
[11]
Kansas Edward W. Hoch Republican Re-elected, 48.24%
William A. Harris Jr. (Democratic) 47.57%
J. B. Cook (Prohibition) 2.42%
Harry Gilham (Socialist) 1.41%
Horace A. Keefer (Populist) 0.36%
[12]
Maine
(held, 10 September 1906)		 William T. Cobb Republican Re-elected, 52.00% Cyrus W. Davis (Democratic) 45.96%
Charles L. Fox (Socialist) 1.16%
Henry Woodward (Prohibition) 0.85%
Scattering 0.03%
[13]
Massachusetts Curtis Guild Jr. Republican Re-elected, 51.96% John B. Moran (Democratic/Independence League/Prohibition) 44.90%
James F. Carey (Socialist) 1.85%
Gamaliel Bradford (Reform) 0.77%
William H. Carroll (Socialist Labor) 0.51%
Scattering 0.01%
[14]
Michigan Fred M. Warner Republican Re-elected, 60.88% Charles H. Kimmerle (Democratic) 34.78%
R. Clark Reed (Prohibition) 2.45%
James E. Walker (Socialist) 1.59%
Herman Richter (Socialist Labor) 0.31%
[15]
Minnesota John Albert Johnson Democratic Re-elected, 60.93% Albert L. Cole (Republican) 34.78%
Charles W. Dorsett (Prohibition) 2.61%
O. E. Lofthus (Public Ownership) 1.68%
[16]
Nebraska John H. Mickey Republican [data missing] George L. Sheldon (Republican) 51.27%
Ashton C. Shallenberger (Democratic)[c] 44.48%
Harry T. Sutton (Prohibition) 2.68%
Elisha Taylor (Socialist) 1.57%
[17]
Nevada John Sparks Silver-Democrat Re-elected, 58.54% Jason F. Mitchell (Republican) 35.96%
Thomas B. Casey (Socialist) 5.49%
[18]
New Hampshire John McLane Republican [data missing] Charles M. Floyd (Republican) 49.79%
Nathan C. Jameson (Democratic) 46.22%
Edmund B. Tetley (Prohibition) 2.71%
W. H. McFall (Socialist) 1.24%
Winston Churchill (Independent) 0.04%
Scattering 0.01%
[19]
New York
 Frank W. Higgins Republican Retired, Republican victory Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) 50.52%
William Randolph Hearst (Democratic/Independence League) 46.62%
John C. Chase (Socialist) 1.47%
Henry M. Randall (Prohibition) 1.08%
Thomas H. Jackson (Socialist Labor) 0.31%
[20]
North Dakota Elmore Y. Sarles Republican Defeated, 44.22% John Burke (Democratic) 51.94%
L. F. Dow (Socialist) 1.48%
Scattering 2.37%
[21]
Oregon
(held, 4 June 1906)
George Earle Chamberlain
 Democratic Re-elected, 47.56% James Withycombe (Republican) 44.99%
C. W. Barzee (Socialist) 4.62%
I. H. Amos (Prohibition) 2.83%
[22]
Pennsylvania Samuel W. Pennypacker Republican Term-limited, Republican victory
James Hudson Maurer (Socialist) 1.51%
John Desmond (Socialist Labor) 0.21%
[23]
Rhode Island George H. Utter Republican Defeated, 47.94% James H. Higgins (Democratic) 49.92%
Bernan E. Helme (Prohibition) 1.07%
Warren A. Carpenter (Socialist) 0.59%
David J. Moran (Socialist Labor) 0.48%
[24]
South Carolina Duncan Clinch Heyward Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Martin Frederick Ansel (Democratic) 99.89%
F. N. U. Chandler (Socialist) 0.11%
[25]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Martin Frederick Ansel 56.12%
Richard Irvine Manning III 43.88%
[26]
South Dakota Samuel H. Elrod Republican Retired, Republican victory Coe I. Crawford (Republican) 65.32%
John A. Stransky (Democratic) 26.72%
Knute Lewis (Prohibition) 4.56%
Freeman Knowles (Socialist) 3.41%
[27]
Tennessee John I. Cox Democratic Lost Democratic nomination, Democratic victory
Henry Clay Evans (Republican) 45.14%
John M. Ray (Socialist) 0.44%
[28]
Texas S. W. T. Lanham Democratic Retired, Democratic victory
Thomas M. Campbell (Democratic) 81.17%
C. A. Gray (Republican) 12.94%
Alex W. Atcheson (Reorganized Republican) 2.94%
George C. Edwards (Socialist) 1.61%
J. W. Pearson (Prohibition) 1.21%
Arthur S. Dowler (Socialist Labor) 0.14%
[29]
'Vermont
(held, 4 September 1906)		 Charles J. Bell Republican Retired, Republican victory
Percival Wood Clement (Independent/Democratic) 38.18%
Lester W. Hanson (Prohibition) 1.04%
Timothy Sullivan (Socialist) 0.73%
Scattering 0.01%
[30]
Wisconsin James O. Davidson Republican Re-elected, 57.36%
Winfield R. Gaylord (Social Democrat) 7.64%
Ephraim Llewellyn Eaton (Prohibition) 2.57%
Ole T. Rosaas (Socialist Labor) 0.14%
Scattering 0.01%
[31]
Wyoming
Bryant B. Brooks
 Republican Re-elected, 60.20% Stephen A. D. Keister (Democratic) 34.85%
William L.O'Neill (Socialist) 4.56%
George W. Blain (Independent) 0.39%
[32]

See also

References

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Notes

  1. ^ Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon, and Vermont held early elections.
  2. ^ Andrew L. Harris (R) succeeded Ohio Governor John M. Pattison (D) who died in office in June 1906.
  3. fusion
    ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party
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