1914 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1914, in 31 states, concurrent with the
Senate elections, on November 3, 1914 (except for Arkansas and Maine
, where they were held on September 14, and Georgia, where they were held on October 7).
In
gubernatorial election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in September. In Arkansas and Georgia, the gubernatorial election was held in September and October, respectively, for the last time, moving to the same day as federal elections from the 1916 elections
.
Results
State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | Emmet O'Neal | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Charles Henderson (Democratic) 83.89% John B. Shields (Republican) 16.11% [1] |
Arizona | George W. P. Hunt | Democratic | Re-elected, 49.46% | Ralph Henry Cameron (Republican) 34.51%
George U. Young (Progressive) 10.21% J. R. Barnette (Socialist) 5.83% [2] |
Arkansas (held, 14 September 1914) |
George W. Hays |
Democratic | Re-elected, 69.47% | Audrey L. Kinney (Republican) 22.84% Dan Hogan (Socialist) 7.70% [3] |
California | Hiram W. Johnson |
Progressive | Re-elected, 49.69% | John D. Fredericks (Republican) 29.35% John Barry Curtin (Democratic) 12.53% Noble A. Richardson (Socialist) 5.47% Clinton P. Moore (Prohibition) 2.95% [4] |
Colorado | Elias M. Ammons | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | George A. Carlson (Republican) 48.67%
Thomas M. Patterson (Democratic) 34.17% Edward P. Costigan (Progressive) 12.41% Abraham Marions (Socialist) 3.97% L. D. Hosman (Socialist Labor) 0.78% [5] |
Connecticut | Simeon Eben Baldwin | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate , Republican victory |
Marcus H. Holcomb (Republican) 50.39% Lyman T. Tingier (Democratic) 40.80% W. Fisher (Progressive) 4.43% Samuel E. Beardsley (Socialist) 3.27% Duane N. Griffin (Prohibition) 0.76% Charles B. Wells (Socialist Labor) 0.35% [6] |
Georgia (held, 7 October 1914) |
John M. Slaton | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | |
Idaho | John M. Haines | Republican | Defeated, 37.39% | Moses Alexander (Democratic) 44.13% Hugh E. McElroy (Progressive) 9.81% L. A. Coblentz (Socialist) 7.38% Scattering 1.29% [9] |
Iowa | George W. Clarke | Republican | Re-elected, 49.31% | John Taylor Hamilton (Democratic) 42.94% George C. White (Progressive) 3.98% Oliver C. Wilson (Socialist) 2.14% Malcolm Smith (Prohibition) 1.62% [10] |
Kansas | George H. Hodges | Democratic | Defeated, 30.61% | Henry Justin Allen (Progressive) 15.91%
Julius B. Billard (Independent) 8.94% Milo M. Mitchell (Socialist) 3.86% Sials W. Bond (Prohibition) 1.01% [11] |
Maine (held, 14 September 1914) |
William T. Haines | Republican | Defeated, 41.57% | Oakley C. Curtis (Democratic) 43.82% Halbert P. Gardner (Progressive) 12.87% Percy F. Morse (Socialist) 1.33% Frederick A. Shepherd (Prohibition) 0.42% [12] |
Massachusetts | David I. Walsh | Democratic | Re-elected, 45.93% | Arthur Elmer Reimer (Socialist Labor) 0.48%
[13] |
Michigan | Woodbridge N. Ferris | Democratic | Re-elected, 48.15% | Chase S. Osborn (Republican) 40.02%
Henry R. Pattengill (Progressive) 8.34% James Hoogerhyde (Socialist) 2.51% Charles N. Eayrs (Prohibition) 0.87% Herman Richter (Socialist Labor) 0.11% [14] |
Minnesota | Adolph O. Eberhart |
Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Democratic victory | Winfield Scott Hammond (Democratic) 45.54% William E. Lee (Republican) 41.87% Willis Greenleaf Calderwood (Prohibition) 5.41% Thomas J. Lewis (Socialist) 5.02% Herbert Johnson (Industrial Labor) 1.13% Hugh T. Halbert (Progressive) 1.04% [15] |
Nebraska | John H. Morehead | Democratic | Re-elected, 50.35% | Robert B. Howell (Republican) 42.41% Harry E. Sackett (Progressive) 3.63% George C. Porter (Socialist) 2.41% Nathan Wilson (Prohibition) 1.20% [16] |
Nevada | Tasker L. Oddie |
Republican | Defeated, 39.61% | Emmet D. Boyle (Democratic) 44.65% W. A. Morgan (Socialist) 15.74% [17] |
New Hampshire | Samuel D. Felker | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Rolland H. Spaulding (Republican) 55.18% Albert W. Noone (Democratic) 40.04% Henry D. Allison (Progressive) 3.06% John P. Burke (Socialist) 1.69% Scattering 0.03% [18] |
New York |
Martin H. Glynn | Democratic | Defeated, 37.59% | Charles S. Whitman (Republican) 47.69%
William Sulzer (American/Prohibition) 8.77% Frederick M. Davenport (Progressive) 3.17% Gustave A. Strebel (Socialist) 2.63% James T. Hunter (Socialist Labor) 0.16% [19] |
North Dakota | Louis B. Hanna |
Republican | Re-elected, 49.58% | Frank O. Hellstrom (Democratic) 38.91% J. A. Williams (Socialist) 6.74% Hans H. Aaker (Prohibition) 4.77% [20] |
Ohio | James M. Cox | Democratic | Defeated, 43.73% | Frank B. Willis (Republican) 46.32% James Rudolph Garfield (Progressive) 5.39% Scott Wilkins (Socialist) 4.56% [21] |
Oklahoma | Lee Cruce | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Robert L. Williams (Democratic) 39.65% John Fields (Republican) 37.81% Fred W. Holt (Socialist) 20.78% John P. Hickam (Progressive) 1.65% Amos L. Wilson (Independent) 0.08% T. J. Woods (Independent) 0.04% [22] |
Oregon | Oswald West | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | William S. U'Ren (Independent) 4.23%
F. M. Gill (Progressive) 2.47% Will E. Purdy (Non-partisan) 0.61% [23] |
Pennsylvania | John K. Tener | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Martin G. Brumbaugh (Republican) 52.98%
Vance C. McCormick (Democratic) 40.84% Joseph B. Allen (Socialist) 3.61% Matthew H. Stevenson (Prohibition) 1.57% William Draper Lewis ("Roosevelt Progressive") 0.59% Scattering 0.41% [24] |
Rhode Island | Aram J. Pothier | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | R. Livingston Beeckman (Republican) 53.80%
Patrick H. Quinn (Democratic) 41.23% Edward W. Theinert (Socialist) 2.17% F. D. Thompson (Progressive) 1.65% Ernest L. Merry (Prohibition) 0.80% Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 0.35% [25] |
South Carolina | Coleman Livingston Blease |
Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate , Republican victory |
John Gardiner Richards 37.88%
[27] |
South Dakota | Frank M. Byrne | Republican | Re-elected, 50.07% | James W. McCarter (Democratic) 35.20% Richard Olsen Richards (Independent) 9.91% J. C. Knapp (Socialist) 2.71% C. K. Thompson (Prohibition) 2.11% [28] |
Tennessee | Ben W. Hooper | Republican | Defeated, 45.80% | |
Texas | Oscar Branch Colquitt | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Thomas Henry Ball 44.69%
[31] |
Vermont | Allen M. Fletcher | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Charles Winslow Gates (Republican) 59.51%
Harland Bradley Howe (Democratic) 26.06% Walter J. Aldrich (Progressive) 11.22% Clement F. Smith (Prohibition) 1.73% William R. Rowland (Socialist) 1.45% Scattering 0.04% [32] |
Wisconsin | Francis E. McGovern | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate , Republican victory |
Emanuel L. Philipp (Republican) 43.26% John C. Karel (Democratic) 36.72% John J. Blaine (Independent Progressive) 10.01% Oscar T. Ameringer (Social Democrat) 7.96% David W. Emerson (Prohibition) 1.93% John Vierthaler (Socialist Labor) 0.11% Scattering 0.01% [33] |
Wyoming | Joseph M. Carey | Progressive | Retired, Democratic victory | John B. Kendrick (Democratic) 51.61% Hilliard S. Ridgely (Republican) 44.20% Paul J. Paulson (Socialist) 4.19% [34] |
See also
References
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- ^ "AR Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "CA Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "CO Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "CT Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "GA Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1915. New York: The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). 1914. pp. 765–766.
- ^ "ID Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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- ^ "KS Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "ME Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "MA Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "MI Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "MN Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "NE Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "NV Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "NH Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "NY Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "ND Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "OH Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "OK Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "OR Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "PA Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "RI Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "SC Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "SC Governor, 1914 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "SD Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "TN Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "TX Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "TX Governor, 1914 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "VT Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "WI Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "WY Governor, 1914". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
Notes
- ^ Arkansas, Georgia, and Maine held elections earlier in the year.