1919 United States gubernatorial elections

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1919 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1918 November 4, 1919;
April 20, 1920 (LA)		 1920 →
6 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 27[a] 20
Seats after 27 20
Seat change Steady Steady
Seats up 2 4
Seats won 2 4
1919 Maryland gubernatorial election1919 New Jersey gubernatorial election1919 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1919 Kentucky gubernatorial election1919 Louisiana gubernatorial election1919 Mississippi gubernatorial election
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1919, in six states. Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Mississippi held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years. It would abandon this practice in 1949. This was the last time Massachusetts elected its governors to a single-year term. It switched to two-year terms from the 1920 election.

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Kentucky James D. Black Democratic Defeated, 45.29% Edwin P. Morrow (Republican) 53.82%
G. D. Becker (Socialist) 0.89%
[1]
Louisiana
(Held, 20 April 1920)
Ruffin Pleasant
 Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory
John Milliken Parker 54.28%
Frank P. Stubbs 45.72%
[3]
Maryland Emerson Harrington Democratic Retired, Democratic victory
Harry Whinna Nice (Republican) 48.99%
Arthur L. Blessing (Socialist) 1.22%
Robert W. Stevens (Labor) 0.73%[4]
Massachusetts Calvin Coolidge Republican Re-elected, 60.94% Richard H. Long (Democratic) 36.95%
William A. King (Socialist) 1.35%
Ingvar Paulsen (Socialist Labor) 0.45%
Charles B. Ernst (Prohibition) 0.32%
[5]
Mississippi Theodore G. Bilbo Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory
Oscar Goodbar Johnston 47.33%
[7]
New Jersey William Nelson Runyon Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Democratic victory
Newton A. K. Bugbee (Republican) 45.92%
Albert Farr (Socialist) 2.49%
Charles E. Lane (National Prohibition) 1.38%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.73%
Mark M. Denterfass (Single Tax) 0.28%
[8]

References

  1. ^ "KY Governor, 1919". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. ^ "LA Governor, 1920". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  3. ^ "LA Governor, 1920 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  4. ^ "MD Governor, 1919". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  5. ^ "MA Governor, 1919". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  6. ^ "MS Governor, 1919". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  7. ^ "MS Governor, 1919 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  8. ^ "NJ Governor, 1919". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

Notes

  1. Louis Folwell Hart (R) succeeded Washington Governor Ernest Lister
    (D) upon his resignation in February 1919.
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