1906 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1906, in 28 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 6, 1906 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon and Vermont, which held early elections).

1906 United States gubernatorial elections

November 6, 1906[lower-alpha 1]

28 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 27[lower-alpha 2] 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

     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Silver hold

In Iowa, the gubernatorial election was held in an even-numbered year for the first time, having previously been held in odd-numbered years with the previous election taking 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

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
AlabamaWilliam D. JelksDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryBraxton Bragg Comer (Democratic) 85.48%
Asa E. Stratton (Republican) 13.94%
J. N. Abbott (Socialist) 0.58%
[1]
Arkansas
(held, 3 September 1906)
Jeff DavisDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryJohn S. Little (Democratic) 69.12%
John I. Worthington (Republican) 27.29%
John G. Adams (Prohibition) 2.16%
Dan Hogan (Socialist) 1.43%
[2]
CaliforniaGeorge PardeeRepublicanLost Republican nomination, Republican victoryJames 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]
ColoradoJesse Fuller McDonaldRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryHenry A. Buchtel (Republican) 45.59%
Alva Adams (Democratic) 36.63%
Ben B. Lindsey (Independent) 8.87%
William D. Haywood (Socialist) 7.88%
Frank C. Chamberlain (Prohibition) 1.03%
[4]
ConnecticutHenry RobertsRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryRollin 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. TerrellDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryM. Hoke Smith (Democratic) 99.84%
J. B. Osburn (Socialist) 0.16%
[6]
(Democratic primary results)
M. Hoke Smith def.
Clark Howell
John H. Estill
Richard B. Russell
James M. Smith
G. A. Nunnally[7][8][9]
[data missing]
IdahoFrank R. GoodingRepublicanRe-elected, 52.18%Charles O. Stockslager (Democratic) 40.09%
Thomas F. Kelley (Socialist) 6.32%
Scattering 1.41%
[10]
IowaAlbert B. CumminsRepublicanRe-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]
KansasEdward W. HochRepublicanRe-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. CobbRepublicanRe-elected, 52.00%Cyrus W. Davis (Democratic) 45.96%
Charles L. Fox (Socialist) 1.16%
Henry Woodward (Prohibition) 0.85%
Scattering 0.03%
[13]
MassachusettsCurtis Guild Jr.RepublicanRe-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]
MichiganFred M. WarnerRepublicanRe-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]
MinnesotaJohn Albert JohnsonDemocraticRe-elected, 60.93%Albert L. Cole (Republican) 34.78%
Charles W. Dorsett (Prohibition) 2.61%
O. E. Lofthus (Public Ownership) 1.68%
[16]
NebraskaJohn H. MickeyRepublican[data missing]George L. Sheldon (Republican) 51.27%
Ashton C. Shallenberger (Democratic)[lower-alpha 3] 44.48%
Harry T. Sutton (Prohibition) 2.68%
Elisha Taylor (Socialist) 1.57%
[17]
NevadaJohn SparksSilver-DemocratRe-elected, 58.54%Jason F. Mitchell (Republican) 35.96%
Thomas B. Casey (Socialist) 5.49%
[18]
New HampshireJohn McLaneRepublican[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 YorkFrank W. HigginsRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryCharles 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 DakotaElmore Y. SarlesRepublicanDefeated, 44.22%John Burke (Democratic) 51.94%
L. F. Dow (Socialist) 1.48%
Scattering 2.37%
[21]
Oregon
(held, 4 June 1906)
George Earle ChamberlainDemocraticRe-elected, 47.56%James Withycombe (Republican) 44.99%
C. W. Barzee (Socialist) 4.62%
I. H. Amos (Prohibition) 2.83%
[22]
PennsylvaniaSamuel W. PennypackerRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryEdwin Sydney Stuart (Republican) 50.31%
Lewis Emery Jr. (Democratic/Lincoln Party) 45.51%
Homer L. Castle (Prohibition) 2.46%
James Hudson Maurer (Socialist) 1.51%
John Desmond (Socialist Labor) 0.21%
[23]
Rhode IslandGeorge H. UtterRepublicanDefeated, 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 CarolinaDuncan Clinch HeywardDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryMartin 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 DakotaSamuel H. ElrodRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryCoe I. Crawford (Republican) 65.32%
John A. Stransky (Democratic) 26.72%
Knute Lewis (Prohibition) 4.56%
Freeman Knowles (Socialist) 3.41%
[27]
TennesseeJohn I. CoxDemocraticLost Democratic nomination, Democratic victoryMalcolm R. Patterson (Democratic) 54.42%
Henry Clay Evans (Republican) 45.14%
John M. Ray (Socialist) 0.44%
[28]
TexasS. W. T. LanhamDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryThomas 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. BellRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryFletcher D. Proctor (Republican) 60.05%
Percival Wood Clement (Independent/Democratic) 38.18%
Lester W. Hanson (Prohibition) 1.04%
Timothy Sullivan (Socialist) 0.73%
Scattering 0.01%
[30]
WisconsinJames O. DavidsonRepublicanRe-elected, 57.36%John A. Aylward (Democratic) 32.28%
Winfield R. Gaylord (Social Democrat) 7.64%
Ephraim Llewellyn Eaton (Prohibition) 2.57%
Ole T. Rosaas (Socialist Labor) 0.14%
Scattering 0.01%
[31]
WyomingBryant B. BrooksRepublicanRe-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

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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. Shallenberger ran under a fusion ticket between the Democrats and the Populist Party
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