1907 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1907, in eight states.

1907 United States gubernatorial elections
November 5, 1907;
September 17, 1907 (OK);
April 21, 1908 (LA)
8 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 25 19
Seats after 26 19
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Seats up 2 5
Seats won 3 5
  Third party
 
Party Silver
Seats before 1
Seats after 1
Seat change Steady
Seats up 0
Seats won 0
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

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, which it would abandon in 1949. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected its governors to a single-year term; this was the last time Rhode Island elected its governors to a single-year term, switching to two years from the 1912 election.

Oklahoma held its first gubernatorial election on achieving statehood.

Results
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
KentuckyJ. C. W. BeckhamDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victoryAugustus E. Willson (Republican) 51.17%
S. Hager (Democratic) 46.87%
L. L. Pickett (Prohibition) 1.52%
Claude Andrews (Socialist) 0.36%
James H. Arnold (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
[1]
Louisiana
(held, April 21, 1908)		Newton C. BlanchardDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJared Y. Sanders (Democratic) 87.14%
Henry N. Pharr (Republican) 11.05%
James Barnes (Socialist) 1.81%
[2]
Democratic primary results
Jared Y. Sanders 56.29%
Theodore S. Wilkinson 43.71%
[3]
MarylandEdwin WarfieldDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryAustin Lane Crothers (Democratic) 50.66%
George R. Gaither Jr. (Republican) 46.81%
James W. Frizzell (Prohibition) 1.88%
Ira Culp (Socialist) 0.65%
[4]
MassachusettsCurtis Guild Jr.RepublicanRe-elected, 50.33%Henry M. Whitney (Democratic) 22.58%
Thomas L. Hisgen (Independence League) 20.20%
Charles W. Bartlett (Anti-Merger) 3.00%
John W. Brown (Socialist) 2.04%
Hervey S. Cowell (Prohibition) 1.02%
Thomas F. Brennan (Socialist Labor) 0.80%
[5]
MississippiJames K. VardamanDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryEdmund F. Noel (Democratic) 100.00%
[6]
Democratic primary run-off results
Edmund F. Noel 50.87%
Earl Leroy Brewer 49.13%
[7][8][9][10]
(majority, 2,002)[11][12]
New JerseyEdward C. StokesRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryJohn Franklin Fort (Republican) 49.28%
Frank S. Katzenbach Jr. (Democratic) 47.25%
Frederick Krafft (Socialist) 1.74%
James G. Mason (Prohibition) 1.33%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.40%
[13]
Oklahoma
(held, September 17, 1907)		New stateCharles N. Haskell (Democratic) 53.42%
Frank Frantz (Republican) 42.81%
C. C. Ross (Socialist) 3.78%
[14]
Rhode IslandJames H. HigginsDemocraticRe-elected, 50.37%Frederick H. Jackson (Republican) 46.90%
Louis E. Remington (Prohibition) 1.26%
William H. Johnston (Socialist) 1.03%
John W. Leach (Socialist Labor) 0.44%
[15]

References
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  7. J. W. Power, Secretary of State (1908). Biennial Report of the Secretary of State to the Legislature of Mississippi from October 1, 1905 to October 1, 1907. Nashville, Tenn.: Brandon Printing Company. pp. 101–103.
  8. "Official Count". The Columbus commercial. Columbus, Miss. September 3, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  9. "The state executive committee". Okolona messenger. Okolona, Miss. September 4, 1907. p. 4. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  10. "Governor". Enterprise-Journal. McComb, Mississippi. November 28, 1999. p. 12. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  11. Kirwan, Albert D. (1951). Revolt of the Rednecks: Mississippi Politics, 1876–1925. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press. p. 187. ISBN 9780813150734.
  12. Westley F. Busbee, Jr. (2015). Mississippi: A History. John Wiley & Sons. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-118-75590-7.
  13. "NJ Governor, 1907". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  14. "OK Governor, 1907". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  15. "RI Governor, 1907". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.


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