1911 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1911, in eight states.

1911 United States gubernatorial elections
November 7, 1911;
December 12, 1911 (AZ);
April 16, 1912 (LA)
8 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 25 21
Seats after 27 21
Seat change Increase2 Steady
Seats up 4 2
Seats won 6 2
     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.

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.

Arizona and New Mexico held their first gubernatorial elections on achieving statehood.

Results
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Arizona
(Held, 12 December 1911)		New stateGeorge W. P. Hunt (Democratic) 51.46%
Edmund W. Wells (Republican) 42.41%
P. W. Gallentine (Socialist) 5.77%
T. W. Otts (Prohibition) 0.37%
[1]
KentuckyAugustus E. WillsonRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJames B. McCreary (Democratic) 52.01%
Edward C. O'Rear (Republican) 44.92%
Walter B. Lanfersiek (Socialist) 2.00%
J. D. Rodd (Prohibition) 0.84%
James H. Arnold (Socialist Labor) 0.18%
S. M. Payton (Independence League) 0.05%
[2]
Louisiana
(Held, 16 April 1912)
Jared Y. Sanders Sr.DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryLuther E. Hall (Democratic) 89.48%
Hugh S. Suthon (Republican) 8.78%
J. R. Jones (Independent) 1.74%
[3]
(Democratic primary results)
Luther E. Hall 43.28%
John T. Michel 37.44%
James B. Aswell 19.29%
[4]
MarylandAustin Lane CrothersDemocraticRetired, Republican victoryPhillips Lee Goldsborough (Republican) 49.26%
Arthur Pue Gorman Jr. (Democratic) 47.88%
Charles E. Devlin (Socialist) 1.75%
John H. Dulany (Prohibition) 1.11%
[5][6][7][8]
MassachusettsEugene FossDemocraticRe-elected, 48.84%Louis A. Frothingham (Republican) 47.00%
James F. Carey (Socialist) 3.04%
Frank N. Rand (Prohibition) 0.79%
Dennis McGoff (Socialist Labor) 0.34%
Scattering 0.01%
[9]
MississippiEdmond NoelDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryEarl Brewer (Democratic) 95.18%
Summer W. Rose (Socialist) 4.82%
[10]
(Democratic primary results)
Earl Brewer, unopposed
[11][12]
New MexicoNew stateWilliam C. McDonald (Democratic) 51.01%
Holm O. Bursum (Republican) 46.05%
T. C. Rivera (Socialist) 2.94%
[13]
Rhode IslandAram J. PothierRepublicanRe-elected, 53.36%Lewis A. Waterman (Democratic) 42.97%
Edward W. Theinert (Socialist) 1.96%
Ernest L. Merry (Prohibition) 1.28%
John W. Leach (Socialist Labor) 0.43%
[14]

References
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  6. Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
  7. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  8. Compiled by N. Winslow Williams, Secretary of State. "Maryland Manual 1912". Manual, State of Maryland. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., Printers: 229.
  9. "MA Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  10. "MS Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  11. Westley F. Busbee, Jr. (2015). Mississippi: A History. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-75590-7.
  12. J. W. Power, Secretary of State of Mississippi (1911). Biennial Report of the Secretary of State to the Legislature of Mississippi from October 1, 1909 to July 1, 1911. Nashville, Tenn.: The Brandon Printing Co. p. 63.
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  14. "RI Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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