1918 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1918, in 32 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 5, 1918 (September 9 in Maine).

1918 United States gubernatorial elections
November 5, 1918;
September 9, 1918 (ME)
32 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 22 25
Seats after 26 21
Seat change Increase4 Decrease4
Seats up 18 14
Seats won 22 10
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

Results
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
AlabamaCharles HendersonDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryThomas E. Kilby (Democratic) 80.21%
Dallas B. Smith (Independent) 19.79%
[1]
(Democratic primary results: after second preferences)
Thomas E. Kilby 36.84%
William W. Brandon 34.37%
Charles B. Teasley 19.37%
John H. Wallace Jr. 7.99%
John Purifoy 1.42%
[2]
ArizonaGeorge W. P. HuntDemocraticRetired, Republican victoryThomas Edward Campbell (Republican) 49.90%
Fred T. Colter (Democratic) 49.25%
George D. Smith (Socialist) 0.86%
[3]
ArkansasCharles H. BroughDemocraticRe-elected, 93.43%Clay Fulks (Socialist) 6.57%
(Democratic primary results)
√ Charles H. Brough
L. C. 'Judge' Smith
[data missing]
[4][5][6]
CaliforniaWilliam D. StephensRepublicanRe-electedWilliam D. Stephens (Republican) 56.28%
Theodore Arlington Bell (Independent) 36.48%
Henry H. Roser (Socialist) 4.21%
James Rolph Jr. (Democratic)[lower-alpha 1] (write-in) 2.99%
Scattering 0.05%
[7]
ColoradoJulius Caldeen GunterDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victoryOliver Henry Nelson Shoup (Republican) 51.15%
Thomas J. Tynan (Democratic) 46.47%
Mary L. Geffs (Socialist) 2.38%
[8]
ConnecticutMarcus H. HolcombRepublicanRe-elected, 50.72%Thomas J. Spellacy (Democratic) 45.87%
Martin F. Plunkett (Socialist) 2.39%
John Newton Lackey (Prohibition) 0.61%
Herman Klawansky (Socialist Labor) 0.34%
George A. Parsons (National) 0.07%
[9]
GeorgiaHugh M. DorseyDemocraticRe-elected, unopposed
[10]		(Democratic primary results)
Hugh M. Dorsey (unopposed)
[11]
IdahoMoses AlexanderDemocraticRetired, Republican victoryDavid W. Davis (Republican) 59.95%
H. F. Samuels (Democratic) 40.05%
[12]
IowaWilliam L. HardingRepublicanRe-elected, 50.55%Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 46.92%
Andrew Engle (Socialist) 2.10%
M. L. Christian (Prohibition) 0.43%
[13]
KansasArthur CapperRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryHenry J. Allen (Republican) 66.39%
W. C. Lansdon (Democratic) 30.68%
George W. Kleihege (Socialist) 2.94%
[14]
Maine
(held, 9 September 1918)		Carl E. MillikenRepublicanRe-elected, 52.04%Bertrand G. McIntire (Democratic) 47.96%
[15]
MassachusettsSamuel W. McCallRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryCalvin Coolidge (Republican) 50.87%
Richard H. Long (Democratic) 46.84%
Sylvester J. McBride (Socialist) 1.84%
Ingvar Paulsen (Socialist Labor) 0.45%
[16]
MichiganAlbert E. SleeperRepublicanRe-elected, 61.41%John W. Bailey (Democratic) 36.41%
Ernest J. Moore (Socialist) 1.63%
John S. McColl (Prohibition) 0.38%
John Hinds (Socialist Labor) 0.18%
[17]
MinnesotaJoseph A. A. BurnquistRepublicanRe-elected, 45.04%David H. Evans (Farmer-Labor) 30.28%
Fred E. Wheaton (Democratic) 20.77%
L. P. Berot (Socialist) 2.11%
Olaf O. Stageberg (National) 1.80%
[18]
NebraskaKeith NevilleDemocraticDefeated, 44.00%Samuel R. McKelvie (Republican) 54.47%
Julian D. Graves (Prohibition) 1.53%
[19]
NevadaEmmet D. BoyleDemocraticRe-elected, 52.08%Tasker L. Oddie (Republican) 47.92%
[20]
New HampshireHenry W. KeyesRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryJohn H. Bartlett (Republican) 54.13%
Nathaniel E. Martin (Democratic) 45.86%
Scattering 0.01%
[21]
New MexicoWashington LindseyRepublicanLost renomination, Republican victoryOctaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (Republican) 50.50%
Felix Garcia (Democratic) 47.70%
A. H. Moulton (Socialist) 1.80%
[22]
New YorkCharles S. WhitmanRepublicanDefeated, 46.68%Alfred E. Smith (Democratic) 47.37%
Charles W. Ervin (Socialist) 5.71%
Olive M. Johnson (Socialist Labor) 0.24%
[23]
North DakotaLynn J. FrazierRepublicanRe-elected, 59.75%S. J. Doyle (Democratic) 40.26%
[24]
OhioJames M. CoxDemocraticRe-elected, 50.62%Frank B. Willis (Republican) 49.38%
[25]
OklahomaRobert L. WilliamsDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJames B. A. Robertson (Democratic) 53.55%
Horace G. McKeever (Republican) 42.63%
Patrick S. Nagle (Socialist) 3.83%
[26]
OregonJames WithycombeRepublicanRe-elected, 52.99%Walter M. Pierce (Democratic) 42.78%
Benjamin Franklin Ramp (Socialist) 4.24%
[27]
PennsylvaniaMartin Grove BrumbaughRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryWilliam Cameron Sproul (Republican) 61.05%
Eugene C. Bonniwell (Democratic) 33.74%
Edwin J. Fithian (Prohibition) 3.02%
Charles Sehl (Socialist) 2.07%
Robert C. Macauley Jr. (Single Tax) 0.12%
[28]
Rhode IslandR. Livingston BeeckmanRepublicanRe-elected, 53.11%Alberic A. Archambault (Democratic) 44.84%
Ernest Sherwood (Socialist) 2.05%
[29]
South CarolinaRichard Irvine Manning IIIDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryRobert Archer Cooper (Democratic) unopposed
[30]
(Democratic primary results)
Robert Archer Cooper 57.96%
John Gardiner Richards 29.24%
Andrew J. Bethea 9.70%
Scattering 3.10%
[31]
South DakotaPeter NorbeckRepublicanRe-elected, 53.22%Mark P. Bates (Independent) 26.12%
James B. Bird (Democratic) 18.57%
Knute Lewis (Independent) 1.32%
Orville Anderson (Socialist) 0.77%
[32]
TennesseeThomas C. RyeDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryAlbert H. Roberts (Democratic) 62.37%
Hugh B. Lindsay (Republican) 37.64%
[33]
TexasWilliam Pettus HobbyDemocraticRe-elected, 84.00%Charles A. Boynton (Republican) 15.06%
William D. Simpson (Socialist) 0.94%
[34]
VermontHorace F. GrahamRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryPercival Wood Clement (Republican) 67.00%
William B. Mayo (Democratic) 32.75%
Scattering 0.25%
[35]
WisconsinEmanuel L. PhilippRepublicanRe-elected, 46.99%Henry A. Moehlenpah (Democratic) 33.95%
Emil Seidel (Socialist) 17.35%
William C. Dean (Prohibition) 1.60%
Scattering 0.12%
[36]
WyomingFrank L. HouxDemocraticDefeated, 43.90%Robert D. Carey (Republican) 56.11%
[37]

See also

Notes
  1. Rolph, a Republican, ran for the Republican and Democratic nominations. He lost the Republican nomination and won the Democratic nomination. However, under California's crossfiling law, he could not be the Democratic nominee after losing the primary of his own party.

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