1906 United States gubernatorial elections
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28 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 27[b] 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
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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).

In Iowa, the gubernatorial election was held in an even-numbered year for the first time, having previously been held in odd-numbered years. The previous election in this state took 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

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Alabama William D. Jelks Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Braxton Bragg Comer (Democratic) 85.48%
Asa E. Stratton (Republican) 13.94%
J. N. Abbott (Socialist) 0.58%
[1]
Arkansas
(held, 3 September 1906)		 Jeff Davis Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory John S. Little (Democratic) 69.12%
John I. Worthington (Republican) 27.29%
John G. Adams (Prohibition) 2.16%
Dan Hogan (Socialist) 1.43%
[2]
California George Pardee Republican Lost Republican nomination, Republican victory James 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]
Colorado Jesse Fuller McDonald Republican Retired, Republican victory Henry 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]
Connecticut Henry Roberts Republican Retired, Republican victory Rollin 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. Terrell Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory M. 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]
Idaho Frank R. Gooding Republican Re-elected, 52.18% Charles O. Stockslager (Democratic) 40.09%
Thomas F. Kelley (Socialist) 6.32%
Scattering 1.41%
[10]
Iowa Albert B. Cummins Republican Re-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]
Kansas Edward W. Hoch Republican Re-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. Cobb Republican Re-elected, 52.00% Cyrus W. Davis (Democratic) 45.96%
Charles L. Fox (Socialist) 1.16%
Henry Woodward (Prohibition) 0.85%
Scattering 0.03%
[13]
Massachusetts Curtis Guild Jr. Republican Re-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]
Michigan Fred M. Warner Republican Re-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]
Minnesota John Albert Johnson Democratic Re-elected, 60.93% Albert L. Cole (Republican) 34.78%
Charles W. Dorsett (Prohibition) 2.61%
O. E. Lofthus (Public Ownership) 1.68%
[16]
Nebraska John H. Mickey Republican [data missing] George L. Sheldon (Republican) 51.27%
Ashton C. Shallenberger (Democratic)[c] 44.48%
Harry T. Sutton (Prohibition) 2.68%
Elisha Taylor (Socialist) 1.57%
[17]
Nevada John Sparks Silver-Democrat Re-elected, 58.54% Jason F. Mitchell (Republican) 35.96%
Thomas B. Casey (Socialist) 5.49%
[18]
New Hampshire John McLane Republican [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 York Frank W. Higgins Republican Retired, Republican victory Charles 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 Dakota Elmore Y. Sarles Republican Defeated, 44.22% John Burke (Democratic) 51.94%
L. F. Dow (Socialist) 1.48%
Scattering 2.37%
[21]
Oregon
(held, 4 June 1906)		 George Earle Chamberlain Democratic Re-elected, 47.56% James Withycombe (Republican) 44.99%
C. W. Barzee (Socialist) 4.62%
I. H. Amos (Prohibition) 2.83%
[22]
Pennsylvania Samuel W. Pennypacker Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Edwin 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 Island George H. Utter Republican Defeated, 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 Carolina Duncan Clinch Heyward Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Martin 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 Dakota Samuel H. Elrod Republican Retired, Republican victory Coe I. Crawford (Republican) 65.32%
John A. Stransky (Democratic) 26.72%
Knute Lewis (Prohibition) 4.56%
Freeman Knowles (Socialist) 3.41%
[27]
Tennessee John I. Cox Democratic Lost Democratic nomination, Democratic victory Malcolm R. Patterson (Democratic) 54.42%
Henry Clay Evans (Republican) 45.14%
John M. Ray (Socialist) 0.44%
[28]
Texas S. W. T. Lanham Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Thomas 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. Bell Republican Retired, Republican victory Fletcher 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]
Wisconsin James O. Davidson Republican Re-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]
Wyoming Bryant B. Brooks Republican Re-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

References

  1. ^ "AL Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. ^ "AR Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. ^ "CA Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. ^ "CO Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  5. ^ "CT Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  6. ^ "GA Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  7. ^ Burns, Rebecca (2006). Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot. Cincinnati: Emmis Books. p. 18. ISBN 0-8203-3307-7.
  8. ^ Garrett, Franklin M. (1969). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s. Vol. 2. Athens: University of Georgia Press. p. 499. ISBN 0-8203-0264-3.
  9. ^ "Hoke Smith for Governor: Carries Majority of the Counties in the Georgia Primaries". New York Times. August 23, 1906. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  10. ^ "ID Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  11. ^ "IA Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  12. ^ "KS Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  13. ^ "ME Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  14. ^ "MA Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  15. ^ "MI Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  16. ^ "MN Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  17. ^ "NE Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  18. ^ "NV Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  19. ^ "NH Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  20. ^ "NY Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  21. ^ "ND Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  22. ^ "OR Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  23. ^ "PA Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  24. ^ "RI Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  25. ^ "SC Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  26. ^ "SC Governor, 1906 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  27. ^ "SD Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  28. ^ "TN Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  29. ^ "TX Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  30. ^ "VT Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  31. ^ "WI Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  32. ^ "WY Governor, 1906". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

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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