1916 United States gubernatorial elections
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36 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 28 19
Seats after 25 21
Seat change Decrease3 Increase2
Seats up 19 17
Seats won 16 19
  Third party
 
Party Prohibition
Seats before 0
Seats after 1
Seat change Increase1
Seats up 0
Seats won 1
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     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Prohibition gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1916, in 36 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 7, 1916. Elections took place on September 11 in Maine.

In New Mexico, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a four-year term. In Arkansas and Georgia, the gubernatorial election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in September and October, respectively.

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Arizona George W. P. Hunt Democratic Defeated, 47.94%[a] Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) 47.99%
Peter T. Robertson (Socialist) 3.39%
Robert E. Dunlap (Prohibition) 0.68%
[1]
Arkansas George Washington Hays Democratic Retired,[2] Democratic victory Charles H. Brough (Democratic) 69.45%
Wallace Townsend (Republican) 25.02%
William Davis (Socialist) 5.54%
[3]
Colorado George A. Carlson Republican Defeated, 41.28% Julius C. Gunter (Democratic) 53.27%
C. Goddard (Socialist) 4.38%
Louis E. Leeder (Liberal) 1.06%
[4]
Connecticut Marcus H. Holcomb Republican Re-elected, 51.12% Morris Beardsley (Democratic) 45.27%
Herbert Beebe (Socialist) 2.48%
G. Whitfield Simonson (Prohibition) 0.84%
Charles B. Wells (Socialist Labor) 0.29%
[5]
Delaware Charles R. Miller Republican Retired, Republican victory John G. Townsend Jr. (Republican) 52.07%
James H. Hughes (Democratic) 46.97%
Frank A. Houck (Socialist) 0.96%
[6]
Florida Park Trammell Democratic Term-limited, Prohibition victory Sidney J. Catts (Prohibition) 47.71%
William V. Knott (Democratic) 36.61%
George W. Allen (Republican) 12.47%
C. C. Allen (Socialist) 2.98%
Noel A. Mitchell (Independent) 0.23%
[7]
Georgia Nathaniel Edwin Harris Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Hugh M. Dorsey (Democratic) 96.45%
Roscoe Pickett (Republican) 2.91%
Thomas M. Taylor (Socialist) 0.64%
[8]
(Democratic primary results)
Hugh M. Dorsey 51.34% (245)
Nathaniel E. Harris 32.53% (119)
Lamartine Griffin Hardman 12.84% (8)
Joseph E. Pottle 3.29% (8)
[9]
Idaho Moses Alexander Democratic Re-elected, 47.49% David W. Davis (Republican) 47.07%
Annie E. Triplow (Socialist) 5.44%
[10]
Illinois Edward F. Dunne Democratic Defeated, 42.09% Frank O. Lowden (Republican) 52.67%
Seymour Stedman (Socialist) 3.96%
John R. Golden (Prohibition) 1.16%
John M. Francis (Socialist Labor) 0.13%
[11]
Indiana Samuel M. Ralston Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory James P. Goodrich (Republican) 47.80%
John A. M. Adair (Democratic) 46.00%
William W. Farmer (Socialist) 3.14%
Alfred L. Mondy (Prohibition) 2.19%
Thomas A. Dalley (Progressive) 0.65%
Joe B. Trunko (Socialist Labor) 0.22%
Scattering 0.01%
[12]
Iowa George W. Clarke Republican Retired, Republican victory William L. Harding (Republican) 61.03%
Edwin T. Meredith (Democratic) 36.36%
John W. Bennett (Socialist) 1.60%
Oren D. Ellett (Prohibition) 0.56%
Stephen H. Bashor (Progressive) 0.40%
Arthur S. Dowler (Socialist Labor) 0.06%
[13]
Kansas Arthur Capper Republican Re-elected, 60.77% W. C. Lansdon (Democratic) 33.05%
E. N. Richardson (Socialist) 3.88%
Harry R. Ross (Prohibition) 2.30%
[14]
Maine
(held, 11 September 1916)		 Oakley C. Curtis Democratic Defeated, 44.87% Carl E. Milliken (Republican) 54.00%
Frank H. Maxfield (Socialist) 0.97%
Liaus Seeley (Prohibition) 0.17%
[15]
Massachusetts Samuel W. McCall Republican Re-elected, 52.45% Frederick W. Mansfield (Democratic) 43.67%
Dan White (Socialist) 2.01%
Chester R. Lawrence (Prohibition) 1.13%
James Hayes (Socialist Labor) 0.74%
[16]
Michigan Woodbridge N. Ferris Democratic Retired, Republican victory Albert E. Sleeper (Republican) 55.83%
Edwin F. Sweet (Democratic) 40.59%
Ernest J. Moore (Socialist) 2.31%
E. W. Woodruff (Prohibition) 1.11%
James R. Murray (Socialist Labor) 0.15%
Henry R. Pattengill (Progressive) 0.02%
[17]
Minnesota Joseph A. A. Burnquist Republican Re-elected, 62.94% Thomas P. Dwyer (Democratic) 23.84%
J. O. Bentall (Socialist) 6.73%
Thomas J. Anderson (Prohibition) 5.09%
John P. Johnson (Industrial Labor) 1.40%
[18]
Missouri Elliot Woolfolk Major Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Frederick D. Gardner (Democratic) 48.65%
Henry Lamm (Republican) 48.36%
William J. Adames (Socialist) 1.85%
Joseph P. Fontron (Progressive) 0.51%
William H. Yount (Prohibition) 0.51%
Charles Rogers (Socialist Labor) 0.12%
[19]
Montana Samuel V. Stewart Democratic Re-elected, 49.36% Frank J. Edwards (Republican) 44.10%
Lewis J. Duncan (Socialist) 6.53%
[20]
Nebraska John H. Morehead Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Keith Neville (Democratic) 49.27%
Abraham L. Sutton (Republican) 46.95%
Benjamin Z. Millikan (Socialist) 2.34%
Julian D. Graves (Prohibition) 1.45%
[21]
New Hampshire Rolland H. Spaulding Republican Retired, Republican victory Henry W. Keyes (Republican) 53.20%
John C. Hutchins (Democratic) 45.08%
William H. Wilkins (Socialist) 1.39%
Ralph E. Meras (Prohibition) 0.33%
[22]
New Jersey James Fairman Fielder Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory Walter E. Edge (Republican) 55.44%
H. Otto Wittpenn (Democratic) 39.83%
Frederick Krafft (Socialist) 2.89%
Harry Vaughan (Prohibition) 1.32%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.52%
[23]
New Mexico William C. McDonald Democratic Retired to run for lieutenant governor, Democratic victory Ezequiel C. De Baca (Democratic) 49.40%
Holm O. Bursum (Republican) 47.42%
N. A. Wells (Socialist) 3.18%
[24]
New York Charles S. Whitman Republican Re-elected, 52.63% Samuel Seabury (Democratic) 42.53%
Algernon Lee (Socialist) 3.25%
Charles E. Welch (Prohibition) 1.35%
Jeremiah D. Crowley (Socialist Labor) 0.24%
[25]
North Carolina Locke Craig Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Thomas W. Bickett (Democratic) 58.15%
Frank A. Linney (Republican) 41.65%
L. Miller (Socialist) 0.21%
[26]
North Dakota L. B. Hanna Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Lynn J. Frazier (Republican) 79.24%
D. H. McArthur (Democratic) 18.40%
Oscar A. Johnson (Socialist) 2.36%
[27]
Ohio Frank B. Willis Republican Defeated, 47.83% James M. Cox (Democratic) 48.40%
Tom Clifford (Socialist) 3.14%
John H. Dickason (Prohibition) 0.63%
[28]
Rhode Island R. Livingston Beeckman Republican Re-elected, 55.92% Addison P. Munroe (Democratic) 40.83%
John H. Holloway (Socialist) 2.45%
Roscoe W. Phillips (Prohibition) 0.59%
Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 0.23%
[29]
South Carolina Richard Irvine Manning III Democratic Re-elected Richard Irvine Manning III (Democratic) 97.91%
Coleman Livingston Blease (Independent) 1.77%
J. C. Gibbes (Socialist) 0.26%
J. M. Cantey (Independent) 0.06%
[30]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Richard Irvine Manning III 51.69%
Coleman Livingston Blease 48.31%
[31]
South Dakota Frank M. Byrne Republican Retired, Republican victory Peter Norbeck (Republican) 56.64%
Orville Rinehart (Democratic) 39.33%
Fred L. Fairchild (Socialist) 2.77%
C. K. Thompson (Prohibition) 1.27%
[32]
Tennessee Thomas C. Rye Democratic Re-elected, 55.04% John W. Overall (Republican) 44.19%
Scattering 0.78%
[33]
Texas James E. Ferguson Democratic Re-elected, 81.60% R. B. Creager (Republican) 13.51%
E. R. Meitzen (Socialist) 4.01%
H. W. Lewis (Prohibition) 0.88%
[34]
Utah William Spry Republican [data missing] Simon Bamberger (Democratic) 55.12%
Nephi L. Morris (Republican) 41.80%
F. M. McHugh (Socialist) 3.08%
[35]
Vermont Charles W. Gates Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Horace F. Graham (Republican) 71.10%
William B. Mayo (Democratic) 25.95%
William R. Rowland (Socialist) 1.51%
Lester W. Hanson (Prohibition) 1.44%
Scattering 0.01%
[36]
Washington Ernest Lister Democratic Re-elected, 48.10% Henry McBride (Republican) 44.44%
Ludwig E. Katterfeld (Socialist) 5.61%
August B. L. Gellerman (Prohibition) 0.93%
James Bradford (Progressive) 0.77%
James E. Riordan (Socialist Labor) 0.17%
[37]
West Virginia Henry D. Hatfield Republican Term-limited, Democratic victory John Jacob Cornwell (Democratic) 49.55%
Ira E. Robinson (Republican) 48.59%
D. M. S. Holt (Socialist) 1.87%
[38]
Wisconsin Emanuel L. Philipp Republican Re-elected, 52.93% Burt Williams (Democratic) 37.89%
Rae Weaver (Socialist) 7.06%
George McKerrow (Prohibition) 2.12%
Scattering 0.01%
[39]

See also

References

  1. ^ "AZ Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  2. ^ Lisenby, Foy (1996). Charles Hillman Brough: a Biography. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. p. 32. ISBN 1-55728-411-3.
  3. ^ "AR Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  4. ^ "CO Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  5. ^ "CT Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  6. ^ "DE Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  7. ^ "FL Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  8. ^ "GA Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Dorsey's Vote in Georgia: Final Returns Show He Received a Majority of 5,814". New York Times. September 20, 1916. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  10. ^ "ID Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  11. ^ "IL Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  12. ^ "IN Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  13. ^ "IA Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  14. ^ "KS Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  15. ^ "ME Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  16. ^ "MA Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  17. ^ "MI Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  18. ^ "MN Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  19. ^ "MO Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  20. ^ "MT Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  21. ^ "NE Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  22. ^ "NH Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  23. ^ "NJ Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  24. ^ "NM Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  25. ^ "NY Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  26. ^ "NC Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  27. ^ "ND Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  28. ^ "OH Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  29. ^ "RI Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  30. ^ Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina. For the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 1916 and Ending December 31, 1916. Part II. Columbia, S. C.: Gonzales and Bryan, State Printers. 1917. p. 6.
  31. ^ "SC Governor, 1916 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  32. ^ "SD Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  33. ^ "TN Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  34. ^ "TX Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  35. ^ "UT Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  36. ^ "VT Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  37. ^ "WA Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  38. ^ "WV Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  39. ^ "WI Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

Notes

  1. ^ Hunt challenged the result and, following a recount by the Arizona Supreme Court, was declared the winner and took office on 25 December 1917.
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