1918 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1917 November 5, 1918;
September 9, 1918 (ME)		 1919 →
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
1918 North Dakota gubernatorial election1918 Alabama gubernatorial election1918 Arizona gubernatorial election1918 Arkansas gubernatorial election1918 California gubernatorial election1918 Colorado gubernatorial election1918 Connecticut gubernatorial election1918 Georgia gubernatorial election1918 Idaho gubernatorial election1918 Iowa gubernatorial election1918 Kansas gubernatorial election1918 Maine gubernatorial election1918 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1918 Michigan gubernatorial election1918 Minnesota gubernatorial election1918 Nebraska gubernatorial election1918 Nevada gubernatorial election1918 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1918 New Mexico gubernatorial election1918 New York gubernatorial election1918 Ohio gubernatorial election1918 Oklahoma gubernatorial election1918 Oregon gubernatorial election1918 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election1918 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1918 South Carolina gubernatorial election1918 South Dakota gubernatorial election1918 Tennessee gubernatorial election1918 Texas gubernatorial election1918 Vermont gubernatorial election1918 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1918 Wyoming gubernatorial election
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

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).

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Alabama Charles Henderson Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Thomas 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]
Arizona George W. P. Hunt Democratic Retired, Republican victory Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) 49.90%
Fred T. Colter (Democratic) 49.25%
George D. Smith (Socialist) 0.86%
[3]
Arkansas Charles H. Brough Democratic Re-elected, 93.43% Clay Fulks (Socialist) 6.57%
(Democratic primary results)
√ Charles H. Brough
L. C. 'Judge' Smith
[data missing]
[4][5][6]
California William D. Stephens Republican Re-elected William D. Stephens (Republican) 56.28%
Theodore Arlington Bell (Independent) 36.48%
Henry H. Roser (Socialist) 4.21%
James Rolph Jr. (Democratic)[a] (write-in) 2.99%
Scattering 0.05%
[7]
Colorado Julius Caldeen Gunter Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (Republican) 51.15%
Thomas J. Tynan (Democratic) 46.47%
Mary L. Geffs (Socialist) 2.38%
[8]
Connecticut Marcus H. Holcomb Republican Re-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]
Georgia Hugh M. Dorsey Democratic Re-elected, unopposed
[10]		 (Democratic primary results)
Hugh M. Dorsey (unopposed)
[11]
Idaho Moses Alexander Democratic Retired, Republican victory David W. Davis (Republican) 59.95%
H. F. Samuels (Democratic) 40.05%
[12]
Iowa William L. Harding Republican Re-elected, 50.55% Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 46.92%
Andrew Engle (Socialist) 2.10%
M. L. Christian (Prohibition) 0.43%
[13]
Kansas Arthur Capper Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Henry 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. Milliken Republican Re-elected, 52.04% Bertrand G. McIntire (Democratic) 47.96%
[15]
Massachusetts Samuel W. McCall Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Calvin Coolidge (Republican) 50.87%
Richard H. Long (Democratic) 46.84%
Sylvester J. McBride (Socialist) 1.84%
Ingvar Paulsen (Socialist Labor) 0.45%
[16]
Michigan Albert E. Sleeper Republican Re-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]
Minnesota Joseph A. A. Burnquist Republican Re-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]
Nebraska Keith Neville Democratic Defeated, 44.00% Samuel R. McKelvie (Republican) 54.47%
Julian D. Graves (Prohibition) 1.53%
[19]
Nevada Emmet D. Boyle Democratic Re-elected, 52.08% Tasker L. Oddie (Republican) 47.92%
[20]
New Hampshire Henry W. Keyes Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory John H. Bartlett (Republican) 54.13%
Nathaniel E. Martin (Democratic) 45.86%
Scattering 0.01%
[21]
New Mexico Washington Lindsey Republican Lost renomination, Republican victory Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (Republican) 50.50%
Felix Garcia (Democratic) 47.70%
A. H. Moulton (Socialist) 1.80%
[22]
New York Charles S. Whitman Republican Defeated, 46.68% Alfred E. Smith (Democratic) 47.37%
Charles W. Ervin (Socialist) 5.71%
Olive M. Johnson (Socialist Labor) 0.24%
[23]
North Dakota Lynn J. Frazier Republican Re-elected, 59.75% S. J. Doyle (Democratic) 40.26%
[24]
Ohio James M. Cox Democratic Re-elected, 50.62% Frank B. Willis (Republican) 49.38%
[25]
Oklahoma Robert L. Williams Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory James B. A. Robertson (Democratic) 53.55%
Horace G. McKeever (Republican) 42.63%
Patrick S. Nagle (Socialist) 3.83%
[26]
Oregon James Withycombe Republican Re-elected, 52.99% Walter M. Pierce (Democratic) 42.78%
Benjamin Franklin Ramp (Socialist) 4.24%
[27]
Pennsylvania Martin Grove Brumbaugh Republican Term-limited, Republican victory William 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 Island R. Livingston Beeckman Republican Re-elected, 53.11% Alberic A. Archambault (Democratic) 44.84%
Ernest Sherwood (Socialist) 2.05%
[29]
South Carolina Richard Irvine Manning III Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Robert 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 Dakota Peter Norbeck Republican Re-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]
Tennessee Thomas C. Rye Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Albert H. Roberts (Democratic) 62.37%
Hugh B. Lindsay (Republican) 37.64%
[33]
Texas William Pettus Hobby Democratic Re-elected, 84.00% Charles A. Boynton (Republican) 15.06%
William D. Simpson (Socialist) 0.94%
[34]
Vermont Horace F. Graham Republican Retired, Republican victory Percival Wood Clement (Republican) 67.00%
William B. Mayo (Democratic) 32.75%
Scattering 0.25%
[35]
Wisconsin Emanuel L. Philipp Republican Re-elected, 46.99% Henry A. Moehlenpah (Democratic) 33.95%
Emil Seidel (Socialist) 17.35%
William C. Dean (Prohibition) 1.60%
Scattering 0.12%
[36]
Wyoming Frank L. Houx Democratic Defeated, 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.

References

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  4. ^ Herndon, Dallas T. (1922). Centennial History of Arkansas, Volume II. Chicago and Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 379.
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