1912 United States gubernatorial elections
November 5, 1912[lower-alpha 1]
33 governorships[lower-alpha 2]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 26 20
Seats after 30 16
Seat change Increase4 Decrease4
Seats up 16 17
Seats won 20 13
  Third party
 
Party Progressive
Seats before 2[lower-alpha 3]
Seats after 2
Seat change Steady
Seats up 0
Seats won 0
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1912, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 5, 1912 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont). In addition, there was a special election in Georgia on January 10, 1912.

In Rhode Island, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a one-year term. In Vermont, the gubernatorial election was held in September for the last time, moving to the same day as federal elections from the 1914 elections.

Results

Special election (January 1912)

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Georgia
(special election)
(held, January 10, 1912)		John M. SlatonDemocratic[data missing]Joseph M. Brown (Democratic) 98.97%
A. F. Castleberry (Socialist) 1.03%
[1]
(Democratic primary results)
Joseph M. Brown 39.46%
J. Pope Brown 34.57%
R. B. Russell 25.97%
[2]

Regular elections (Autumn 1912)

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Arkansas
(held, September 9, 1912)		George Washington DonagheyDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary,[3][4] Democratic victoryJoseph Taylor Robinson (Democratic) 64.74%
Andrew I. Roland (Republican) 27.37%
G. E. Mikel (Socialist) 7.89%
[5]
ColoradoJohn F. ShafrothDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryElias M. Ammons (Democratic) 42.91%
Edward P. Costigan (Progressive) 24.88%
Clifford C. Parks (Republican) 23.73%
Charles A. Ashelstrom (Socialist) 6.09%
John Henry Ketchum (Prohibition) 2.22%
Jonathan U. Billings (Socialist Labor) 0.17%
[6]
ConnecticutSimeon Eben BaldwinDemocraticRe-elected, 41.11%J. P. Studley (Republican) 35.47%
Herbert Smith (Progressive) 16.29%
Samuel E. Beardsley (Socialist) 5.38%
B. B. Bassette (Prohibition) 1.10%
Charles B. Wells (Socialist Labor) 0.66%
[7]
DelawareSimeon S. PennewillRepublican[data missing]Charles R. Miller (Republican) 46.95%
Thomas M. Monaghan (Democratic) 44.30%
George B. Hynson (Progressive) 6.23%
John Heyd (Prohibition) 1.37%
Norman L. Rearick (Socialist) 1.15%
[8]
FloridaAlbert W. GilchristDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryPark Trammell (Democratic) 80.42%
Thomas W. Cox (Socialist) 7.15%
William R. O'Neal (Republican) 5.46%
William C. Hodges (Progressive) 4.78%
J. W. Bingham (Prohibition) 2.19%
[9]
Georgia
(held, October 2, 1912)		Joseph Mackey BrownDemocratic[data missing]John M. Slaton (Democratic) 100.00%
[10]
(Democratic primary results)
John M. Slaton 62.14%
Hooper Alexander 23.13%
Joe Hill Hall 14.73%
[11]
IdahoJames H. HawleyDemocraticDefeated, 32.22%John M. Haines (Republican) 33.24%
G. H. Martin (Progressive) 23.05%
L. A. Coblentz (Socialist) 10.51%
Scattering 0.97%
[12]
IllinoisCharles S. DeneenRepublicanDefeated, 27.39%Edward F. Dunne (Democratic) 38.11%
Frank H. Funk (Progressive) 26.09%
John C. Kennedy (Socialist) 6.77%
Edward Worrell (Prohibition) 1.31%
John M. Francis (Socialist Labor) 0.34%
[13]
IndianaThomas R. MarshallDemocraticRetired, Democratic victorySamuel M. Ralston (Democratic) 42.95%
Albert J. Beveridge (Progressive) 25.99%
Winfield T. Durbin (Republican) 22.10%
Stephen N. Reynolds (Socialist) 5.53%
William H. Hickman (Prohibition) 2.88%
James Matthews (Socialist Labor) 0.45%
Scattering 0.10%
[14]
IowaBeryl F. CarrollRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryGeorge W. Clarke (Republican) 39.93%
Edward G. Dunn (Democratic) 39.56%
John L. Stevens (Progressive) 15.59%
I. S. McCrillis (Socialist) 3.25%
C. Durant Jones (Prohibition) 1.68%
[15]
KansasWalter R. StubbsRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryGeorge H. Hodges (Democratic) 46.55%
Arthur Capper (Republican) 46.54%
George W. Kleihege (Socialist) 6.89%
Scattering 0.02%
[16]
Maine
(held, September 9, 1912)		Frederick W. PlaistedDemocraticDefeated, 47.70%William T. Haines (Republican) 49.97%
George Allan England (Socialist) 1.47%
William I. Sterling (Prohibition) 0.86%
Scattering 0.01%
[17]
MassachusettsEugene FossDemocraticRe-elected, 40.60%Joseph Walker (Republican) 30.18%
Charles S. Bird (Progressive) 25.77%
Roland D. Sawyer (Socialist) 2.42%
Frank N. Rand (Prohibition) 0.57%
Patrick Mulligan (Socialist Labor) 0.47%
[18]
MichiganChase OsbornRepublicanRetired, Democratic victoryWoodbridge N. Ferris (Democratic) 35.35%
Amos S. Musselman (Republican) 30.96%
L. Whitney Watkins (Progressive) 28.31%
James Hoogerhyde (Socialist) 3.90%
Jefferson D. Leland (Prohibition) 1.42%
Herman Richter (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
[19]
MinnesotaAdolph O. EberhartRepublicanRe-elected, 40.73%Peter M. Ringdahl (Democratic) 31.30%
Paul V. Collins (Progressive) 10.51%
Engebret E. Lobeck (Prohibition) 9.38%
David Morgan (Public Ownership) 8.09%
[20]
MissouriHerbert S. HadleyRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryElliott W. Major (Democratic) 48.20%
John C. McKinley (Republican) 31.15%
Albert D. Nortoni (Progressive) 15.61%
William A. Ward (Socialist) 4.03%
Charles E. Stokes (Prohibition) 0.75%
Charles Rogers (Socialist Labor) 0.27%
[21]
MontanaEdwin L. NorrisDemocratic[data missing]Samuel V. Stewart (Democratic) 31.73%
Harry L. Wilson (Republican) 28.70%
Frank J. Edwards (Progressive) 23.61%
Lewis J. Duncan (Socialist) 15.96%
[22]
NebraskaChester H. AldrichRepublicanDefeated, 45.33%John H. Morehead (Democratic) 49.27%
Clyde J. Wright (Socialist) 3.96%
Nathan Wilson (Prohibition) 1.45%
[23]
New HampshireRobert P. BassRepublicanRetired, Democratic victorySamuel D. Felker (Democratic) 41.07%
Franklin Worcester (Republican) 39.03%
Winston Churchill (Progressive) 17.29%
William H. Wilkins (Socialist) 2.01%
Alva H. Morrill (Prohibition) 0.60%
[24]
New YorkJohn Alden DixDemocraticLost Democratic nomination, Democratic victoryWilliam Sulzer (Democratic) 41.46%
Job E. Hedges (Republican) 28.35%
Oscar S. Straus (Progressive) 25.10%
Charles Edward Russell (Socialist) 3.63%
T. Alexander MacNicholl (Prohibition) 1.21%
John Hall (Socialist Labor) 0.24%
[25]
North CarolinaWilliam Walton KitchinDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryLocke Craig (Democratic) 61.35%
Iredell Meares (Progressive) 20.42%
Thomas Settle III (Republican) 17.84%
H. E. Hodges (Socialist) 0.39%
[26]
North DakotaJohn BurkeDemocraticRetired, Republican victoryLouis B. Hanna (Republican) 45.45%
Frank O. Hellstrom (Democratic) 36.01%
W. D. Sweet (Progressive) 10.74%
A. E. Bowen Jr. (Socialist) 7.80%
[27]
OhioJudson HarmonDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryJames M. Cox (Democratic) 42.38%
Robert B. Brown (Republican) 26.29%
Arthur Lovett Garford (Progressive) 21.02%
Charles Emil Ruthenberg (Socialist) 8.46%
Daniel A. Polling (Prohibition) 1.60%
John Kircher (Socialist Labor) 0.26%
[28]
Rhode IslandAram J. PothierRepublicanRe-elected, 43.67%Theodore Francis Green (Democratic) 41.87%
Albert H. Humes (Progressive) 10.82%
Samuel H. Fassel (Socialist) 2.45%
Willis H. White (Prohibition) 0.88%
Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 0.32%
[29]
South CarolinaColeman Livingston BleaseDemocraticRe-elected, 99.53%R. B. Britton (Socialist) 0.47%
[30]
(Democratic primary results)
Coleman Livingston Blease 50.96%
Ira B. Jones 47.34%
John T. Duncan 1.70%
[31]
South DakotaRobert S. VesseyRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryFrank M. Byrne (Republican) 48.51%
Edwin S. Johnson (Democratic) 45.70%
Samuel Lovett (Socialist) 2.95%
O. W. Butterfield (Prohibition) 2.83%
[32]
TennesseeBen W. HooperRepublicanRe-elected, 50.10%Benton McMillin (Democratic) 46.87%
Scattering 3.03%
[33]
TexasOscar Branch ColquittDemocraticRe-elected, 77.82%Reddin Andrews (Socialist) 8.39%
C. W. Johnson (Republican) 7.67%
Ed C. Lasater (Progressive) 5.24%
Andrew Jackson Houston (Prohibition) 0.78%
K. E. Choate (Socialist Labor) 0.10%
[34]
(Democratic primary results)
Oscar Branch Colquitt 55.00%
William F. Ramsey 45.00%
[35]
UtahWilliam SpryRepublicanRe-elected, 38.17%John Franklin Tolton (Democratic) 32.36%
Nephi L. Morris (Progressive) 21.16%
Homer P. Burt (Socialist) 7.89%
E. A. Battell (Socialist Labor) 0.43%
[36]
Vermont
(held, September 3, 1912)		John A. MeadRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryAllen Miller Fletcher (Republican) 40.47%
Harland Bradley Howe (Democratic) 30.85%
Fraser Metzger (Progressive) 24.10%
Clement F. Smith (Prohibition) 2.68%
Frederick W. Suitor (Socialist) 1.87%
Scattering 0.04%
[37]
(General Assembly result)[lower-alpha 4]
√ Allen Miller Fletcher (Republican) 163
Harland Bradley Howe (Democratic) 76
Frazer Metzger (Progressive) 32[38]
WashingtonMarion E. HayRepublicanDefeated, 30.35%Ernest Lister (Democratic) 30.55%
Robert T. Hodge (Progressive) 24.44%
Anna A. Maley (Socialist) 11.67%
George F. Stivers (Prohibition) 2.56%
Abraham Lincoln Brearcliff (Socialist Labor) 0.43%
[39]
West VirginiaWilliam E. GlasscockRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryHenry Drury Hatfield (Republican) 47.74%
W. R. Thompson (Democratic) 44.47%
Walter B. Hilton (Socialist) 5.61%
Goodloe Jackson (Prohibition) 2.19%
[40]
WisconsinFrancis E. McGovernRepublicanRe-elected, 45.54%John C. Karel (Democratic) 42.48%
Carl D. Thompson (Social Democrat) 8.75%
Charles Lewis Hill (Prohibition) 2.40%
William H. Curtis (Socialist Labor) 0.83%
Scattering 0.01%
[41]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "GA Governor – Special Election Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  2. ↑ World Almanac 1913, p. 727.
  3. ↑ Cecil Edward Weller Jr. (1998). Joe T Robinson: Always a Loyal Democrat. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. p. 53. ISBN 1-55728-513-6.
  4. ↑ Barnes, Kenneth C. (2016). Anti-Catholicism in Arkansas: How Politicians, the Press, the Klan, and Religious Leaders Imagined an Enemy, 1910-1960. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-68226-016-6.
  5. ↑ "AR Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ "CO Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  7. ↑ "CT Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  8. ↑ "DE Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  9. ↑ "FL Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  10. ↑ "GA Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  11. ↑ World Almanac 1913, p. 719.
  12. ↑ "ID Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  13. ↑ "IL Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  14. ↑ "IN Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  15. ↑ "IA Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  16. ↑ "KS Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  17. ↑ "ME Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  18. ↑ "MA Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  19. ↑ "MI Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  20. ↑ "MN Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  21. ↑ "MO Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  22. ↑ "MT Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  23. ↑ "NE Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  24. ↑ "NH Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  25. ↑ "NY Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  26. ↑ "NC Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  27. ↑ "ND Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  28. ↑ "OH Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  29. ↑ "RI Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  30. ↑ "SC Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  31. ↑ "SC Governor, 1912 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  32. ↑ "SD Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  33. ↑ "TN Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  34. ↑ "TX Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  35. ↑ "TX Governor, 1912 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  36. ↑ "UT Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  37. ↑ "VT Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  38. ↑ "VT Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  39. ↑ "WA Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  40. ↑ "WV Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  41. ↑ "WI Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 2, 2019.

Bibliography

The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1913. New York: The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). 1912.

Notes

  1. ↑ Elections were held earlier in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, and Vermont.
  2. ↑ Including a special election in Georgia.
  3. ↑ California Governor Hiram Johnson (R) and Wyoming Governor Joseph M. Carey (D) joined the Progressive Party on its formation.
  4. ↑ Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, the state legislature decided the election.
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