1912 United States gubernatorial elections

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| <- 1911 | November 5, 1912[a] | 1913 ->

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33 governorships[b]
|  | Majority party  | Minority party

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Party  | Democratic | Republican
Seats before  | 26 | 20
Seats after  | 30 | 16
Seat change  | 4  | 4
Seats up  | 16 | 17
Seats won  | 20 | 13

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| Third party  |
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Party  | Progressive |
Seats before  | 2[c] |
Seats after  | 2  |
Seat change  |  |
Seats up  | 0  |
Seats won  | 0  |

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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[edit]

### Special election (January 1912)[edit]

State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates

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Georgia
(special election)
(held, January 10, 1912) | John M. Slaton | Democratic | [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)[edit]

State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates

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Arkansas
(held, September 9, 1912) | George Washington Donaghey | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary,[3][4] Democratic victory | Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democratic) 64.74%
Andrew I. Roland (Republican) 27.37%
G. E. Mikel (Socialist) 7.89%
[5]
Colorado | John F. Shafroth | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | Elias 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]
Connecticut | Simeon Eben Baldwin | Democratic | Re-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]
Delaware | Simeon S. Pennewill | Republican | [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]
Florida | Albert W. Gilchrist | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Park 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 Brown | Democratic | [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]
Idaho | James H. Hawley | Democratic | Defeated, 32.22% | John M. Haines (Republican) 33.24%
G. H. Martin (Progressive) 23.05%
L. A. Coblentz (Socialist) 10.51%
Scattering 0.97%
[12]
Illinois | Charles S. Deneen | Republican | Defeated, 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]
Indiana | Thomas R. Marshall | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Samuel 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]
Iowa | Beryl F. Carroll | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | George 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]
Kansas | Walter R. Stubbs | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | George 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. Plaisted | Democratic | Defeated, 47.70% | William T. Haines (Republican) 49.97%
George Allan England (Socialist) 1.47%
William I. Sterling (Prohibition) 0.86%
Scattering 0.01%
[17]
Massachusetts | Eugene Foss | Democratic | Re-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]
Michigan | Chase Osborn | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Woodbridge 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]
Minnesota | Adolph O. Eberhart | Republican | Re-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]
Missouri | Herbert S. Hadley | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Elliott 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]
Montana | Edwin L. Norris | Democratic | [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]
Nebraska | Chester H. Aldrich | Republican | Defeated, 45.33% | John H. Morehead (Democratic) 49.27%
Clyde J. Wright (Socialist) 3.96%
Nathan Wilson (Prohibition) 1.45%
[23]
New Hampshire | Robert P. Bass | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Samuel 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 York | John Alden Dix | Democratic | Lost Democratic nomination, Democratic victory | William 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 Carolina | William Walton Kitchin | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Locke Craig (Democratic) 61.35%
Iredell Meares (Progressive) 20.42%
Thomas Settle III (Republican) 17.84%
H. E. Hodges (Socialist) 0.39%
[26]
North Dakota | John Burke | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Louis 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]
Ohio | Judson Harmon | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | James 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 Island | Aram J. Pothier | Republican | Re-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 Carolina | Coleman Livingston Blease | Democratic | Re-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 Dakota | Robert S. Vessey | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Frank M. Byrne (Republican) 48.51%
Edwin S. Johnson (Democratic) 45.70%
Samuel Lovett (Socialist) 2.95%
O. W. Butterfield (Prohibition) 2.83%
[32]
Tennessee | Ben W. Hooper | Republican | Re-elected, 50.10% | Benton McMillin (Democratic) 46.87%
Scattering 3.03%
[33]
Texas | Oscar Branch Colquitt | Democratic | Re-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]
Utah | William Spry | Republican | Re-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. Mead | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Allen 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)[d]
√ Allen Miller Fletcher (Republican) 163
Harland Bradley Howe (Democratic) 76
Frazer Metzger (Progressive) 32[38]
Washington | Marion E. Hay | Republican | Defeated, 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 Virginia | William E. Glasscock | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Henry Drury Hatfield (Republican) 47.74%
W. R. Thompson (Democratic) 44.47%
Walter B. Hilton (Socialist) 5.61%
Goodloe Jackson (Prohibition) 2.19%
[40]
Wisconsin | Francis E. McGovern | Republican | Re-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[edit]

* 1912 United States elections
* 1912 United States presidential election
* 1912–13 United States Senate elections
* 1912 United States House of Representatives elections

## References[edit]

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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.
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## Bibliography[edit]

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

## Notes[edit]

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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