1918 United States gubernatorial elections

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| <- 1917 | November 5, 1918;
September 9, 1918 (ME) | 1919 ->

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32 governorships
|  | Majority party  | Minority party

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Party  | Republican | Democratic
Seats before  | 22  | 25
Seats after  | 26 | 21
Seat change  | 4  | 4
Seats up  | 18 | 14
Seats won  | 22 | 10

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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. Elections took place on September 9 in Maine.

## Results

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State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates

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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

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* 1918 United States elections
* 1918 United States Senate elections
* 1918 United States House of Representatives elections

## Notes

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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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1. ^ "AL Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
2. ^ Mrs Marie B. Owen, Director, ed. (1920). Alabama official and statistical register, 1919. State of Alabama; Department of Archives and History: The Brown Printing Co., Montgomery, Ala. p. 396.
3. ^ "AZ Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
4. ^ Herndon, Dallas T. (1922). Centennial History of Arkansas, Volume II. Chicago and Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 379.
5. ^ Lisenby, Foy (1996). Charles Hillman Brough: a Biography. Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press. p. 41\. ISBN 1-55728-411-3.
6. ^ "100 years ago". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. May 29, 2018.
7. ^ "CA Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
8. ^ "CO Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
9. ^ "CT Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
10. ^ "GA Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
11. ^ Ostermeier, Dr. Eric (May 23, 2018). "Stacey Abrams Notches 3rd Best Showing in Contested Georgia Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Since 1898". Smart Politics. University of Minnesota Libraries. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
12. ^ "ID Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
13. ^ "IA Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
14. ^ "KS Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
15. ^ "ME Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
16. ^ "MA Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
17. ^ "MI Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
18. ^ "MN Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
19. ^ "NE Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
20. ^ "NV Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
21. ^ "NH Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
22. ^ "NM Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
23. ^ "NY Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
24. ^ "ND Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
25. ^ "OH Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
26. ^ "OK Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
27. ^ "OR Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
28. ^ "PA Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
29. ^ "RI Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
30. ^ "SC Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
31. ^ "SC Governor, 1918 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
32. ^ "SD Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
33. ^ "TN Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
34. ^ "TX Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
35. ^ "VT Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
36. ^ "WI Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
37. ^ "WY Governor, 1918". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 27, 2019.

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