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1907 United States gubernatorial elections

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1907 United States gubernatorial elections

← 1906 November 5, 1907;
September 17, 1907 (OK);
April 21, 1908 (LA)
1908 →

8 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 25 19
Seats after 26 19
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Seats up 2 5
Seats won 3 5

  Third party
 
Party Silver
Seats before 1
Seats after 1
Seat change Steady
Seats up 0
Seats won 0

1907 Maryland gubernatorial election1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1907 Oklahoma gubernatorial election1907 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1907 New Jersey gubernatorial election1907 Kentucky gubernatorial election1907 Louisiana gubernatorial election1907 Mississippi gubernatorial election
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1907, in eight states.

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Mississippi held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years. It would abandon this practice in 1949. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected their governors to a single-year term. This was the last time Rhode Island elected its governors to a single-year term, as it switched to two-year-terms from the 1912 election.

Oklahoma held its first gubernatorial election on achieving statehood.

Results

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State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Kentucky J. C. W. Beckham Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory Augustus E. Willson (Republican) 51.17%
S. Hager (Democratic) 46.87%
L. L. Pickett (Prohibition) 1.52%
Claude Andrews (Socialist) 0.36%
James H. Arnold (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
[1]
Louisiana
(held, April 21, 1908)
Newton C. Blanchard Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Jared Y. Sanders (Democratic) 87.14%
Henry N. Pharr (Republican) 11.05%
James Barnes (Socialist) 1.81%
[2]
Democratic primary results
Jared Y. Sanders 56.29%
Theodore S. Wilkinson 43.71%
[3]
Maryland Edwin Warfield Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Austin Lane Crothers (Democratic) 50.66%
George R. Gaither Jr. (Republican) 46.81%
James W. Frizzell (Prohibition) 1.88%
Ira Culp (Socialist) 0.65%
[4]
Massachusetts Curtis Guild Jr. Republican Re-elected, 50.33% Henry M. Whitney (Democratic) 22.58%
Thomas L. Hisgen (Independence League) 20.20%
Charles W. Bartlett (Anti-Merger) 3.00%
John W. Brown (Socialist) 2.04%
Hervey S. Cowell (Prohibition) 1.02%
Thomas F. Brennan (Socialist Labor) 0.80%
[5]
Mississippi James K. Vardaman Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Edmund F. Noel (Democratic) 100.00%
[6]
Democratic primary run-off results
Edmund F. Noel 50.87%
Earl Leroy Brewer 49.13%
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(majority, 2,002)[11][12]
New Jersey Edward C. Stokes Republican Term-limited, Republican victory John Franklin Fort (Republican) 49.28%
Frank S. Katzenbach Jr. (Democratic) 47.25%
Frederick Krafft (Socialist) 1.74%
James G. Mason (Prohibition) 1.33%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.40%
[13]
Oklahoma
(held, September 17, 1907)
New state Charles N. Haskell (Democratic) 53.42%
Frank Frantz (Republican) 42.81%
C. C. Ross (Socialist) 3.78%
[14]
Rhode Island James H. Higgins Democratic Re-elected, 50.37% Frederick H. Jackson (Republican) 46.90%
Louis E. Remington (Prohibition) 1.26%
William H. Johnston (Socialist) 1.03%
John W. Leach (Socialist Labor) 0.44%
[15]

References

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  1. ^ "KY Governor, 1907". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "LA Governor, 1907". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "LA Governor, 1907 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "MD Governor, 1907". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  5. ^ "MA Governor, 1907". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "MS Governor, 1907". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  7. ^ J. W. Power, Secretary of State (1908). Biennial Report of the Secretary of State to the Legislature of Mississippi from October 1, 1905 to October 1, 1907. Nashville, Tenn.: Brandon Printing Company. pp. 101–103.
  8. ^ "Official Count". The Columbus commercial. Columbus, Miss. September 3, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  9. ^ "The state executive committee". Okolona messenger. Okolona, Miss. September 4, 1907. p. 4. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  10. ^ "Governor". Enterprise-Journal. McComb, Mississippi. November 28, 1999. p. 12. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  11. ^ Kirwan, Albert D. (1951). Revolt of the Rednecks: Mississippi Politics, 1876–1925. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press. p. 187. ISBN 9780813150734.
  12. ^ Westley F. Busbee, Jr. (2015). Mississippi: A History. John Wiley & Sons. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-118-75590-7.
  13. ^ "NJ Governor, 1907". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  14. ^ "OK Governor, 1907". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  15. ^ "RI Governor, 1907". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 4, 2019.