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1911 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1910 November 7, 1911;
December 12, 1911 (AZ);
April 16, 1912 (LA)		 1912 →
8 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 25 21
Seats after 27 21
Seat change Increase2 Steady
Seats up 4 2
Seats won 6 2
1911 Maryland gubernatorial election1911 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1911 Arizona gubernatorial election1911 New Mexico gubernatorial election1911 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1911 Kentucky gubernatorial election1911 Louisiana gubernatorial election1911 Mississippi gubernatorial election
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1911, 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.

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. It switching to two-year-terms from the 1912 election.

Arizona and New Mexico held their first gubernatorial elections on achieving statehood.

Results

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State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Arizona
(Held, 12 December 1911)		 New state George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) 51.46%
Edmund W. Wells (Republican) 42.41%
P. W. Gallentine (Socialist) 5.77%
T. W. Otts (Prohibition) 0.37%
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Kentucky Augustus E. Willson Republican Term-limited, Democratic victory James B. McCreary (Democratic) 52.01%
Edward C. O'Rear (Republican) 44.92%
Walter B. Lanfersiek (Socialist) 2.00%
J. D. Rodd (Prohibition) 0.84%
James H. Arnold (Socialist Labor) 0.18%
S. M. Payton (Independence League) 0.05%
[2]
Louisiana
(Held, 16 April 1912)
 Jared Y. Sanders Sr. Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Luther E. Hall (Democratic) 89.48%
Hugh S. Suthon (Republican) 8.78%
J. R. Jones (Independent) 1.74%
[3]
(Democratic primary results)
Luther E. Hall 43.28%
John T. Michel 37.44%
James B. Aswell 19.29%
[4]
Maryland Austin Lane Crothers Democratic Retired, Republican victory Phillips Lee Goldsborough (Republican) 49.26%
Arthur Pue Gorman Jr. (Democratic) 47.88%
Charles E. Devlin (Socialist) 1.75%
John H. Dulany (Prohibition) 1.11%
[5][6][7][8]
Massachusetts Eugene Foss Democratic Re-elected, 48.84% Louis A. Frothingham (Republican) 47.00%
James F. Carey (Socialist) 3.04%
Frank N. Rand (Prohibition) 0.79%
Dennis McGoff (Socialist Labor) 0.34%
Scattering 0.01%
[9]
Mississippi Edmond Noel Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Earl Brewer (Democratic) 95.18%
Summer W. Rose (Socialist) 4.82%
[10]
(Democratic primary results)
Earl Brewer, unopposed
[11][12]
New Mexico New state William C. McDonald (Democratic) 51.01%
Holm O. Bursum (Republican) 46.05%
T. C. Rivera (Socialist) 2.94%
[13]
Rhode Island Aram J. Pothier Republican Re-elected, 53.36% Lewis A. Waterman (Democratic) 42.97%
Edward W. Theinert (Socialist) 1.96%
Ernest L. Merry (Prohibition) 1.28%
John W. Leach (Socialist Labor) 0.43%
[14]

References

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  1. ^ "AZ Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. ^ "KY Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ^ "LA Governor, 1912". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. ^ "LA Governor, 1912 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. ^ "MD Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  6. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
  7. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  8. ^ Compiled by N. Winslow Williams, Secretary of State. "Maryland Manual 1912". Manual, State of Maryland. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., Printers: 229.
  9. ^ "MA Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  10. ^ "MS Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  11. ^ Westley F. Busbee, Jr. (2015). Mississippi: A History. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-75590-7.
  12. ^ J. W. Power, Secretary of State of Mississippi (1911). Biennial Report of the Secretary of State to the Legislature of Mississippi from October 1, 1909 to July 1, 1911. Nashville, Tenn.: The Brandon Printing Co. p. 63.
  13. ^ "NM Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  14. ^ "RI Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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