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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

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%
[7][8][9][10]
(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

  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.


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