| Election Name: | 1902 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1896 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1901 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1901 |
| Next Election: | 1903 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1903 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 27 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 4, 1902 |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 27 |
| Seats After1: | 27 |
| 1Data1: | 18 |
| 2Data1: | 18 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 17 |
| Seats After2: | 17 |
| 1Data2: | 8 |
| 2Data2: | 8 |
| Party4: | Silver Party |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| 1Data4: | 1 |
| 2Data4: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1902, in 27 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 4, 1902 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon and Vermont, which held early elections).
In Alabama, the governor was elected to a four-year term for the first time, instead of a two-year term. The election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in August.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | William D. Jelks | Democratic | Re-elected, 73.72% | John A. W. Smith (Republican) 26.28% [1] | |
| Arkansas (held, 1 September 1902) | Jefferson Davis | Democratic | Re-elected, 64.60% | Harry H. Myers (Republican) 24.43% Charles D. Greaves (Independent Republican) 6.97% George H. Kimball (Prohibition) 4.00% [2] | |
| California | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | George C. Pardee (Republican) 48.06% Franklin Knight Lane (Democratic) 47.22% Gideon S. Brower (Socialist) 3.15% Theodore D. Kanouse (Prohibition) 1.52% Scattering 0.04% [3] | ||
| Colorado | Democratic | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | James H. Peabody (Republican) 46.92% E. C. Stimson (Democratic) 43.20% J. C. Provost (Socialist) 3.84% Frank W. Owens (People's) 3.43% Otto A. Reinhardt (Prohibition) 2.09% J. A. Knight (Socialist Labor) 0.52% [4] | ||
| Connecticut | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Abiram Chamberlain (Republican) 53.44% Melbert B. Cary (Democratic) 43.41% Francis E. Wheeler (Socialist) 1.76% Robert N. Stanley (Prohibition) 0.90% Ernest Oatley (Socialist Labor) 0.50% [5] | ||
| Georgia (held, 1 October 1902) | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Joseph M. Terrell (Democratic) 93.61% J. K. Hines (Populist) 6.39% [6] (Democratic primary results) √ Joseph M. Terrell def. John H. Estill Dupont Guerry [7] [8] | ||
| Idaho | Democratic | Defeated, 43.18% | John T. Morrison (Republican) 52.90% August M. Slatey (Socialist) 2.60% Albert E. Gipson (Prohibition) 1.01% DeForest Andrews (People's) 0.31% [9] | ||
| Kansas | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Willis J. Bailey (Republican) 55.45% W. H. Craddock (Democratic) 40.79% F. W. Emerson (Prohibition) 2.11% A. S. McAllister (Socialist) 1.42% James H, Lathrop (Populist) 0.22% [10] | ||
| Maine (held, 8 September 1902) | John Fremont Hill | Republican | Re-elected, 59.48% | Samuel W. Gould (Democratic) 34.68% James Perrigo (Prohibition) 4.03% Charles L. Fox (Socialist) 1.80% Scattering 0.01% [11] | |
| Massachusetts | Republican | John L. Bates (Republican) 49.23% William A. Gaston (Democratic) 39.92% John C. Chase (Socialist) 8.44% Michael T. Berry (Socialist Labor) 1.53% William H. Partridge (Prohibition) 0.89% [12] | |||
| Michigan | Aaron T. Bliss | Republican | Re-elected, 52.52% | Lorenzo T. Durand (Democratic) 43.28% Walter S. Westerman (Prohibition) 2.82% William E. Walter (Socialist) 1.06% Shepard B. Cowles (Socialist Labor) 0.32% [13] | |
| Minnesota | Samuel Rinnah Van Sant | Republican | Re-elected, 57.53% | Leonard A. Rosing (Democratic) 36.68% Charles Scanlon (Prohibition) 2.13% Thomas J. Meighen (People's) 1.78% Thomas Van Lear (Socialist Labor) 0.95% Jay E. Nash (Socialist) 0.93% [14] | |
| Nebraska | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John H. Mickey (Republican) 49.54% William H. Thompson (Democratic) 46.79% George Bigelow (Socialist) 1.93% Samuel T. Davies (Prohibition) 1.74% [15] | ||
| Nevada | Silver | Retired, Silver victory | John Sparks (Silver-Democrat) 57.78% Abner Coburn Cleveland (Republican) 42.22% [16] | ||
| New Hampshire | Republican | Nahum J. Bachelder (Republican) 53.19% Henry F. Hollis (Democratic) 42.75% John C. Berry (Prohibition) 2.05% Michael H. O'Neil (Socialist) 1.34% Alonzo Elliott (Independent) 0.59% George Howie (Allied People's) 0.07% Scattering 0.01% [17] | |||
| New York | Benjamin Odell | Republican | Re-elected, 48.09% | Bird Sim Coler (Democratic) 47.45% Ben Hanford (Social Democrat) 1.69% Alfred L. Manierre (Prohibition) 1.48% Daniel De Leon (Socialist Labor) 1.15% Edgar L. Ryder (Liberal Democrat) 0.14% [18] | |
| North Dakota | Frank White | Republican | Re-elected, 62.68% | J. Cronan (Democratic) 34.85% Robert Grant (Independent) 2.47% [19] | |
| Oregon (held, 2 June 1902) | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Democratic victory | George Earle Chamberlain (Democratic) 46.17% William J. Furnish (Republican) 45.90% R. Ryan (Socialist) 4.09% A. J. Hunsaker (Prohibition) 3.84% [20] | ||
| Pennsylvania | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Samuel W. Pennypacker (Republican) 54.20% Robert Emory Pattison (Democratic) 41.19% Silas C. Swallow (Prohibition) 2.13% John W. Slayton (Socialist) 2.00% William Adams (Socialist Labor) 0.47% Scattering 0.01% [21] | ||
| Rhode Island | Republican | Defeated, 41.04% | Lucius F. C. Garvin (Democratic) 53.99% William E. Brightman (Prohibition) 2.83% Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 2.15% [22] | ||
| South Carolina | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Duncan Clinch Heyward (Democratic) 100.00% [23] (Democratic primary run-off results) Duncan Clinch Heyward 55.58% William Jasper Talbert 44.42% [24] | ||
| South Dakota | Charles N. Herreid | Republican | Re-elected, 64.72% | John W. Martin (Democratic) 28.73% John C. Crawford (Socialist) 3.53% H. H. Curtis (Prohibition) 3.02% [25] | |
| Tennessee | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | James B. Frazier (Democratic) 61.79% H. Campbell (Republican) 36.84% R. S. Cheves (Prohibition) 1.37% [26] | ||
| Texas | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Samuel W. T. Lanham (Democratic) 74.92% George W. Burkett (Republican) 18.30% J. M. Mallett (Populist) 3.45% George W. Carroll (Prohibition) 2.43% Scattering 0.91% [27] [28] | ||
| Vermont (held, 2 September 1902) | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John Griffith McCullough (Republican) 45.56% Percival Wood Clement (Local Option) 40.33% Felix W. McGettrick (Democratic) 10.53% Joel O. Sherbune (Prohibition) 3.57% Scattering 0.01% [29] (General Assembly result) √ John Griffith McCullough (Republican) 164 Percival Wood Clement (Local Option) 59 Felix W. McGettrick (Democratic) 45 | ||
| Wisconsin | Robert M. LaFollette | Republican | Re-elected, 52.89% | David Stuart Rose (Democratic) 39.88% Emil Seidel (Social Democrat) 4.37% [30] | |
| Wyoming | DeForest Richards | Republican | Re-elected, 57.81% | George T. Beck (Democratic) 39.99% Henry Breitenstein (Socialist) 2.20% [31] |