| Election Name: | 1908 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1908 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1907 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1907 |
| Next Election: | 1909 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1909 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 33 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1908 |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 26 |
| Seats After1: | 24 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| 1Data1: | 19 |
| 2Data1: | 21 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 19 |
| Seats After2: | 21 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| 1Data2: | 12 |
| 2Data2: | 14 |
| Party4: | Silver Party |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| 1Data4: | 0 |
| 2Data4: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1908, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 3, 1908 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont, which held early elections).
In Ohio, the gubernatorial election was held in an even-numbered year for the first time, having previously been held in odd-numbered years. The previous election in this state took place in 1905.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas (held, 14 September 1908) | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | George W. Donaghey (Democratic) 68.08% John I. Worthington (Republican) 27.66% J. Samuel Jones (Socialist) 4.18% Scattering 0.08% [1] | ||
| Colorado | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | John F. Shafroth (Democratic) 49.41% Jesse F. McDonald (Republican) 45.16% Henry Clay Darrah (Socialist) 3.03% H. L. Murray (Prohibition) 2.40% [2] | ||
| Connecticut | Republican | George L. Lilley (Republican) 51.92% A. Heaton Richardson (Democratic) 43.50% Charles T. Peach (Socialist) 2.56% Matthew E. O'Brien (Prohibition) 1.37% F. C. Albrecht (Independence) 0.33% Charles F. Roberts (Socialist Labor) 0.31% Scattering 0.01% [3] | |||
| Delaware | Republican | Simeon S. Pennewill (Republican) 51.97% Rowland G. Paynter (Democratic) 47.56% Frank Smith (Socialist) 0.47% [4] | |||
| Florida | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Albert W. Gilchrist (Democratic) 78.82% John M. Cheney (Republican) 15.40% A. J. Pettigrew (Socialist) 5.79% [5] | ||
| Georgia (held, 7 October 1908) | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | Joseph M. Brown (Democratic) 90.53% Yancy Carter (Independent) 9.47% [6] (Democratic primary results) Joseph M. Brown 52.60% M. Hoke Smith 47.40% [7] [8] [9] | ||
| Idaho | Republican | James H. Brady (Republican) 49.61% Moses Alexander (Democratic) 41.61% Ernest Untermann (Socialist) 6.38% William C. Stalker (Prohibition) 2.25% E. W. Johnson (Independence) 0.14% Scattering 0.01% [10] | |||
| Illinois | Charles Samuel Deneen | Republican | Re-elected, 47.64% | Adlai Stevenson (Democratic) 45.64% Daniel R. Sheen (Prohibition) 2.94% James H. Brower (Socialist) 2.71% George W. McCaskrin (Independence) 0.94% Gustave A. Jennings (Socialist Labor) 0.13% [11] | |
| Indiana | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Thomas R. Marshall (Democratic) 48.95% James E. Watson (Republican) 46.87% Sumner W. Haynes (Prohibition) 2.24% Frank S. Goodman (Socialist) 1.68% F. J. S. Robinson (Populist) 0.14% O. P. Stoner (Socialist Labor) 0.08% James M. Zion (Independence) 0.05% [12] | ||
| Iowa | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Beryl F. Carroll (Republican) 54.60% Fred E. White (Democratic) 41.84% K. W. Brown (Prohibition) 1.94% I. S. McCrillis (Socialist) 1.52% Luman H. Weller (Independence) 0.06% D. C. Cowles (People's) 0.05% [13] | ||
| Kansas | Republican | Walter R. Stubbs (Republican) 52.49% Jeremiah D. Botkin (Democratic) 43.33% George F. Hibner (Socialist) 3.13% Alfred L. Hope (Prohibition) 1.04% John W. Northrop (Independence) 0.02% [14] | |||
| Maine (held, 14 September 1908) | Republican | Bert M. Fernald (Republican) 51.56% Obadiah Gardner (Democratic) 46.46% James H. Ames (Prohibition) 1.00% Curtis A. Perry (Socialist) 0.99% [15] | |||
| Massachusetts | Republican | Eben S. Draper (Republican) 51.59% James H. Vahey (Democratic) 38.00% William N. Osgood (Independence) 5.22% James F. Carey (Socialist) 3.26% Williard O. Wylie (Prohibition) 1.35% Walter J. Hoar (Socialist Labor) 0.58% [16] | |||
| Michigan | Fred M. Warner | Republican | Re-elected, 48.39% | Lawton T. Hemans (Democratic) 46.63% John W. Gray (Prohibition) 2.97% Alexander M. Stirton (Socialist) 1.74% Archie McInnis (Socialist Labor) 0.16% Alva W. Nichols (Independence) 0.11% [17] | |
| Minnesota | John Albert Johnson | Democratic | Re-elected, 52.08% | Jacob F. Jacobson (Republican) 43.71% George D. Haggard (Prohibition) 2.09% Beecher Moore (Public Ownership) 1.94% William W. Allen (Independence) 0.18% [18] | |
| Missouri | Democratic | Term-limited, Republican victory | Herbert S. Hadley (Republican) 49.73% William S. Cowherd (Democratic) 47.51% William L. Garver (Socialist) 2.03% Herman P. Faris (Prohibition) 0.58% William A. Dillon (People's) 0.15% [19] | ||
| Montana | Edwin L. Norris | Democratic | Re-elected, 47.34% | Edward Donlan (Republican) 45.16% Harry Hazelton (Socialist) 7.50% [20] | |
| Nebraska | Republican | Defeated, 47.27% | Ashton C. Shallenberger (Democratic) 49.90% Roy R. Teeter (Prohibition) 1.68% C. H. Harbaugh (Socialist) 1.15% [21] | ||
| New Hampshire | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Henry B. Quinby (Republican) 50.40% Clarence E. Carr (Democratic) 46.74% Sumner F. Claflin (Socialist) 1.23% Edmund B. Tetley (Prohibition) 1.01% Walter H. Lewis (Independence) 0.58% Scattering 0.05% [22] | ||
| New York | Charles Evans Hughes | Republican | Re-elected, 49.08% | Lewis S. Chanler (Democratic) 44.84% Clarence J. Shearn (Independence) 2.64% Joshua Wanhope (Socialist) 2.07% George E. Stockwell (Prohibition) 1.15% Leander A. Armstrong (Socialist Labor) 0.22% [23] | |
| North Carolina | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | William W. Kitchin (Democratic) 57.31% J. Elwood Cox (Republican) 42.56% J. A. Transom (Socialist) 0.14% [24] | ||
| North Dakota | John Burke | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.06% | C. A. Johnson (Republican) 48.43% L. F. Dow (Independent) 0.51% [25] | |
| Ohio | Republican | Defeated, 47.47% | Judson Harmon (Democratic) 49.20% Robert Bandlow (Socialist) 2.54% John Kircher (Socialist Labor) 0.68% John B. Martin (Prohibition) 0.07% Andrew F. Otte (Independence) 0.04% [26] | ||
| Rhode Island | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Aram J. Pothier (Republican) 52.61% Olney Arnold (Democratic) 42.72% William H. Johnston (Socialist) 1.80% Louis E. Remington (Prohibition) 1.67% A. E. Mowry (Independence) 0.92% Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 0.27% [27] | ||
| South Carolina | Martin Frederick Ansel | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00% [28] | (Democratic primary results) Martin Frederick Ansel 59.89% Coleman Livingston Blease 40.11% [29] | |
| South Dakota | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Robert S. Vessey (Republican) 55.28% Andrew E. Lee (Democratic) 39.39% G. F. Knappen (Prohibition) 3.10% J. C. Knapp (Socialist) 2.23% [30] | ||
| Tennessee | Malcolm R. Patterson | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.73% | G. N. Tillman (Republican) 45.70% W.A. Weatherall (Socialist) 0.57% [31] | |
| Texas | Thomas M. Campbell | Democratic | Re-elected, 72.79% | John N. Simpson (Republican) 24.37% J. C. Rhodes (Socialist) 2.69% W. B. Cook (Socialist Labor) 0.08% E. C. Heath (Prohibition) 0.05% Charles L. Martin (Independence) 0.02% [32] | |
| Utah | Republican | William Spry (Republican) 47.45% Jesse Knight (Democratic) 38.80% John A. Street (American) 10.23% V. R. Bohman (Socialist) 3.53% [33] | |||
| Vermont (held, 1 September 1908) | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | George Herbert Prouty (Republican) 70.83% James M. Burke (Democratic) 24.78% Quimby S. Backus (Independent) 2.10% Eugene M. Campbell (Prohibition) 1.43% Joseph H. Dunbar (Socialist) 0.85% Scattering 0.02% [34] | ||
| Washington | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove (Republican) 62.38% John Pattison (Democratic) 32.91% George Ellsworth Boomer (Socialist) 2.72% Arthur S. Caton (Prohibition) 1.99% [35] | ||
| West Virginia | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | William Ellsworth Glasscock (Republican) 50.70% Louis Bennett (Democratic) 46.09% E. W. Miller (Independent) 1.93% I. W. Houston (Socialist) 1.28% [36] | ||
| Wisconsin | James O. Davidson | Republican | Re-elected, 54.03% | John A. Aylward (Democratic) 36.91% H. D. Brown (Social Democrat) 6.36% Winfield D. Cox (Prohibition) 2.62% Herman Bottema (Socialist Labor) 0.09% [37] |