| Election Name: | 1910 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1908 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1909 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1909 |
| Next Election: | 1911 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1911 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 31 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 8, 1910 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 19 |
| Seats After1: | 25 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| 1Data1: | 11 |
| 2Data1: | 17 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 26 |
| Seats After2: | 21 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| 1Data2: | 19 |
| 2Data2: | 14 |
| Party4: | Silver Party |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 0 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| 1Data4: | 1 |
| 2Data4: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held 31 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 8, 1910 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont, which held early elections).
In Oregon, the gubernatorial election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in June.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Emmet O'Neal (Democratic) 80.18% Joseph O. Thompson (Republican) 19.82% [1] | ||
| Arkansas (held, September 12, 1910) | George W. Donaghey | Democratic | Re-elected, 67.44% | Andrew I. Roland (Republican) 26.46% Dan Hogan (Socialist) 6.10% [2] | |
| California | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Hiram W. Johnson (Republican) 45.94% Theodore Arlington Bell (Democratic) 40.14% J. Stitt Wilson (Socialist) 12.40% Simeon P. Meads (Prohibition) 1.51% Scattering 0.02% [3] | ||
| Colorado | John F. Shafroth | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.04% | John B. Stephen (Republican) 43.48% Henry W. Pinkham (Socialist) 3.49% Phideliah A. Rice (Prohibition) 1.67% George Anderson (Socialist Labor) 0.33% [4] | |
| Connecticut | Republican | Simeon E. Baldwin (Democratic) 46.48% Charles A. Goodwin (Republican) 44.25% Robert Hunter (Socialist) 7.33% Emil L. G. Hohenthal (Prohibition) 1.22% Frederick Fellerman (Socialist Labor) 0.73% [5] | |||
| Georgia (held, October 5, 1910) | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary,[6] [7] ran as an independent, defeated | M. Hoke Smith (Democratic) 82.48% Joseph M. Brown (Independent Democrat) 17.44% C. O. Brown (Socialist) 0.08% [8] [9] [10] (Democratic primary results) M. Hoke Smith 51.10% Joseph M. Brown 48.90% [11] | ||
| Idaho | Republican | Defeated, 46.38% | James H. Hawley (Democratic) 47.42% S. W. Motley (Socialist) 6.20% [12] | ||
| Iowa | Beryl F. Carroll | Republican | Re-elected, 49.81% | Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 45.37% A. MacEachron (Prohibition) 2.48% John M. Work (Socialist) 2.35% [13] | |
| Kansas | Walter R. Stubbs | Republican | Re-elected, 49.76% | George H. Hodges (Democratic) 44.80% S. M. Stallard (Socialist) 4.72% William C. Cady (Prohibition) 0.73% [14] | |
| Maine (held, September 12, 1910) | Republican | Defeated, 45.86% | Frederick W. Plaisted (Democratic) 52.01% Robert V. Hunter (Socialist) 1.16% James H. Ames (Prohibition) 0.92% Scattering 0.05% [15] | ||
| Massachusetts | Republican | Defeated, 44.05% | Eugene Foss (Democratic) 52.03% Dan White (Socialist) 2.59% John A. Nicholls (Prohibition) 0.74% Moritz E. Ruther (Socialist Labor) 0.59% Scattering 0.01% [16] | ||
| Michigan | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Chase S. Osborn (Republican) 52.85% Lawton T. Hemans (Democratic) 41.63% Joseph Warnock (Socialist) 2.60% Fred W. Corbett (Prohibition) 2.60% Herman Richter (Socialist Labor) 0.31% [17] | ||
| Minnesota | Adolph O. Eberhart | Republican | Re-elected, 55.73% | James Gray Sr. (Democratic) 35.23% George E. Barrett (Public Ownership) 3.79% Jergen F. Heiberg (Prohibition) 3.04% Carl W. Brandborg (Socialist Labor) 2.21% [18] | |
| Nebraska | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory | Chester H. Aldrich (Republican) 51.90% James C. Dahlman (Democratic) 45.45% Clyde J. Wright (Socialist) 2.65% [19] | ||
| Nevada | Silver-Democrat | Ran as a Democrat, defeated | Tasker L. Oddie (Republican) 50.59% Denver S. Dickerson (Democratic) 42.66% Henry F. Gegax (Socialist) 6.75% [20] | ||
| New Hampshire | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Robert P. Bass (Republican) 53.36% Clarence E. Carr (Democratic) 44.84% Ash Warren Drew (Socialist) 1.31% John C. Berry (Prohibition) 0.49% Scattering 0.01% [21] | ||
| New Jersey | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) 53.93% Vivian M. Lewis (Republican) 42.61% Wilson B. Killingbeck (Socialist) 2.34% C. F. Repp (Prohibition) 0.65% John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.47% [22] | ||
| New York | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | John Alden Dix (Democratic) 48.00% Henry Lewis Stimson (Republican) 43.31% Charles Edward Russell (Socialist) 3.38% John J. Hopper (Independence League) 3.37% T. Alexander MacNicholl (Prohibition) 1.55% Frank E. Passanno (Socialist Labor) 0.40% [23] | ||
| North Dakota | John Burke | Democratic | Re-elected, 49.96% | C. A. Johnson (Republican) 47.36% I. S. Lampman (Socialist) 2.68% [24] | |
| Ohio | Judson Harmon | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.61% | Warren G. Harding (Republican) 40.75% Tom Clifford (Socialist) 6.56% Henry A. Thompson (Prohibition) 0.77% J. R. Malley (Socialist Labor) 0.32% [25] | |
| Oklahoma | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Lee Cruce (Democratic) 48.56% J. W. McNeal (Republican) 40.23% J. T. Cumbie (Socialist) 9.91% George E. Rouch (Prohibition) 1.30% [26] | ||
| Oregon | Republican | Defeated, 41.42% | Oswald West (Democratic) 46.61% W. S. Richards (Socialist) 6.83% A. E. Eaton (Prohibition) 5.14% [27] | ||
| Pennsylvania | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | John Kinley Tener (Republican) 41.63% William H. Berry (Keystone Party) 38.27% Webster Grim (Democratic) 12.96% John W. Slayton (Socialist) 5.31% Madison F. Larkin (Prohibition) 1.75% George G. Anton (Industrialist) 0.08% [28] | ||
| Rhode Island | Aram J. Pothier | Republican | Re-elected, 49.60% | Lewis A. Waterman (Democratic) 47.91% Nathaniel C. Greene (Prohibition) 1.48% Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 1.01% [29] | |
| South Carolina | Democratic | Coleman Livingston Blease (Democratic) 99.77% F. N. U. Thompson (Socialist) 0.23% [30] Democratic primary run-off results Coleman Livingston Blease 52.64% Claudius Cyprian Featherstone 47.36% [31] [32] | |||
| South Dakota | Robert S. Vessey | Republican | Re-elected, 58.35% | Chauncey L. Wood (Democratic) 35.90% O. W. Butterfield (Prohibition) 4.26% M. G. Opsahl (Independent) 1.49% [33] | |
| Tennessee | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Ben W. Hooper (Republican) 51.89% Robert L. Taylor (Democratic) 47.45% Seth McCallen (Socialist) 0.67% [34] | ||
| Texas | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Oscar Branch Colquitt (Democratic) 79.79% J. O. Terrell (Republican) 11.97% Reddin Andrews Jr. (Socialist) 5.27% Andrew Jackson Houston (Prohibition) 2.77% Carl Schmidt (Socialist Labor) 0.20% [35] | ||
| Vermont (held, September 6, 1910) | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John Abner Mead (Republican) 64.20% Charles D. Watson (Democratic) 31.72% Chester E. Ordway (Socialist) 1.92% Edwin R. Towle (Prohibition) 1.90% Scattering 0.26% [36] | ||
| Wisconsin | Republican | Francis E. McGovern (Republican) 50.58% Adolph H. Schmitz (Democratic) 34.57% William A. Jacobs (Social Democrat) 12.38% Byron E. Van Keuren (Prohibition) 2.33% Fred G. Kremer (Socialist Labor) 0.14% Scattering 0.01% [37] | |||
| Wyoming | Republican | Joseph M. Carey (Democratic) 55.60% W. E. Mullen (Republican) 40.17% W. W. Paterson (Socialist) 4.23% [38] |
Book: Grantham, Dewey W. . Hoke Smith and the Politics of the New South . Louisiana State University Press . Baton Rouge . 1958 . 9780807101186 .