| Election Name: | 1911 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1908 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1910 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1910 |
| Next Election: | 1912 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1912 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 8 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1911; December 12, 1911 (AZ); April 16, 1912 (LA) |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 25 |
| Seats After1: | 27 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| 1Data1: | 4 |
| 2Data1: | 6 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 21 |
| Seats After2: | 21 |
| 1Data2: | 2 |
| 2Data2: | 2 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
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.
| 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% [1] | |||
| Kentucky | 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) | 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 | 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 | 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] |