| Election Name: | 1914 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1912 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1913 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1913 |
| Next Election: | 1915 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1915 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 31 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1914 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 30 |
| Seats After1: | 29 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| 1Data1: | 17 |
| 2Data1: | 16 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 16 |
| Seats After2: | 18 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| 1Data2: | 12 |
| 2Data2: | 14 |
| Party4: | Progressive |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| 1Data4: | 2 |
| 2Data4: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1914, in 31 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 3, 1914 (except for Arkansas and Maine, where they were held on September 14, and Georgia, where they were held on October 7).
In Arizona, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, having been elected to an inaugural three-year term at the first election in 1911. In Vermont, the gubernatorial election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in September. In Arkansas and Georgia, the gubernatorial election was held in September and October, respectively, for the last time, moving to the same day as federal elections from the 1916 elections.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Charles Henderson (Democratic) 83.89% John B. Shields (Republican) 16.11% [1] | ||
| Arizona | George W. P. Hunt | Democratic | Re-elected, 49.46% | Ralph Henry Cameron (Republican) 34.51% George U. Young (Progressive) 10.21% J. R. Barnette (Socialist) 5.83% [2] | |
| Arkansas (held, 14 September 1914) | George W. Hays | Democratic | Re-elected, 69.47% | Audrey L. Kinney (Republican) 22.84% Dan Hogan (Socialist) 7.70% [3] | |
| California | Hiram W. Johnson | Progressive | Re-elected, 49.69% | John D. Fredericks (Republican) 29.35% John Barry Curtin (Democratic) 12.53% Noble A. Richardson (Socialist) 5.47% Clinton P. Moore (Prohibition) 2.95% [4] | |
| Colorado | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | George A. Carlson (Republican) 48.67% Thomas M. Patterson (Democratic) 34.17% Edward P. Costigan (Progressive) 12.41% Abraham Marions (Socialist) 3.97% L. D. Hosman (Socialist Labor) 0.78% [5] | ||
| Connecticut | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Marcus H. Holcomb (Republican) 50.39% Lyman T. Tingier (Democratic) 40.80% W. Fisher (Progressive) 4.43% Samuel E. Beardsley (Socialist) 3.27% Duane N. Griffin (Prohibition) 0.76% Charles B. Wells (Socialist Labor) 0.35% [6] | ||
| Georgia (held, 7 October 1914) | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Nathaniel E. Harris (Democratic) 100.00% [7] (Democratic primary results) Nathaniel E. Harris 44.23% Lamartine Griffin Hardman 35.62% J. Randolph Anderson 20.14% [8] | ||
| Idaho | Republican | Defeated, 37.39% | Moses Alexander (Democratic) 44.13% Hugh E. McElroy (Progressive) 9.81% L. A. Coblentz (Socialist) 7.38% Scattering 1.29% [9] | ||
| Iowa | George W. Clarke | Republican | Re-elected, 49.31% | John Taylor Hamilton (Democratic) 42.94% George C. White (Progressive) 3.98% Oliver C. Wilson (Socialist) 2.14% Malcolm Smith (Prohibition) 1.62% [10] | |
| Kansas | Democratic | Defeated, 30.61% | Arthur Capper (Republican) 39.67% Henry Justin Allen (Progressive) 15.91% Julius B. Billard (Independent) 8.94% Milo M. Mitchell (Socialist) 3.86% Sials W. Bond (Prohibition) 1.01% [11] | ||
| Maine (held, 14 September 1914) | Republican | Defeated, 41.57% | Oakley C. Curtis (Democratic) 43.82% Halbert P. Gardner (Progressive) 12.87% Percy F. Morse (Socialist) 1.33% Frederick A. Shepherd (Prohibition) 0.42% [12] | ||
| Massachusetts | David I. Walsh | Democratic | Re-elected, 45.93% | Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 43.35% Joseph H. Walker (Progressive) 7.02% Samuel C. Roberts (Socialist) 2.08% Alfred H. Evans (Prohibition) 1.15% Arthur Elmer Reimer (Socialist Labor) 0.48% [13] | |
| Michigan | Woodbridge N. Ferris | Democratic | Re-elected, 48.15% | Chase S. Osborn (Republican) 40.02% Henry R. Pattengill (Progressive) 8.34% James Hoogerhyde (Socialist) 2.51% Charles N. Eayrs (Prohibition) 0.87% Herman Richter (Socialist Labor) 0.11% [14] | |
| Minnesota | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Democratic victory | Winfield Scott Hammond (Democratic) 45.54% William E. Lee (Republican) 41.87% Willis Greenleaf Calderwood (Prohibition) 5.41% Thomas J. Lewis (Socialist) 5.02% Herbert Johnson (Industrial Labor) 1.13% Hugh T. Halbert (Progressive) 1.04% [15] | ||
| Nebraska | John H. Morehead | Democratic | Re-elected, 50.35% | Robert B. Howell (Republican) 42.41% Harry E. Sackett (Progressive) 3.63% George C. Porter (Socialist) 2.41% Nathan Wilson (Prohibition) 1.20% [16] | |
| Nevada | Republican | Defeated, 39.61% | Emmet D. Boyle (Democratic) 44.65% W. A. Morgan (Socialist) 15.74% [17] | ||
| New Hampshire | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Rolland H. Spaulding (Republican) 55.18% Albert W. Noone (Democratic) 40.04% Henry D. Allison (Progressive) 3.06% John P. Burke (Socialist) 1.69% Scattering 0.03% [18] | ||
| New York | Democratic | Defeated, 37.59% | Charles S. Whitman (Republican) 47.69% William Sulzer (American/Prohibition) 8.77% Frederick M. Davenport (Progressive) 3.17% Gustave A. Strebel (Socialist) 2.63% James T. Hunter (Socialist Labor) 0.16% [19] | ||
| North Dakota | Louis B. Hanna | Republican | Re-elected, 49.58% | Frank O. Hellstrom (Democratic) 38.91% J. A. Williams (Socialist) 6.74% Hans H. Aaker (Prohibition) 4.77% [20] | |
| Ohio | Democratic | Defeated, 43.73% | Frank B. Willis (Republican) 46.32% James Rudolph Garfield (Progressive) 5.39% Scott Wilkins (Socialist) 4.56% [21] | ||
| Oklahoma | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Robert L. Williams (Democratic) 39.65% John Fields (Republican) 37.81% Fred W. Holt (Socialist) 20.78% John P. Hickam (Progressive) 1.65% Amos L. Wilson (Independent) 0.08% T. J. Woods (Independent) 0.04% [22] | ||
| Oregon | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | James Withycombe (Republican) 48.80% C. J. Smith (Democratic) 38.14% W. J. Smith (Socialist) 5.76% William S. U'Ren (Independent) 4.23% F. M. Gill (Progressive) 2.47% Will E. Purdy (Non-partisan) 0.61% [23] | ||
| Pennsylvania | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Martin G. Brumbaugh (Republican) 52.98% Vance C. McCormick (Democratic) 40.84% Joseph B. Allen (Socialist) 3.61% Matthew H. Stevenson (Prohibition) 1.57% William Draper Lewis ("Roosevelt Progressive") 0.59% Scattering 0.41% [24] | ||
| Rhode Island | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | R. Livingston Beeckman (Republican) 53.80% Patrick H. Quinn (Democratic) 41.23% Edward W. Theinert (Socialist) 2.17% F. D. Thompson (Progressive) 1.65% Ernest L. Merry (Prohibition) 0.80% Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 0.35% [25] | ||
| South Carolina | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Richard Irvine Manning III (Democratic) 99.76% R. B. Britton (Socialist) 0.24% [26] (Democratic primary run-off results) Richard Irvine Manning III 62.12% John Gardiner Richards 37.88% [27] | ||
| South Dakota | Frank M. Byrne | Republican | Re-elected, 50.07% | James W. McCarter (Democratic) 35.20% Richard Olsen Richards (Independent) 9.91% J. C. Knapp (Socialist) 2.71% C. K. Thompson (Prohibition) 2.11% [28] | |
| Tennessee | Republican | Defeated, 45.80% | Thomas C. Rye (Democratic) 53.55% Scattering 0.65% [29] | ||
| Texas | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | James E. Ferguson (Democratic) 81.95% E. R. Meitzen (Socialist) 11.59% John W. Philip (Republican) 5.30% F. M. Etheridge (Progressive) 0.83% K. E. Choate (Socialist Labor) 0.32% Scattering 0.01% [30] (Democratic primary results) James E. Ferguson 55.31% Thomas Henry Ball 44.69% [31] | ||
| Vermont | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Charles Winslow Gates (Republican) 59.51% Harland Bradley Howe (Democratic) 26.06% Walter J. Aldrich (Progressive) 11.22% Clement F. Smith (Prohibition) 1.73% William R. Rowland (Socialist) 1.45% Scattering 0.04% [32] | ||
| Wisconsin | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Emanuel L. Philipp (Republican) 43.26% John C. Karel (Democratic) 36.72% John J. Blaine (Independent Progressive) 10.01% Oscar T. Ameringer (Social Democrat) 7.96% David W. Emerson (Prohibition) 1.93% John Vierthaler (Socialist Labor) 0.11% Scattering 0.01% [33] | ||
| Wyoming | Progressive | Retired, Democratic victory | John B. Kendrick (Democratic) 51.61% Hilliard S. Ridgely (Republican) 44.20% Paul J. Paulson (Socialist) 4.19% [34] |