1907 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
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The 1907 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on September 17, 1907, and was the inaugural race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Charles N. Haskell defeated Republican Frank Frantz, the territorial governor. Also on the ballot was C. C. Ross of the Socialist Party.[1]
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September 17, 1907
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 County results Haskell: 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% 70â80% 80â90% Frantz: 40â50% 50â60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Oklahoma joined the Union as the 46th state on November 16, 1907. Haskell and all other new state officers elected at this general election took office on that date.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles N. Haskell | 134,162 | 53.58% | ||
| Republican | Frank Frantz (incumbent) | 106,507 | 42.53% | ||
| Socialist | C. C. Ross | 9,740 | 3.89% | ||
| Majority | 27,655 | 11.04% | |||
| Total votes | 250,409 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | |||||
Results by county
After this election, neither Muskogee County nor Sequoyah County would vote for a Republican again until 2010.
| County[2] | Charles N. Haskell Democratic |
Frank Frantz Republican |
C. C. Ross Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 922 | 56.01% | 718 | 43.62% | 6 | 0.36% | 204 | 12.39% | 1,646 |
| Alfalfa | 1,323 | 42.09% | 1,698 | 54.02% | 122 | 3.88% | -375 | -11.93% | 3,143 |
| Atoka | 1,261 | 57.06% | 851 | 38.51% | 98 | 4.43% | 410 | 18.55% | 2,210 |
| Beaver | 1,245 | 48.09% | 1,235 | 47.70% | 109 | 4.21% | 10 | 0.39% | 2,589 |
| Beckham | 2,010 | 66.96% | 778 | 25.92% | 214 | 7.13% | 1,232 | 41.04% | 3,002 |
| Blaine | 1,469 | 43.49% | 1,735 | 51.36% | 174 | 5.15% | -266 | -7.87% | 3,378 |
| Bryan | 2,923 | 66.12% | 1,234 | 27.91% | 264 | 5.97% | 1,689 | 38.20% | 4,421 |
| Caddo | 3,161 | 50.69% | 2,873 | 46.07% | 202 | 3.24% | 288 | 4.62% | 6,236 |
| Canadian | 2,102 | 52.72% | 1,790 | 44.90% | 95 | 2.38% | 312 | 7.83% | 3,987 |
| Carter | 2,672 | 59.82% | 1,543 | 34.54% | 252 | 5.64% | 1,129 | 25.27% | 4,467 |
| Cherokee | 1,248 | 51.27% | 1,161 | 47.70% | 25 | 1.03% | 87 | 3.57% | 2,434 |
| Choctaw | 1,554 | 54.95% | 1,167 | 41.27% | 107 | 3.78% | 387 | 13.68% | 2,828 |
| Cimarron | 540 | 56.25% | 397 | 41.35% | 23 | 2.40% | 143 | 14.90% | 960 |
| Cleveland | 1,853 | 56.95% | 1,188 | 36.51% | 213 | 6.55% | 665 | 20.44% | 3,254 |
| Coal | 1,377 | 59.12% | 705 | 30.27% | 247 | 10.61% | 672 | 28.85% | 2,329 |
| Comanche | 3,133 | 53.44% | 2,538 | 43.29% | 192 | 3.27% | 595 | 10.15% | 5,863 |
| Craig | 1,671 | 52.60% | 1,479 | 46.55% | 27 | 0.85% | 192 | 6.04% | 3,177 |
| Creek | 1,302 | 44.27% | 1,551 | 52.74% | 88 | 2.99% | -249 | -8.47% | 2,941 |
| Custer | 1,930 | 53.40% | 1,523 | 42.14% | 161 | 4.45% | 407 | 11.26% | 3,614 |
| Delaware | 1,003 | 62.03% | 589 | 36.43% | 25 | 1.55% | 414 | 25.60% | 1,617 |
| Dewey | 1,179 | 44.36% | 1,137 | 42.78% | 342 | 12.87% | 42 | 1.58% | 2,658 |
| Ellis | 1,326 | 48.08% | 1,328 | 48.15% | 104 | 3.77% | -2 | -0.07% | 2,758 |
| Garfield | 2,219 | 39.41% | 3,237 | 57.49% | 175 | 3.11% | -1,018 | -18.08% | 5,631 |
| Garvin | 2,772 | 68.18% | 1,239 | 30.47% | 55 | 1.35% | 1,533 | 37.70% | 4,066 |
| Grady | 2,981 | 69.42% | 1,243 | 28.95% | 70 | 1.63% | 1,738 | 40.48% | 4,294 |
| Grant | 1,799 | 49.76% | 1,729 | 47.83% | 87 | 2.41% | 70 | 1.94% | 3,615 |
| Greer | 2,151 | 67.47% | 864 | 27.10% | 173 | 5.43% | 1,287 | 40.37% | 3,188 |
| Harper | 729 | 46.88% | 735 | 47.27% | 91 | 5.85% | -6 | -0.39% | 1,555 |
| Haskell | 1,804 | 56.13% | 1,319 | 41.04% | 91 | 2.83% | 485 | 15.09% | 3,214 |
| Hughes | 1,965 | 59.37% | 1,256 | 37.95% | 89 | 2.69% | 709 | 21.42% | 3,310 |
| Jackson | 2,143 | 75.43% | 604 | 21.26% | 94 | 3.31% | 1,539 | 54.17% | 2,841 |
| Jefferson | 1,543 | 69.85% | 594 | 26.89% | 72 | 3.26% | 949 | 42.96% | 2,209 |
| Johnston | 1,944 | 66.71% | 757 | 25.98% | 213 | 7.31% | 1,187 | 40.73% | 2,914 |
| Kay | 2,651 | 50.02% | 2,562 | 48.34% | 87 | 1.64% | 89 | 1.68% | 5,300 |
| Kingfisher | 1,688 | 42.35% | 2,204 | 55.29% | 94 | 2.36% | -516 | -12.95% | 3,986 |
| Kiowa | 2,610 | 61.14% | 1,529 | 35.82% | 130 | 3.05% | 1,081 | 25.32% | 4,269 |
| Latimer | 969 | 58.16% | 629 | 37.76% | 68 | 4.08% | 340 | 20.41% | 1,666 |
| Le Flore | 2,162 | 54.60% | 1,715 | 43.31% | 83 | 2.10% | 447 | 11.29% | 3,960 |
| Lincoln | 3,432 | 47.57% | 3,562 | 49.38% | 220 | 3.05% | -130 | -1.80% | 7,214 |
| Logan | 2,179 | 35.76% | 3,831 | 62.87% | 84 | 1.38% | -1,652 | -27.11% | 6,094 |
| Love | 1,199 | 67.47% | 491 | 27.63% | 87 | 4.90% | 708 | 39.84% | 1,777 |
| Major | 968 | 37.72% | 1,296 | 50.51% | 302 | 11.77% | -328 | -12.78% | 2,566 |
| Marshall | 1,248 | 64.56% | 467 | 24.16% | 218 | 11.28% | 781 | 40.40% | 1,933 |
| Mayes | 1,215 | 57.02% | 908 | 42.61% | 8 | 0.38% | 307 | 14.41% | 2,131 |
| McClain | 1,465 | 63.72% | 723 | 31.45% | 111 | 4.83% | 742 | 32.27% | 2,299 |
| McCurtain | 1,287 | 55.88% | 955 | 41.47% | 61 | 2.65% | 332 | 14.42% | 2,303 |
| McIntosh | 1,666 | 50.24% | 1,607 | 48.46% | 43 | 1.30% | 59 | 1.78% | 3,316 |
| Murray | 1,356 | 69.50% | 502 | 25.73% | 93 | 4.77% | 854 | 43.77% | 1,951 |
| Muskogee[a] | 3,479 | 47.46% | 3,789 | 51.68% | 63 | 0.86% | -310 | -4.23% | 7,331 |
| Noble | 1,459 | 48.41% | 1,494 | 49.57% | 61 | 2.02% | -35 | -1.16% | 3,014 |
| Nowata | 1,068 | 51.27% | 992 | 47.62% | 23 | 1.10% | 76 | 3.65% | 2,083 |
| Okfuskee | 1,125 | 51.51% | 878 | 40.20% | 181 | 8.29% | 247 | 11.31% | 2,184 |
| Oklahoma | 5,038 | 44.51% | 5,944 | 52.51% | 337 | 2.98% | -906 | -8.00% | 11,319 |
| Okmulgee | 1,287 | 43.94% | 1,502 | 51.28% | 140 | 4.78% | -215 | -7.34% | 2,929 |
| Osage | 1,693 | 54.61% | 1,357 | 43.77% | 50 | 1.61% | 336 | 10.84% | 3,100 |
| Ottawa | 1,305 | 50.33% | 1,245 | 48.01% | 43 | 1.66% | 60 | 2.31% | 2,593 |
| Pawnee | 1,714 | 49.25% | 1,599 | 45.95% | 167 | 4.80% | 115 | 3.30% | 3,480 |
| Payne | 2,261 | 49.77% | 2,093 | 46.07% | 189 | 4.16% | 168 | 3.70% | 4,543 |
| Pittsburg | 3,366 | 54.29% | 2,602 | 41.97% | 232 | 3.74% | 764 | 12.32% | 6,200 |
| Pontotoc | 2,328 | 67.93% | 855 | 24.95% | 244 | 7.12% | 1,473 | 42.98% | 3,427 |
| Pottawatomie | 4,210 | 57.26% | 2,911 | 39.59% | 232 | 3.16% | 1,299 | 17.67% | 7,353 |
| Pushmataha | 864 | 60.46% | 520 | 36.39% | 45 | 3.15% | 344 | 24.07% | 1,429 |
| Roger Mills | 1,290 | 54.09% | 854 | 35.81% | 241 | 10.10% | 436 | 18.28% | 2,385 |
| Rogers | 1,759 | 60.53% | 1,116 | 38.40% | 31 | 1.07% | 643 | 22.13% | 2,906 |
| Seminole | 1,396 | 51.92% | 1,101 | 40.94% | 192 | 7.14% | 295 | 10.97% | 2,689 |
| Sequoyah | 1,927 | 49.38% | 1,940 | 49.72% | 35 | 0.90% | -13 | -0.33% | 3,902 |
| Stephens | 2,205 | 67.93% | 710 | 21.87% | 331 | 10.20% | 1,495 | 46.06% | 3,246 |
| Texas | 1,576 | 52.27% | 1,353 | 44.88% | 86 | 2.85% | 223 | 7.40% | 3,015 |
| Tillman | 1,472 | 70.91% | 557 | 26.83% | 47 | 2.26% | 915 | 44.08% | 2,076 |
| Tulsa | 2,163 | 51.20% | 1,951 | 46.18% | 111 | 2.63% | 212 | 5.02% | 4,225 |
| Wagoner | 1,200 | 40.23% | 1,723 | 57.76% | 60 | 2.01% | -523 | -17.53% | 2,983 |
| Washington | 1,404 | 48.51% | 1,442 | 49.83% | 48 | 1.66% | -38 | -1.31% | 2,894 |
| Washita | 2,100 | 60.31% | 1,152 | 33.08% | 230 | 6.61% | 948 | 27.23% | 3,482 |
| Woods | 1,276 | 44.57% | 1,424 | 49.74% | 163 | 5.69% | -148 | -5.17% | 2,863 |
| Woodward | 1,327 | 44.61% | 1,416 | 47.60% | 232 | 7.80% | -89 | -2.99% | 2,975 |
| Totals[b] | 134,162 | 53.58% | 106,507 | 42.53% | 9,740 | 3.89% | 27,655 | 11.04% | 250,409 |
