1911 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1911, in eight states.
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November 7, 1911;
December 12, 1911 (AZ); April 16, 1912 (LA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 governorships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Results
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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| 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 | Augustus E. Willson | 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) | Jared Y. Sanders Sr. | 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 | Austin Lane Crothers | 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 | Edmond Noel | 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] |
