1905 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 1905, in four states. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts and Rhode Island at this time held gubernatorial elections every year. They would abandon in 1920 and 1912, respectively.

1905 United States gubernatorial elections

← 1904 November 7, 1905 1906 →

4 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 26[a] 18
Seats after 26 18
Seat change Steady Steady
Seats up 2 2
Seats won 2 2

  Third party
 
Party Silver
Seats before 1
Seats after 1
Seat change Steady
Seats up 0
Seats won 0

1905 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1905 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1905 Ohio gubernatorial election1905 Virginia gubernatorial election
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

In Ohio, following a 1905 amendment to the constitution which moved the election schedule, the governor's term was lengthened to three years. Elections would be held in even-numbered years from the 1908 elections.

Results

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State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Massachusetts William L. Douglas Democratic Retired, Republican victory Curtis Guild Jr. (Republican) 50.46%
Charles W. Bartlett (Democratic) 44.70%
James F. Carey (Socialist) 3.29%
Willard O. Wylie (Prohibition) 0.84%
William H. Carroll (Socialist Labor) 0.71%
[1]
Ohio Myron T. Herrick Republican Defeated, 45.98% John M. Pattison (Democratic) 50.53%
Isaac Cowan (Socialist) 1.90%
Aaron S. Watkins (Prohibition) 1.40%
John E. Seitger (Socialist Labor) 0.19%
[2]
Rhode Island George H. Utter Republican Re-elected, 53.30% Lucius F. C. Garvin (Democratic) 43.95%
Bernan E. Helme (Prohibition) 1.50%
Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 0.63%
Warren A. Carpenter (Socialist) 0.62%
[3]
Virginia Andrew Jackson Montague Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Claude Augustus Swanson (Democratic) 64.51%
Lunsford L. Lewis (Republican) 35.09%
B. D. Downey (Socialist Labor) 0.35%
Scattering 0.06%
[4]

References

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  1. ^ "MA Governor, 1905". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "OH Governor, 1905". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "RI Governor, 1905". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "VA Governor, 1905". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 5, 2019.

Notes

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  1. ^ The Colorado legislature removed Colorado Governor Alva Adams (D) from office in March 1905 over alleged electoral fraud, replacing him with James Hamilton Peabody (R) on condition he immediately resign, whereupon he was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Jesse Fuller McDonald (R).