1919 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1919, in six states. Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Mississippi held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years, which it would abandon in 1949. This was the last time Massachusetts elected its governors to a single-year term, switching to two years from the 1920 election.

1919 United States gubernatorial elections
November 4, 1919;
April 20, 1920 (LA)
6 state governorships
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Prohibition
Last election 26 governorships 21 governorships 1 governorship
Seats before 27[lower-alpha 1] 20 1
Seats after 27 20 1
Seat change
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

Results
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing Candidates
KentuckyJames D. BlackDemocraticDefeated, 45.29%Edwin P. Morrow (Republican) 53.82%
G. D. Becker (Socialist) 0.89%
[1]
Louisiana
(Held, 20 April 1920)
Ruffin PleasantDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJohn Milliken Parker (Democratic) 97.47%
J. Stewart Thompson (Republican) 2.53%
[2]
(Democratic primary results)
John Milliken Parker 54.28%
Frank P. Stubbs 45.72%
[3]
MarylandEmerson HarringtonDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryAlbert C. Ritchie (Democratic) 49.06%
Harry Whinna Nice (Republican) 48.99%
Arthur L. Blessing (Socialist) 1.22%
Robert W. Stevens (Labor) 0.73%[4]
MassachusettsCalvin CoolidgeRepublicanRe-elected, 60.94%Richard H. Long (Democratic) 36.95%
William A. King (Socialist) 1.35%
Ingvar Paulsen (Socialist Labor) 0.45%
Charles B. Ernst (Prohibition) 0.32%
[5]
MississippiTheodore G. BilboDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryLee M. Russell (Democratic) 96.96%
J. T. Lester (Socialist) 3.04%
[6]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Lee M. Russell 52.67%
Oscar Goodbar Johnston 47.33%
[7]
New JerseyWilliam Nelson RunyonRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Democratic victoryEdward I. Edwards (Democratic) 49.20%
Newton A. K. Bugbee (Republican) 45.92%
Albert Farr (Socialist) 2.49%
Charles E. Lane (National Prohibition) 1.38%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.73%
Mark M. Denterfass (Single Tax) 0.28%
[8]

References
  1. "KY Governor, 1919". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. "LA Governor, 1920". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  3. "LA Governor, 1920 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  4. "MD Governor, 1919". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  5. "MA Governor, 1919". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  6. "MS Governor, 1919". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  7. "MS Governor, 1919 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  8. "NJ Governor, 1919". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

Notes
  1. Louis Folwell Hart (R) succeeded Washington Governor Ernest Lister (D) upon his resignation in February 1919.


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