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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1906, in 28 states, concurrent with theHouse andSenate elections, on November 6, 1906 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon and Vermont, which held early elections).
InIowa, the gubernatorial election was held in an even-numbered year for the first time, having previously been held in odd-numbered years. The previous election in this state took place in1903.
InOregon, the gubernatorial election was held in June for the last time, moving tothe same day as federal elections from the1910 elections.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | William D. Jelks | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Braxton Bragg Comer (Democratic) 85.48% Asa E. Stratton (Republican) 13.94% J. N. Abbott (Socialist) 0.58% [1] |
| Arkansas (held, 3 September 1906) | Jeff Davis | Democratic | Retired torun for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | John S. Little (Democratic) 69.12% John I. Worthington (Republican) 27.29% John G. Adams (Prohibition) 2.16% Dan Hogan (Socialist) 1.43% [2] |
| California | George Pardee | Republican | Lost Republican nomination, Republican victory | James Norris Gillett (Republican) 40.35% Theodore Arlington Bell (Democratic) 37.71% William H. Langdon (Independence League) 14.43% Austin Lewis (Socialist) 5.14% James H. Blanchard (Prohibition) 2.36% Scattering 0.01% [3] |
| Colorado | Jesse Fuller McDonald | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Henry A. Buchtel (Republican) 45.59% Alva Adams (Democratic) 36.63% Ben B. Lindsey (Independent) 8.87% William D. Haywood (Socialist) 7.88% Frank C. Chamberlain (Prohibition) 1.03% [4] |
| Connecticut | Henry Roberts | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Rollin S. Woodruff (Republican) 54.83% Charles Frederick Thayer (Democratic) 42.05% Ernest D. Hull (Socialist) 1.82% Matthew E. O'Brien (Prohibition) 1.13% Charles F. Roberts (Socialist Labor) 0.17% [5] |
| Georgia (held, 3 October 1906) | Joseph M. Terrell | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | M. Hoke Smith (Democratic) 99.84% J. B. Osburn (Socialist) 0.16% [6] (Democratic primary results) √M. Hoke Smith def. Clark Howell John H. Estill Richard B. Russell James M. Smith G. A. Nunnally[7][8][9] [data missing] |
| Idaho | Frank R. Gooding | Republican | Re-elected, 52.18% | Charles O. Stockslager (Democratic) 40.09% Thomas F. Kelley (Socialist) 6.32% Scattering 1.41% [10] |
| Iowa | Albert B. Cummins | Republican | Re-elected, 50.18% | Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 45.36% Lorenzo S. Coggin (Prohibition) 2.28% John E. Shank (Socialist) 2.02% J. R. Norman (People's) 0.08% Andrew Townsend Hisey (Secular Government) 0.08% [11] |
| Kansas | Edward W. Hoch | Republican | Re-elected, 48.24% | William A. Harris Jr. (Democratic) 47.57% J. B. Cook (Prohibition) 2.42% Harry Gilham (Socialist) 1.41% Horace A. Keefer (Populist) 0.36% [12] |
| Maine (held, 10 September 1906) | William T. Cobb | Republican | Re-elected, 52.00% | Cyrus W. Davis (Democratic) 45.96% Charles L. Fox (Socialist) 1.16% Henry Woodward (Prohibition) 0.85% Scattering 0.03% [13] |
| Massachusetts | Curtis Guild Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 51.96% | John B. Moran (Democratic/Independence League/Prohibition) 44.90% James F. Carey (Socialist) 1.85% Gamaliel Bradford (Reform) 0.77% William H. Carroll (Socialist Labor) 0.51% Scattering 0.01% [14] |
| Michigan | Fred M. Warner | Republican | Re-elected, 60.88% | Charles H. Kimmerle (Democratic) 34.78% R. Clark Reed (Prohibition) 2.45% James E. Walker (Socialist) 1.59% Herman Richter (Socialist Labor) 0.31% [15] |
| Minnesota | John Albert Johnson | Democratic | Re-elected, 60.93% | Albert L. Cole (Republican) 34.78% Charles W. Dorsett (Prohibition) 2.61% O. E. Lofthus (Public Ownership) 1.68% [16] |
| Nebraska | John H. Mickey | Republican | [data missing] | George L. Sheldon (Republican) 51.27% Ashton C. Shallenberger (Democratic)[c] 44.48% Harry T. Sutton (Prohibition) 2.68% Elisha Taylor (Socialist) 1.57% [17] |
| Nevada | John Sparks | Silver-Democrat | Re-elected, 58.54% | Jason F. Mitchell (Republican) 35.96% Thomas B. Casey (Socialist) 5.49% [18] |
| New Hampshire | John McLane | Republican | [data missing] | Charles M. Floyd (Republican) 49.79% Nathan C. Jameson (Democratic) 46.22% Edmund B. Tetley (Prohibition) 2.71% W. H. McFall (Socialist) 1.24% Winston Churchill (Independent) 0.04% Scattering 0.01% [19] |
| New York | Frank W. Higgins | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) 50.52% William Randolph Hearst (Democratic/Independence League) 46.62% John C. Chase (Socialist) 1.47% Henry M. Randall (Prohibition) 1.08% Thomas H. Jackson (Socialist Labor) 0.31% [20] |
| North Dakota | Elmore Y. Sarles | Republican | Defeated, 44.22% | John Burke (Democratic) 51.94% L. F. Dow (Socialist) 1.48% Scattering 2.37% [21] |
| Oregon (held, 4 June 1906) | George Earle Chamberlain | Democratic | Re-elected, 47.56% | James Withycombe (Republican) 44.99% C. W. Barzee (Socialist) 4.62% I. H. Amos (Prohibition) 2.83% [22] |
| Pennsylvania | Samuel W. Pennypacker | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Edwin Sydney Stuart (Republican) 50.31% Lewis Emery Jr. (Democratic/Lincoln Party) 45.51% Homer L. Castle (Prohibition) 2.46% James Hudson Maurer (Socialist) 1.51% John Desmond (Socialist Labor) 0.21% [23] |
| Rhode Island | George H. Utter | Republican | Defeated, 47.94% | James H. Higgins (Democratic) 49.92% Bernan E. Helme (Prohibition) 1.07% Warren A. Carpenter (Socialist) 0.59% David J. Moran (Socialist Labor) 0.48% [24] |
| South Carolina | Duncan Clinch Heyward | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Martin Frederick Ansel (Democratic) 99.89% F. N. U. Chandler (Socialist) 0.11% [25] (Democratic primary run-off results) Martin Frederick Ansel 56.12% Richard Irvine Manning III 43.88% [26] |
| South Dakota | Samuel H. Elrod | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Coe I. Crawford (Republican) 65.32% John A. Stransky (Democratic) 26.72% Knute Lewis (Prohibition) 4.56% Freeman Knowles (Socialist) 3.41% [27] |
| Tennessee | John I. Cox | Democratic | Lost Democratic nomination, Democratic victory | Malcolm R. Patterson (Democratic) 54.42% Henry Clay Evans (Republican) 45.14% John M. Ray (Socialist) 0.44% [28] |
| Texas | S. W. T. Lanham | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Thomas M. Campbell (Democratic) 81.17% C. A. Gray (Republican) 12.94% Alex W. Atcheson (Reorganized Republican) 2.94% George C. Edwards (Socialist) 1.61% J. W. Pearson (Prohibition) 1.21% Arthur S. Dowler (Socialist Labor) 0.14% [29] |
| 'Vermont (held, 4 September 1906) | Charles J. Bell | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Fletcher D. Proctor (Republican) 60.05% Percival Wood Clement (Independent/Democratic) 38.18% Lester W. Hanson (Prohibition) 1.04% Timothy Sullivan (Socialist) 0.73% Scattering 0.01% [30] |
| Wisconsin | James O. Davidson | Republican | Re-elected, 57.36% | John A. Aylward (Democratic) 32.28% Winfield R. Gaylord (Social Democrat) 7.64% Ephraim Llewellyn Eaton (Prohibition) 2.57% Ole T. Rosaas (Socialist Labor) 0.14% Scattering 0.01% [31] |
| Wyoming | Bryant B. Brooks | Republican | Re-elected, 60.20% | Stephen A. D. Keister (Democratic) 34.85% William L.O'Neill (Socialist) 4.56% George W. Blain (Independent) 0.39% [32] |
