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United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 1905, in four states.Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections inodd numbered years, every 4 years, following theUnited States presidential election year.Massachusetts andRhode Island at this time held gubernatorial elections every year. They would abandon in 1920 and 1912, respectively.
InOhio, 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 the1908 elections.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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| 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] |
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