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The1958 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1958, and was a race forGovernor of Oklahoma.DemocratJ. Howard Edmondson defeatedRepublicanPhil Ferguson and IndependentD. A. 'Jelly' Bryce.[1]
Edmondson's landslide saw him win every county and achieve the highest share of the popular vote in any gubernatorial election in Oklahoma's history. This is one of two gubernatorial elections in Oklahoma in which the winner has carried every county.[a]
J. Howard Edmondson defeated W. P. "Bill" Atkinson in a runoff after both advanced from a crowded primary field. William O. Coe sought the Democratic nomination for the fourth consecutive election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | J. Howard Edmondson | 108,358 | 21.10% | |
| Democratic | W. P. "Bill" Atkinson | 107,616 | 20.95% | |
| Democratic | George Miskovsky | 87,766 | 17.09% | |
| Democratic | William O. Coe | 72,763 | 14.17% | |
| Democratic | Bill Doenges | 57,990 | 11.29% | |
| Democratic | Jim A. Rinehart | 39,279 | 7.65% | |
| Democratic | B. E. "Bill" Harkey | 23,362 | 4.55% | |
| Democratic | Andrew C. Wilcoxen | 12,958 | 2.52% | |
| Democratic | A. B. McDonald | 1,411 | 0.27% | |
| Democratic | Joe H. Barber | 1,294 | 0.25% | |
| Democratic | B. V. Samples | 797 | 0.16% | |
| Total votes | 538,839 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | J. Howard Edmondson | 363,742 | 69.61% | |
| Democratic | W. P. "Bill" Atkinson | 158,780 | 30.39% | |
| Total votes | 522,522 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Phil Ferguson | 31,602 | 51.37% | |
| Republican | Clarence E. Barnes | 21,075 | 34.26% | |
| Republican | Carmon C. Harris | 5,941 | 9.66% | |
| Republican | Rexford B. Cragg | 2,900 | 4.71% | |
| Total votes | 61,518 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | J. Howard Edmondson | 399,504 | 74.14% | +15.48% | |
| Republican | Phil Ferguson | 107,495 | 19.95% | −21.39% | |
| Independent | D. A. "Jelly" Bryce | 31,840 | 5.91% | ||
| Total votes | 538,839 | 100.00% | |||
| Majority | 292,009 | 54.19% | |||
| Democratichold | Swing | +36.86% | |||
Edmondson was the first Democrat to carryAlfalfa County in a gubernatorial election.
| County[5] | J. Howard Edmondson Democratic | Phil Ferguson Republican | D. A. Bryce Independent | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 3,136 | 64.93% | 1,651 | 34.18% | 43 | 0.89% | 1,485 | 30.75% | 4,830 |
| Alfalfa | 1,881 | 53.05% | 1,268 | 35.76% | 397 | 11.20% | 613 | 17.29% | 3,546 |
| Atoka | 2,068 | 85.28% | 271 | 11.18% | 86 | 3.55% | 1,797 | 74.10% | 2,425 |
| Beaver | 788 | 53.24% | 585 | 39.53% | 107 | 7.23% | 203 | 13.72% | 1,480 |
| Beckham | 2,659 | 78.93% | 537 | 15.94% | 173 | 5.14% | 2,122 | 62.99% | 3,369 |
| Blaine | 2,459 | 57.97% | 1,411 | 33.26% | 372 | 8.77% | 1,048 | 24.71% | 4,242 |
| Bryan | 4,253 | 91.40% | 352 | 7.57% | 48 | 1.03% | 3,901 | 83.84% | 4,653 |
| Caddo | 5,138 | 71.99% | 1,327 | 18.59% | 672 | 9.42% | 3,811 | 53.40% | 7,137 |
| Canadian | 5,055 | 70.09% | 1,545 | 21.42% | 612 | 8.49% | 3,510 | 48.67% | 7,212 |
| Carter | 7,364 | 88.81% | 713 | 8.60% | 215 | 2.59% | 6,651 | 80.21% | 8,292 |
| Cherokee | 3,397 | 80.25% | 792 | 18.71% | 44 | 1.04% | 2,605 | 61.54% | 4,233 |
| Choctaw | 2,544 | 91.45% | 197 | 7.08% | 41 | 1.47% | 2,347 | 84.36% | 2,782 |
| Cimarron | 758 | 67.32% | 294 | 26.11% | 74 | 6.57% | 464 | 41.21% | 1,126 |
| Cleveland | 5,734 | 75.09% | 1,258 | 16.47% | 644 | 8.43% | 4,476 | 58.62% | 7,636 |
| Coal | 1,265 | 88.65% | 123 | 8.62% | 39 | 2.73% | 1,142 | 80.03% | 1,427 |
| Comanche | 11,053 | 87.57% | 997 | 7.90% | 572 | 4.53% | 10,056 | 79.67% | 12,622 |
| Cotton | 1,625 | 85.44% | 230 | 12.09% | 47 | 2.47% | 1,395 | 73.34% | 1,902 |
| Craig | 3,264 | 72.23% | 1,120 | 24.78% | 135 | 2.99% | 2,144 | 47.44% | 4,519 |
| Creek | 6,966 | 75.32% | 1,898 | 20.52% | 385 | 4.16% | 5,068 | 54.80% | 9,249 |
| Custer | 3,025 | 71.72% | 911 | 21.60% | 282 | 6.69% | 2,114 | 50.12% | 4,218 |
| Delaware | 3,157 | 69.60% | 1,285 | 28.33% | 94 | 2.07% | 1,872 | 41.27% | 4,536 |
| Dewey | 1,557 | 63.86% | 746 | 30.60% | 135 | 5.54% | 811 | 33.26% | 2,438 |
| Ellis | 1,318 | 56.88% | 824 | 35.56% | 175 | 7.55% | 494 | 21.32% | 2,317 |
| Garfield | 10,181 | 64.06% | 4,389 | 27.62% | 1,322 | 8.32% | 5,792 | 36.45% | 15,892 |
| Garvin | 4,020 | 84.22% | 521 | 10.92% | 232 | 4.86% | 3,499 | 73.31% | 4,773 |
| Grady | 4,917 | 80.67% | 773 | 12.68% | 405 | 6.64% | 4,144 | 67.99% | 6,095 |
| Grant | 2,385 | 64.25% | 1,065 | 28.69% | 262 | 7.06% | 1,320 | 35.56% | 3,712 |
| Greer | 1,367 | 77.23% | 292 | 16.50% | 111 | 6.27% | 1,075 | 60.73% | 1,770 |
| Harmon | 972 | 90.17% | 84 | 7.79% | 22 | 2.04% | 888 | 82.37% | 1,078 |
| Harper | 742 | 51.56% | 579 | 40.24% | 118 | 8.20% | 163 | 11.33% | 1,439 |
| Haskell | 1,581 | 85.51% | 244 | 13.20% | 24 | 1.30% | 1,337 | 72.31% | 1,849 |
| Hughes | 2,865 | 86.06% | 362 | 10.87% | 102 | 3.06% | 2,503 | 75.19% | 3,329 |
| Jackson | 3,820 | 85.80% | 403 | 9.05% | 229 | 5.14% | 3,417 | 76.75% | 4,452 |
| Jefferson | 1,471 | 89.37% | 152 | 9.23% | 23 | 1.40% | 1,319 | 80.13% | 1,646 |
| Johnston | 1,812 | 89.97% | 155 | 7.70% | 47 | 2.33% | 1,657 | 82.27% | 2,014 |
| Kay | 12,126 | 70.52% | 4,201 | 24.43% | 867 | 5.04% | 7,925 | 46.09% | 17,194 |
| Kingfisher | 2,064 | 50.91% | 1,636 | 40.36% | 354 | 8.73% | 428 | 10.56% | 4,054 |
| Kiowa | 2,092 | 49.67% | 971 | 23.05% | 1,149 | 27.28% | 943[b] | 22.39% | 4,212 |
| Latimer | 1,678 | 86.05% | 235 | 12.05% | 37 | 1.90% | 1,443 | 74.00% | 1,950 |
| Le Flore | 4,859 | 84.86% | 772 | 13.48% | 95 | 1.66% | 4,087 | 71.38% | 5,726 |
| Lincoln | 5,179 | 69.15% | 1,927 | 25.73% | 384 | 5.13% | 3,252 | 43.42% | 7,490 |
| Logan | 4,199 | 64.08% | 1,614 | 24.63% | 740 | 11.29% | 2,585 | 39.45% | 6,553 |
| Love | 1,311 | 94.05% | 66 | 4.73% | 17 | 1.22% | 1,245 | 89.31% | 1,394 |
| Major | 1,294 | 50.02% | 974 | 37.65% | 319 | 12.33% | 320 | 12.37% | 2,587 |
| Marshall | 1,952 | 93.13% | 106 | 5.06% | 38 | 1.81% | 1,846 | 88.07% | 2,096 |
| Mayes | 4,603 | 73.14% | 1,524 | 24.22% | 166 | 2.64% | 3,079 | 48.93% | 6,293 |
| McClain | 2,435 | 87.56% | 235 | 8.45% | 111 | 3.99% | 2,200 | 79.11% | 2,781 |
| McCurtain | 3,913 | 92.75% | 263 | 6.23% | 43 | 1.02% | 3,650 | 86.51% | 4,219 |
| McIntosh | 2,587 | 86.29% | 366 | 12.21% | 45 | 1.50% | 2,221 | 74.08% | 2,998 |
| Murray | 2,106 | 87.13% | 213 | 8.81% | 98 | 4.05% | 1,893 | 78.32% | 2,417 |
| Muskogee | 11,596 | 84.75% | 1,840 | 13.45% | 246 | 1.80% | 9,756 | 71.31% | 13,682 |
| Noble | 2,727 | 64.18% | 1,276 | 30.03% | 246 | 5.79% | 1,451 | 34.15% | 4,249 |
| Nowata | 3,021 | 69.35% | 1,075 | 24.68% | 260 | 5.97% | 1,946 | 44.67% | 4,356 |
| Okfuskee | 2,336 | 82.40% | 357 | 12.59% | 142 | 5.01% | 1,979 | 69.81% | 2,835 |
| Oklahoma | 52,472 | 68.18% | 16,012 | 20.81% | 8,477 | 11.01% | 36,460 | 47.37% | 76,961 |
| Okmulgee | 6,465 | 82.17% | 1,157 | 14.71% | 246 | 3.13% | 5,308 | 67.46% | 7,868 |
| Osage | 6,237 | 75.66% | 1,519 | 18.43% | 488 | 5.92% | 4,718 | 57.23% | 8,244 |
| Ottawa | 5,239 | 73.76% | 1,688 | 23.76% | 176 | 2.48% | 3,551 | 49.99% | 7,103 |
| Pawnee | 2,576 | 65.07% | 1,147 | 28.97% | 236 | 5.96% | 1,429 | 36.09% | 3,959 |
| Payne | 6,309 | 68.99% | 2,180 | 23.84% | 656 | 7.17% | 4,129 | 45.15% | 9,145 |
| Pittsburg | 7,970 | 90.74% | 673 | 7.66% | 140 | 1.59% | 7,297 | 83.08% | 8,783 |
| Pontotoc | 4,707 | 84.70% | 626 | 11.27% | 224 | 4.03% | 4,081 | 73.44% | 5,557 |
| Pottawatomie | 8,007 | 80.35% | 1,408 | 14.13% | 550 | 5.52% | 6,599 | 66.22% | 9,965 |
| Pushmataha | 2,358 | 90.97% | 214 | 8.26% | 20 | 0.77% | 2,144 | 82.72% | 2,592 |
| Roger Mills | 920 | 75.41% | 233 | 19.10% | 67 | 5.49% | 687 | 56.31% | 1,220 |
| Rogers | 3,553 | 77.16% | 845 | 18.35% | 207 | 4.50% | 2,708 | 58.81% | 4,605 |
| Seminole | 4,489 | 79.59% | 865 | 15.34% | 286 | 5.07% | 3,624 | 64.26% | 5,640 |
| Sequoyah | 3,241 | 85.18% | 530 | 13.93% | 34 | 0.89% | 2,711 | 71.25% | 3,805 |
| Stephens | 5,601 | 81.15% | 935 | 13.55% | 366 | 5.30% | 4,666 | 67.60% | 6,902 |
| Texas | 2,296 | 68.41% | 839 | 25.00% | 221 | 6.59% | 1,457 | 43.41% | 3,356 |
| Tillman | 2.473 | 84.26% | 351 | 11.96% | 111 | 3.78% | 2,122 | 72.30% | 2,935 |
| Tulsa | 66,564 | 74.21% | 19,185 | 21.39% | 3,953 | 4.41% | 47,379 | 52.82% | 89,702 |
| Wagoner | 3,591 | 72.90% | 1,213 | 24.62% | 122 | 2.48% | 2,378 | 48.27% | 4,926 |
| Washington | 9,345 | 70.54% | 3,321 | 25.07% | 582 | 4.39% | 6,024 | 45.47% | 13,248 |
| Washita | 1,890 | 70.18% | 479 | 17.79% | 324 | 12.03% | 1,411 | 52.40% | 2,693 |
| Woods | 2,513 | 59.66% | 1,304 | 30.96% | 395 | 9.38% | 1,209 | 28.70% | 4,212 |
| Woodward | 2,013 | 49.19% | 1,766 | 43.16% | 313 | 7.65% | 247 | 6.04% | 4,092 |
| Totals | 399,504 | 74.14% | 107,495 | 19.95% | 31,840 | 5.91% | 292,009 | 54.19% | 538,839 |
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