1901 United States gubernatorial elections

1901 United States gubernatorial elections

November 5, 1901
6 governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 26 18 Seats after 26 18 Seat change Seats up 5 1 Seats won 5 1   Third party   Party Silver Seats before 1 Seats after 1 Seat change Seats up 0 Seats won 0
Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican gain      Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 1901, in six states.

Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years. It would abandon this practice in 1949. Massachusetts and Rhode Island at this time held gubernatorial elections every year. They would abandon this practice in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year.

In Rhode Island, the gubernatorial election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time. Elections in this state had previously been held in April.

Results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Iowa	L. M. Shaw	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Albert B. Cummins (Republican) 58.09% T. J. Phillips (Democratic) 36.81% A. U. Coates (Prohibition) 4.01% James Baxter (Socialist) 0.89% Luman H. Weller (People's) 0.20% [1]
Massachusetts	Winthrop Murray Crane	Republican	Re-elected, 57.26%	Josiah Quincy (Democratic) 35.24% George H. Wrenn (Social Democrat) 3.29% Michael T. Berry (Socialist Labor) 2.74% John B. Lewis (Prohibition) 1.47% [2]
New Jersey	Foster McGowan Voorhees	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	Franklin Murphy (Republican) 50.88% James M. Seymour (Democratic) 46.14% Joel W. Brown (Prohibition) 1.49% Charles H. Vail (Socialist) 0.97% Frank W. Wilson (Socialist Labor) 0.53% [3]
Ohio	George K. Nash	Republican	Re-elected, 52.70%	James Kilbourne (Democratic) 44.53% E. Jay Pinney (Prohibition) 1.19% Harry C. Thompson (Socialist) 0.89% John H. T. Juergens (Socialist Labor) 0.36% John Richardson (Union Reform) 0.33% [4]
Rhode Island	William Gregory	Republican	Re-elected, 53.64%[a]	Lucius F. C. Garvin (Democratic) 39.93% William E. Brightman (Prohibition) 4.08% James P. Reid (Socialist Labor) 2.35% [5]
Virginia	James Hoge Tyler	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Andrew Jackson Montague (Democratic) 58.20% John Hampton Hoge (Republican) 40.58% O. C. Rucker (Prohibition) 0.95% H. D. McTier (Socialist Labor) 0.14% J. J. Quantz (Socialist Labor) 0.14% [6]

References

1. "IA Governor, 1901". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
2. "MA Governor, 1901". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
3. "NJ Governor, 1901". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
4. "OH Governor, 1901". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
5. "RI Governor, 1901". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
6. "VA Governor, 1901". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

Notes

1. Gregory died on December 16, 1901, before his re-inauguration, and was succeeded by the Lieutenant Governor, Charles D. Kimball (R).