1914 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

1914 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
← 1910 November 3, 1914 1918 →
 
Nominee Robert L. Williams John Fields Fred W. Holt
Party Democratic Republican Socialist
Popular vote 100,597 95,904 52,703
Percentage 39.65% 37.80% 20.78%
County results
Williams:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%
Fields:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Holt:      30–40%
Governor before election

Lee Cruce
Democratic

Elected Governor

Robert L. Williams
Democratic

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The 1914 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1914, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Robert L. Williams narrowly defeated Republican John Fields and Socialist Fred W. Holt. Also on the ballot were Independents Amos L. Wilson and T. J. Wood as well as Progressive Party nominee John P. Hickam. The Prohibition Party also had ballot access but did not run a candidate in the general election.[1]

This was the closest gubernatorial election in Oklahoma until 1970 and Williams' 39.65% share of the vote is the lowest for any winning candidate in the state's history.

Primary election

Democratic party

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert L. Williams 33,605 27.03%
Democratic James B. A. Robertson 33,504 25.43%
Democratic Al Jennings 21,732 16.50%
Democratic Robert Dunlop 16,094 12.22%
Democratic Charles West 14,642 11.11%
Democratic F. E. Herting 10,164 7.72%
Total votes 131,741 100.00%

Republican party

Candidates

  • John Fields, candidate for Republican nomination in 1910

Results

Republican primary results[1][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Fields 31,770 100.00%
Total votes 31,770 100.00%

Socialist Party

Candidates

Results

Socialist primary results[1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist Fred W. Holt 16,166 100.00%
Total votes 16,166 100.00%

Progressive Party

Candidates

Results

Progressive primary results[1][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive John P. Hickam 2,275 100.00%
Total votes 2,275 100.00%

Prohibition Party

Candidates

  • A. H. Crawford

Results

Prohibition primary results[1][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Prohibition A. H. Crawford 49 100.00%
Total votes 49 100.00%

General election

Results

1914 gubernatorial election, Oklahoma[1][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert L. Williams 100,597 39.65% −8.89%
Republican John Fields 95,904 37.80% −2.38%
Socialist Fred W. Holt 52,703 20.78% +10.80%
Progressive John P. Hickam 4,189 1.65%
Independent Amos L. Wilson 206 0.08%
Independent T. J. Wood 88 0.03%
Majority 4,693 1.85%
Total votes 253,687 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing -6.50%

Results by county

Comanche County would not vote Republican again until 1994. This was the only time between statehood in 1907 and 1998 that Kiowa County did not vote for the Democratic candidate. Similarly, Beckham County, Cimarron County, Craig County, Pottawatomie County, Roger Mills County would not fail to back the Democratic candidate again until 1962. This was also the only time between statehood and 1978 that Beckham County voted for the losing candidate.

County[7] Robert L. Williams
Democratic 		John Fields
Republican 		Fred W. Holt
Socialist 		John P. Hickam
Progressive 		Amos L. Wilson
Independent 		T. J. Wood
Independent 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 1,182 49.39% 1,028 42.96% 174 7.27% 9 0.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 154 6.44% 2,393
Alfalfa 954 31.54% 1,239 40.96% 411 13.59% 418 13.82% 2 0.07% 1 0.03% -285 -9.42% 3,025
Atoka 1,135 37.88% 900 30.04% 954 31.84% 7 0.23% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 181[a] 6.04% 2,996
Beaver 791 36.62% 940 43.52% 382 17.69% 47 2.18% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -149 -6.90% 2,160
Beckham 964 34.16% 719 25.48% 1,125 39.87% 13 0.46% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% -161[b] -5.71% 2,822
Blaine 921 31.95% 1,260 43.70% 608 21.09% 94 3.26% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -339 -11.76% 2,883
Bryan 2,429 50.94% 912 19.13% 1,412 29.61% 12 0.25% 2 0.04% 1 0.02% 1,017[a] 21.33% 4,768
Caddo 1,934 34.86% 2,447 44.11% 1,077 19.41% 90 1.62% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -513 -9.25% 5,548
Canadian 1,594 41.83% 1,749 45.89% 385 10.10% 82 2.15% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% -155 -4.07% 3,811
Carter 1,998 51.53% 727 18.75% 1,136 29.30% 14 0.36% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 862[a] 22.23% 3,877
Cherokee 1,424 44.85% 1,325 41.73% 420 13.23% 6 0.19% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 99 3.12% 3,175
Choctaw 1,465 46.11% 641 20.18% 1,067 33.59% 3 0.09% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 398[a] 12.53% 3,177
Cimarron 280 44.66% 253 40.35% 78 12.44% 15 2.39% 1 0.16% 0 0.00% 27 4.31% 627
Cleveland 1,228 39.61% 1,167 37.65% 685 22.10% 8 0.26% 3 0.10% 9 0.29% 61 1.97% 3,100
Coal 1,017 40.89% 769 30.92% 685 27.54% 11 0.44% 3 0.12% 2 0.08% 248 9.97% 2,487
Comanche 1,307 36.45% 1,418 39.54% 820 22.87% 36 1.00% 3 0.08% 2 0.06% -111 -3.10% 3,586
Cotton 1,036 43.95% 855 36.27% 454 19.26% 9 0.38% 1 0.04% 2 0.08% 181 7.68% 2,357
Craig 1,456 46.95% 1,545 49.82% 91 2.93% 8 0.26% 0 0.00% 1 0.03% -89 -2.87% 3,101
Creek 1,608 33.25% 2,179 45.06% 944 19.52% 72 1.49% 20 0.41% 13 0.27% -571 -11.81% 4,836
Custer 1,173 33.34% 1,815 51.59% 508 14.44% 22 0.63% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -642 -18.25% 3,518
Delaware 1,080 52.20% 783 37.84% 191 9.23% 12 0.58% 2 0.10% 1 0.05% 297 14.35% 2,069
Dewey 729 29.67% 915 37.24% 769 31.30% 35 1.42% 9 0.37% 0 0.00% -145[c] -5.96% 2,457
Ellis 659 28.21% 1,012 43.32% 611 26.16% 52 2.23% 2 0.09% 0 0.00% -353 -15.11% 2,336
Garfield 1,639 31.24% 2,989 56.97% 484 9.22% 131 2.50% 4 0.08% 0 0.00% -1,350 -25.73% 5,247
Garvin 1,886 45.24% 848 20.34% 1,412 33.87% 22 0.53% 0 0.00% 1 0.02% 474[a] 11.37% 4,169
Grady 1,855 43.97% 1,073 25.43% 1,202 28.49% 83 1.97% 6 0.14% 0 0.00% 653[a] 15.48% 4,219
Grant 1,214 38.41% 1,610 50.93% 238 7.53% 95 3.01% 3 0.09% 1 0.03% -396 -12.53% 3,161
Greer 946 48.71% 406 20.91% 569 29.30% 20 1.03% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 377[a] 19.41% 1,942
Harmon 629 51.60% 248 20.34% 337 27.65% 5 0.41% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 292[a] 23.95% 1,219
Harper 443 27.69% 612 38.25% 501 31.31% 39 2.44% 3 0.19% 2 0.13% -111[c] -6.94% 1,600
Haskell 1,218 39.90% 893 29.25% 923 30.23% 16 0.52% 2 0.07% 1 0.03% 295[a] 9.66% 3,053
Hughes 1,396 38.79% 1,074 29.84% 1,108 30.79% 19 0.53% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 288[a] 8.00% 3,599
Jackson 1,123 43.49% 597 23.12% 852 33.00% 10 0.39% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 271[a] 10.50% 2,582
Jefferson 1,198 46.34% 566 21.90% 811 31.37% 10 0.39% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 387[a] 14.97% 2,585
Johnston 1,154 42.21% 591 21.62% 976 35.70% 10 0.37% 3 0.11% 0 0.00% 178[a] 6.51% 2,734
Kay 1,857 40.70% 2,238 49.05% 295 6.47% 168 3.68% 5 0.11% 0 0.00% -381 -8.35% 4,563
Kingfisher 968 30.38% 1,721 54.02% 351 11.02% 143 4.49% 3 0.09% 0 0.00% -753 -23.63% 3,186
Kiowa 1,018 28.68% 1,230 34.65% 1,260 35.49% 39 1.10% 3 0.08% 0 0.00% -30[d] -0.84% 3,550
Latimer 759 44.36% 570 33.31% 375 21.92% 5 0.29% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 189 11.05% 1,711
Le Flore 1,646 41.27% 1,220 30.59% 991 24.85% 124 3.11% 6 0.15% 1 0.03% 426 10.68% 3,988
Lincoln 1,488 27.71% 2,557 47.63% 1,196 22.28% 126 2.35% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% -1,069 -19.91% 5,369
Logan 1,026 24.85% 2,567 62.19% 410 9.93% 121 2.93% 3 0.07% 1 0.02% -1,541 -37.33% 4,128
Love 1,046 53.10% 233 11.83% 6,86 34.82% 5 0.25% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 360[a] 18.27% 1,970
Major 474 22.03% 671 31.18% 613 28.49% 390 18.12% 2 0.09% 2 0.09% -58[c] -2.69% 2,152
Marshall 1,037 42.47% 399 16.34% 1,000 40.95% 4 0.16% 1 0.04% 1 0.04% 37[a] 1.52% 2,442
Mayes 1,362 48.87% 1,186 42.55% 230 8.25% 9 0.32% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 176 6.32% 2,787
McClain 940 43.64% 594 27.58% 610 28.32% 7 0.32% 1 0.05% 2 0.09% 330[a] 15.32% 2,154
McCurtain 1,645 48.10% 512 14.97% 1,244 36.37% 15 0.44% 2 0.06% 2 0.06% 401[a] 11.73% 3,420
McIntosh 1,252 40.35% 1,009 32.52% 825 26.59% 8 0.26% 4 0.13% 5 0.16% 243 7.83% 3,103
Murray 890 47.14% 459 24.31% 533 28.23% 4 0.21% 2 0.11% 0 0.00% 357[a] 18.91% 1,888
Muskogee 2,866 46.59% 2,736 44.48% 522 8.49% 20 0.33% 3 0.05% 4 0.07% 130 2.11% 6,151
Noble 958 37.00% 1,352 52.22% 206 7.96% 73 2.82% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -394 -15.22% 2,589
Nowata 1,044 40.47% 1,300 50.39% 212 8.22% 24 0.93% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -256 -9.92% 2,580
Okfuskee 990 38.92% 810 31.84% 732 28.77% 10 0.39% 2 0.08% 0 0.00% 180 7.08% 2,544
Oklahoma 3,858 33.49% 6,478 56.24% 990 8.59% 190 1.65% 3 0.03% 0 0.00% -2,620 -22.75% 11,519
Okmulgee 1,559 45.69% 1,101 32.27% 706 20.69% 30 0.88% 11 0.32% 5 0.15% 458 13.42% 3,412
Osage 1,771 45.94% 1,555 40.34% 502 13.02% 25 0.65% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 216 5.60% 3,855
Ottawa 1,369 45.51% 1,435 47.71% 185 6.15% 16 0.53% 2 0.07% 1 0.03% -66 -2.19% 3,008
Pawnee 1,134 36.35% 1,512 48.46% 429 13.75% 45 1.44% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -378 -12.12% 3,120
Payne 1,367 34.34% 1,391 34.94% 813 20.42% 407 10.22% 3 0.08% 0 0.00% -24 -0.60% 3,981
Pittsburg 2,651 46.68% 1,530 26.94% 1,479 26.04% 18 0.32% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,121 19.74% 5,679
Pontotoc 1,626 44.78% 720 19.83% 1,277 35.17% 8 0.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 349[a] 9.61% 3,631
Pottawatomie 2,161 36.55% 2,526 42.72% 1,182 19.99% 24 0.41% 13 0.22% 7 0.12% -365 -6.17% 5,913
Pushmataha 874 42.89% 524 25.71% 634 31.11% 6 0.29% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 240 11.78% 2,038
Roger Mills 636 31.15% 657 32.17% 727 35.60% 17 0.83% 3 0.15% 2 0.10% -70[d] -3.43% 2,042
Rogers 1,525 45.04% 1,344 39.69% 483 14.26% 32 0.95% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 181 5.35% 3,386
Seminole 1,086 38.21% 763 26.85% 983 34.59% 9 0.32% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 103[a] 3.62% 2,842
Sequoyah 1,517 46.86% 1,171 36.18% 522 16.13% 26 0.80% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 346 10.69% 3,237
Stephens 1,279 39.96% 875 27.34% 1,028 32.11% 12 0.37% 4 0.12% 3 0.09% 251[a] 7.84% 3,201
Texas 745 44.56% 642 38.40% 262 15.67% 23 1.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 103 6.16% 1,672
Tillman 1,325 52.62% 616 24.46% 561 22.28% 14 0.56% 2 0.08% 0 0.00% 709 28.16% 2,518
Tulsa 2,432 37.89% 3,217 50.12% 703 10.95% 67 1.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -785 -12.23% 6,419
Wagoner 953 44.66% 714 33.46% 448 20.99% 19 0.89% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 239 11.20% 2,134
Washington 1,427 38.48% 1,922 51.83% 308 8.31% 39 1.05% 11 0.30% 1 0.03% -495 -13.35% 3,708
Washita 1,187 36.72% 1,161 35.91% 875 27.06% 9 0.28% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 26 0.80% 3,233
Woods 1,030 33.65% 1,531 50.02% 398 13.00% 102 3.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -501 -16.37% 3,061
Woodward 754 29.43% 1,050 40.98% 517 20.18% 221 8.63% 11 0.43% 9 0.35% -296 -11.55% 2,562
Totals 100,597 39.65% 95,904 37.80% 52,703 20.78% 4,189 1.65% 206[e] 0.08% 88 0.03% 4,693 1.85% 253,687

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Socialist

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Williams' margin over Holt
  2. ^ Holt's margin over Williams
  3. ^ a b c Fields' margin over Holt
  4. ^ a b Holt's margin over Fields
  5. ^ The county figures add up to 184

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "1914-1916 results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  2. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1914). "For Governor". Returns of Democratic Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 4, 1914. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1914). "For Governor". Returns of Republican Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 4, 1914. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1914). "For Governor". Returns of the Socialist Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 4, 1914. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1914). "For Governor". Returns of the Progressive Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 4, 1914. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1914). "For Governor". Returns of the Prohibition Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 4, 1914. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ a b Oklahoma State Election Board (1914). "For Governor". Returns of General Election held in the State of Oklahoma November 3, 1914. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)