United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1919, in six states. Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Mississippi held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years. It would abandon this practice in 1949. This was the last time Massachusetts elected its governors to a single-year term. It switched to two-year terms from the 1920 election.
Results
State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Kentucky James D. Black Democratic Defeated, 45.29% Edwin P. Morrow (Republican) 53.82%G. D. Becker (Socialist) 0.89% Louisiana(Held, 20 April 1920) Ruffin Pleasant Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory John Milliken Parker (Democratic) 97.47%J. Stewart Thompson (Republican) 2.53%(Democratic primary results)John Milliken Parker 54.28%Frank P. Stubbs 45.72% Maryland Emerson Harrington Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Albert C. Ritchie (Democratic) 49.06%Harry Whinna Nice (Republican) 48.99%Arthur L. Blessing (Socialist) 1.22%Robert W. Stevens (Labor) 0.73% Massachusetts Calvin Coolidge Republican Re-elected, 60.94% Richard H. Long (Democratic) 36.95%William A. King (Socialist) 1.35%Ingvar Paulsen (Socialist Labor) 0.45%Charles B. Ernst (Prohibition) 0.32% Mississippi Theodore G. Bilbo Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Lee M. Russell (Democratic) 96.96%J. T. Lester (Socialist) 3.04%(Democratic primary run-off results)Lee M. Russell 52.67%Oscar Goodbar Johnston 47.33% New Jersey William Nelson Runyon Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Democratic victory Edward I. Edwards (Democratic) 49.20%Newton A. K. Bugbee (Republican) 45.92%Albert Farr (Socialist) 2.49%Charles E. Lane (National Prohibition) 1.38%John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.73%Mark M. Denterfass (Single Tax) 0.28%
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