United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1918, in 32 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 5, 1918. Elections took place on September 9 in Maine.

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Alabama Charles Henderson Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Thomas E. Kilby (Democratic) 80.21%Dallas B. Smith (Independent) 19.79%(Democratic primary results: after second preferences)Thomas E. Kilby 36.84%William W. Brandon 34.37%Charles B. Teasley 19.37%John H. Wallace Jr. 7.99%John Purifoy 1.42% Arizona George W. P. Hunt Democratic Retired, Republican victory Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) 49.90%Fred T. Colter (Democratic) 49.25%George D. Smith (Socialist) 0.86% Arkansas Charles H. Brough Democratic Re-elected, 93.43% Clay Fulks (Socialist) 6.57%(Democratic primary results)√ Charles H. BroughL. C. 'Judge' Smith California William D. Stephens Republican Re-elected William D. Stephens (Republican) 56.28%Theodore Arlington Bell (Independent) 36.48%Henry H. Roser (Socialist) 4.21%James Rolph Jr. (Democratic) (write-in) 2.99%Scattering 0.05% Colorado Julius Caldeen Gunter Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (Republican) 51.15%Thomas J. Tynan (Democratic) 46.47%Mary L. Geffs (Socialist) 2.38% Connecticut Marcus H. Holcomb Republican Re-elected, 50.72% Thomas J. Spellacy (Democratic) 45.87%Martin F. Plunkett (Socialist) 2.39%John Newton Lackey (Prohibition) 0.61%Herman Klawansky (Socialist Labor) 0.34%George A. Parsons (National) 0.07% Georgia Hugh M. Dorsey Democratic Re-elected, unopposed (Democratic primary results)Hugh M. Dorsey (unopposed) Idaho Moses Alexander Democratic Retired, Republican victory David W. Davis (Republican) 59.95%H. F. Samuels (Democratic) 40.05% Iowa William L. Harding Republican Re-elected, 50.55% Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 46.92%Andrew Engle (Socialist) 2.10%M. L. Christian (Prohibition) 0.43% Kansas Arthur Capper Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Henry J. Allen (Republican) 66.39%W. C. Lansdon (Democratic) 30.68%George W. Kleihege (Socialist) 2.94% Maine(held, 9 September 1918) Carl E. Milliken Republican Re-elected, 52.04% Bertrand G. McIntire (Democratic) 47.96% Massachusetts Samuel W. McCall Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Calvin Coolidge (Republican) 50.87%Richard H. Long (Democratic) 46.84%Sylvester J. McBride (Socialist) 1.84%Ingvar Paulsen (Socialist Labor) 0.45% Michigan Albert E. Sleeper Republican Re-elected, 61.41% John W. Bailey (Democratic) 36.41%Ernest J. Moore (Socialist) 1.63%John S. McColl (Prohibition) 0.38%John Hinds (Socialist Labor) 0.18% Minnesota Joseph A. A. Burnquist Republican Re-elected, 45.04% David H. Evans (Farmer-Labor) 30.28%Fred E. Wheaton (Democratic) 20.77%L. P. Berot (Socialist) 2.11%Olaf O. Stageberg (National) 1.80% Nebraska Keith Neville Democratic Defeated, 44.00% Samuel R. McKelvie (Republican) 54.47%Julian D. Graves (Prohibition) 1.53% Nevada Emmet D. Boyle Democratic Re-elected, 52.08% Tasker L. Oddie (Republican) 47.92% New Hampshire Henry W. Keyes Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory John H. Bartlett (Republican) 54.13%Nathaniel E. Martin (Democratic) 45.86%Scattering 0.01% New Mexico Washington Lindsey Republican Lost renomination, Republican victory Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (Republican) 50.50%Felix Garcia (Democratic) 47.70%A. H. Moulton (Socialist) 1.80% New York Charles S. Whitman Republican Defeated, 46.68% Alfred E. Smith (Democratic) 47.37%Charles W. Ervin (Socialist) 5.71%Olive M. Johnson (Socialist Labor) 0.24% North Dakota Lynn J. Frazier Republican Re-elected, 59.75% S. J. Doyle (Democratic) 40.26% Ohio James M. Cox Democratic Re-elected, 50.62% Frank B. Willis (Republican) 49.38% Oklahoma Robert L. Williams Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory James B. A. Robertson (Democratic) 53.55%Horace G. McKeever (Republican) 42.63%Patrick S. Nagle (Socialist) 3.83% Oregon James Withycombe Republican Re-elected, 52.99% Walter M. Pierce (Democratic) 42.78%Benjamin Franklin Ramp (Socialist) 4.24% Pennsylvania Martin Grove Brumbaugh Republican Term-limited, Republican victory William Cameron Sproul (Republican) 61.05%Eugene C. Bonniwell (Democratic) 33.74%Edwin J. Fithian (Prohibition) 3.02%Charles Sehl (Socialist) 2.07%Robert C. Macauley Jr. (Single Tax) 0.12% Rhode Island R. Livingston Beeckman Republican Re-elected, 53.11% Alberic A. Archambault (Democratic) 44.84%Ernest Sherwood (Socialist) 2.05% South Carolina Richard Irvine Manning III Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Robert Archer Cooper (Democratic) unopposed(Democratic primary results)Robert Archer Cooper 57.96%John Gardiner Richards 29.24%Andrew J. Bethea 9.70%Scattering 3.10% South Dakota Peter Norbeck Republican Re-elected, 53.22% Mark P. Bates (Independent) 26.12%James B. Bird (Democratic) 18.57%Knute Lewis (Independent) 1.32%Orville Anderson (Socialist) 0.77% Tennessee Thomas C. Rye Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Albert H. Roberts (Democratic) 62.37%Hugh B. Lindsay (Republican) 37.64% Texas William Pettus Hobby Democratic Re-elected, 84.00% Charles A. Boynton (Republican) 15.06%William D. Simpson (Socialist) 0.94% Vermont Horace F. Graham Republican Retired, Republican victory Percival Wood Clement (Republican) 67.00%William B. Mayo (Democratic) 32.75%Scattering 0.25% Wisconsin Emanuel L. Philipp Republican Re-elected, 46.99% Henry A. Moehlenpah (Democratic) 33.95%Emil Seidel (Socialist) 17.35%William C. Dean (Prohibition) 1.60%Scattering 0.12% Wyoming Frank L. Houx Democratic Defeated, 43.90% Robert D. Carey (Republican) 56.11%

See also 1918 United States elections 1918 United States Senate elections 1918 United States House of Representatives elections

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