United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1907, in eight states.
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Mississippi held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every four years, preceding the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every three years. It would abandon this practice in 1949. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected their governors to a single-year term. This was the last time Rhode Island elected its governors to a single-year term, as it switched to two-year-terms from the 1912 election.
Oklahoma held its first gubernatorial election on achieving statehood.
Results
State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Kentucky J. C. W. Beckham Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory Augustus E. Willson (Republican) 51.17% S. W. Hager (Democratic) 46.87%L. L. Pickett (Prohibition) 1.52%Claude Andrews (Socialist) 0.36%James H. Arnold (Socialist Labor) 0.09% Louisiana(held, April 21, 1908) Newton C. Blanchard Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Jared Y. Sanders (Democratic) 87.14%Henry N. Pharr (Republican) 11.05%James Barnes (Socialist) 1.81%Democratic primary resultsJared Y. Sanders 56.29%Theodore S. Wilkinson 43.71% Maryland Edwin Warfield Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Austin Lane Crothers (Democratic) 50.66%George R. Gaither Jr. (Republican) 46.81%James W. Frizzell (Prohibition) 1.88%Ira Culp (Socialist) 0.65% Massachusetts Curtis Guild Jr. Republican Re-elected, 50.33% Henry M. Whitney (Democratic) 22.58%Thomas L. Hisgen (Independence League) 20.20%Charles W. Bartlett (Anti-Merger) 3.00%John W. Brown (Socialist) 2.04%Hervey S. Cowell (Prohibition) 1.02%Thomas F. Brennan (Socialist Labor) 0.80% Mississippi James K. Vardaman Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Edmund F. Noel (Democratic) 100.00%Democratic primary run-off resultsEdmund F. Noel 50.87%Earl Leroy Brewer 49.13%(majority, 2,002) New Jersey Edward C. Stokes Republican Term-limited, Republican victory John Franklin Fort (Republican) 49.28%Frank S. Katzenbach Jr. (Democratic) 47.25%Frederick Krafft (Socialist) 1.74%James G. Mason (Prohibition) 1.33%John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.40% Oklahoma(held, September 17, 1907) New state Charles N. Haskell (Democratic) 53.42%Frank Frantz (Republican) 42.81%C. C. Ross (Socialist) 3.78% Rhode Island James H. Higgins Democratic Re-elected, 50.37% Frederick H. Jackson (Republican) 46.90%Louis E. Remington (Prohibition) 1.26%William H. Johnston (Socialist) 1.03%John W. Leach (Socialist Labor) 0.44%
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