United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 1905, in four states. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts and Rhode Island at this time held gubernatorial elections every year. They would abandon in 1920 and 1912, respectively.
In Ohio, following a 1905 amendment to the constitution which moved the election schedule, the governor's term was lengthened to three years. Elections would be held in even-numbered years from the 1908 elections.
Results
State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Massachusetts William L. Douglas Democratic Retired, Republican victory Curtis Guild Jr. (Republican) 50.46%Charles W. Bartlett (Democratic) 44.70%James F. Carey (Socialist) 3.29%Willard O. Wylie (Prohibition) 0.84%William H. Carroll (Socialist Labor) 0.71% Ohio Myron T. Herrick Republican Defeated, 45.98% John M. Pattison (Democratic) 50.53%Isaac Cowan (Socialist) 1.90%Aaron S. Watkins (Prohibition) 1.40%John E. Seitger (Socialist Labor) 0.19% Rhode Island George H. Utter Republican Re-elected, 53.30% Lucius F. C. Garvin (Democratic) 43.95%Bernan E. Helme (Prohibition) 1.50%Thomas F. Herrick (Socialist Labor) 0.63%Warren A. Carpenter (Socialist) 0.62% Virginia Andrew Jackson Montague Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Claude Augustus Swanson (Democratic) 64.51%Lunsford L. Lewis (Republican) 35.09%B. D. Downey (Socialist Labor) 0.35%Scattering 0.06%
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