United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1902, in 27 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 4, 1902 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon and Vermont, which held early elections).

In Alabama, the governor was elected to a four-year term for the first time, instead of a two-year term. The election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in August.

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Alabama William D. Jelks Democratic Re-elected, 73.72% John A. W. Smith (Republican) 26.28% Arkansas(held, 1 September 1902) Jefferson Davis Democratic Re-elected, 64.60% Harry H. Myers (Republican) 24.43%Charles D. Greaves (Independent Republican) 6.97%George H. Kimball (Prohibition) 4.00% California Henry Gage Republican Lost re-nomination, Republican victory George C. Pardee (Republican) 48.06%Franklin Knight Lane (Democratic) 47.22%Gideon S. Brower (Socialist) 3.15%Theodore D. Kanouse (Prohibition) 1.52%Scattering 0.04% Colorado James Bradley Orman Democratic Lost re-nomination, Republican victory James H. Peabody (Republican) 46.92%E. C. Stimson (Democratic) 43.20%J. C. Provost (Socialist) 3.84%Frank W. Owens (People's) 3.43%Otto A. Reinhardt (Prohibition) 2.09%J. A. Knight (Socialist Labor) 0.52% Connecticut George P. McLean Republican Retired, Republican victory Abiram Chamberlain (Republican) 53.44%Melbert B. Cary (Democratic) 43.41%Francis E. Wheeler (Socialist) 1.76%Robert N. Stanley (Prohibition) 0.90%Ernest Oatley (Socialist Labor) 0.50% Georgia(held, 1 October 1902) Allen D. Candler Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Joseph M. Terrell (Democratic) 93.61%J. K. Hines (Populist) 6.39%(Democratic primary results)√ Joseph M. Terrell def.John H. EstillDupont Guerry Idaho Frank W. Hunt Democratic Defeated, 43.18% John T. Morrison (Republican) 52.90%August M. Slatey (Socialist) 2.60%Albert E. Gipson (Prohibition) 1.01%DeForest Andrews (People's) 0.31% Kansas William Eugene Stanley Republican Retired, Republican victory Willis J. Bailey (Republican) 55.45%W. H. Craddock (Democratic) 40.79%F. W. Emerson (Prohibition) 2.11%A. S. McAllister (Socialist) 1.42%James H, Lathrop (Populist) 0.22% Maine(held, 8 September 1902) John Fremont Hill Republican Re-elected, 59.48% Samuel W. Gould (Democratic) 34.68%James Perrigo (Prohibition) 4.03%Charles L. Fox (Socialist) 1.80%Scattering 0.01% Massachusetts Winthrop Murray Crane Republican John L. Bates (Republican) 49.23%William A. Gaston (Democratic) 39.92%John C. Chase (Socialist) 8.44%Michael T. Berry (Socialist Labor) 1.53%William H. Partridge (Prohibition) 0.89% Michigan Aaron T. Bliss Republican Re-elected, 52.52% Lorenzo T. Durand (Democratic) 43.28%Walter S. Westerman (Prohibition) 2.82%William E. Walter (Socialist) 1.06%Shepard B. Cowles (Socialist Labor) 0.32% Minnesota Samuel Rinnah Van Sant Republican Re-elected, 57.53% Leonard A. Rosing (Democratic) 36.68%Charles Scanlon (Prohibition) 2.13%Thomas J. Meighen (People's) 1.78%Thomas Van Lear (Socialist Labor) 0.95%Jay E. Nash (Socialist) 0.93% Nebraska Ezra P. Savage Republican Retired, Republican victory John H. Mickey (Republican) 49.54%William H. Thompson (Democratic) 46.79%George Bigelow (Socialist) 1.93%Samuel T. Davies (Prohibition) 1.74% Nevada Reinhold Sadler Silver Retired, Silver victory John Sparks (Silver-Democrat) 57.78%Abner Coburn Cleveland (Republican) 42.22% New Hampshire Chester B. Jordan Republican Nahum J. Bachelder (Republican) 53.19%Henry F. Hollis (Democratic) 42.75%John C. Berry (Prohibition) 2.05%Michael H. O'Neil (Socialist) 1.34%Alonzo Elliott (Independent) 0.59%George Howie (Allied People's) 0.07%Scattering 0.01% New York Benjamin Odell Republican Re-elected, 48.09% Bird Sim Coler (Democratic) 47.45%Ben Hanford (Social Democrat) 1.69%Alfred L. Manierre (Prohibition) 1.48%Daniel De Leon (Socialist Labor) 1.15%Edgar L. Ryder (Liberal Democrat) 0.14% North Dakota Frank White Republican Re-elected, 62.68% J. Cronan (Democratic) 34.85%Robert Grant (Independent) 2.47% Oregon(held, 2 June 1902) Theodore Thurston Geer Republican Lost re-nomination, Democratic victory George Earle Chamberlain (Democratic) 46.17%William J. Furnish (Republican) 45.90%R. Ryan (Socialist) 4.09%A. J. Hunsaker (Prohibition) 3.84% Pennsylvania William A. Stone Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Samuel W. Pennypacker (Republican) 54.20%Robert Emory Pattison (Democratic) 41.19%Silas C. Swallow (Prohibition) 2.13%John W. Slayton (Socialist) 2.00%William Adams (Socialist Labor) 0.47%Scattering 0.01% Rhode Island Charles D. Kimball Republican Defeated, 41.04% Lucius F. C. Garvin (Democratic) 53.99%William E. Brightman (Prohibition) 2.83%Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 2.15% South Carolina Miles Benjamin McSweeney Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Duncan Clinch Heyward (Democratic) 100.00%(Democratic primary run-off results)Duncan Clinch Heyward 55.58%William Jasper Talbert 44.42% South Dakota Charles N. Herreid Republican Re-elected, 64.72% John W. Martin (Democratic) 28.73%John C. Crawford (Socialist) 3.53%H. H. Curtis (Prohibition) 3.02% Tennessee Benton McMillin Democratic Retired, Democratic victory James B. Frazier (Democratic) 61.79%H. Campbell (Republican) 36.84%R. S. Cheves (Prohibition) 1.37% Texas Joseph D. Sayers Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Samuel W. T. Lanham (Democratic) 74.92%George W. Burkett (Republican) 18.30%J. M. Mallett (Populist) 3.45%George W. Carroll (Prohibition) 2.43%Scattering 0.91% Vermont(held, 2 September 1902) William W. Stickney Republican Retired, Republican victory John Griffith McCullough (Republican) 45.56%Percival Wood Clement (Local Option) 40.33%Felix W. McGettrick (Democratic) 10.53%Joel O. Sherbune (Prohibition) 3.57%Scattering 0.01%(General Assembly result)√ John Griffith McCullough (Republican) 164Percival Wood Clement (Local Option) 59 Felix W. McGettrick (Democratic) 45 Wisconsin Robert M. LaFollette Republican Re-elected, 52.89% David Stuart Rose (Democratic) 39.88%Emil Seidel (Social Democrat) 4.37% Wyoming DeForest Richards Republican Re-elected, 57.81% George T. Beck (Democratic) 39.99%Henry Breitenstein (Socialist) 2.20%

See also 1902 United States elections

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