United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1913, in four states. Massachusetts at this time held gubernatorial elections every year. It would abandon this practice in 1920. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years. It would abandon this practice in 1949. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year.
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In Arkansas, a special election was held in July 1913 following the resignation of Joseph T. Robinson in March 1913 to take a seat in the United States Senate.
Results
edit| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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| Arkansas (special election, held 23 July 1913) |
Junius Marion Futrell (acting) | Democratic | Did not contest, Democratic victory | George W. Hays (Democratic) 64.25% Harry H. Myers (Republican) 20.41% George W. Murphy (Progressive) 10.10% J. Emil Webber (Socialist) 5.24%[1] |
| Massachusetts | Eugene Foss | Democratic | Did not contest Democratic renomination, ran as an independent, defeated | David I. Walsh (Democratic) 39.77% Charles S. Bird (Progressive) 27.72% Augustus P. Gardner (Republican) 25.32% Eugene Foss (Independent) 4.38% George H. Wrenn (Socialist) 1.96% Alfred H. Evans (Prohibition) 0.44% Arthur Elmer Reimer (Socialist Labor) 0.42%[2] |
| New Jersey | Leon R. Taylor (acting)[b] | Democratic | Did not contest, Democratic victory | James F. Fielder (Democratic) 46.13% Edward C. Stokes (Republican) 37.38% Everett Colby (Progressive) 10.96% James M. Reilly (Socialist) 3.72% James G. Mason (Prohibition) 0.91% John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.66% Daniel F. Dwyer (Independent) 0.23%[4] |
| Virginia | William Hodges Mann | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Henry Carter Stuart (Democratic) 91.87% C. Campbell (Socialist) 5.23% B. D. Downey (Socialist Labor) 2.90% [5] Democratic primary results Henry Carter Stuart, unopposed[6][7] or "without serious opposition"[8] [data missing] |
References
edit- ^ "AR Governor, 1913 – Special Election". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "MA Governor, 1913". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "James Fairman Fielder" (PDF). New Jersey State Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- ^ "NJ Governor, 1913". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "VA Governor, 1913". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "Henry C. Stuart (1855-1933)". www.encyclopediavirginia.org. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ Evans Poston, Charles (1970). Henry Carter Stuart in Virginia Politics (PDF) (M.A.). University of Virginia. pp. 19–20. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ Henry C. Ferrell Jr. (1985). Claude A. Swanson of Virginia: A Political Biography. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8131-5243-1.
Notes
edit- ^ Including a special election in Arkansas.
- ^ James F. Fielder became governor when Woodrow Wilson resigned to be President of the United States. As president of the senate, Fielder acted as governor until he resigned from the senate. The constitution prohibited governors from succeeding themselves, so he resigned to run, winning the race.[3] This left Taylor, as speaker of the house of representatives, acting as governor for the remainder of the term.
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