The 1907 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on September 17, 1907, and was the inaugural race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Charles N. Haskell defeated Republican Frank Frantz, the territorial governor. Also on the ballot was C. C. Ross of the Socialist Party.[1]
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 County results
Haskell: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Frantz: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Oklahoma joined the Union as the 46th state on November 16, 1907. Haskell and all other new state officers elected at this general election took office on that date.
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles N. Haskell | 134,162 | 53.58% | ||
| Republican | Frank Frantz (incumbent) | 106,507 | 42.53% | ||
| Socialist | C. C. Ross | 9,740 | 3.89% | ||
| Majority | 27,655 | 11.04% | |||
| Total votes | 250,409 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | |||||
Results by county
editAfter this election, neither Muskogee County nor Sequoyah County would vote for a Republican again until 2010.
| County[2] | Charles N. Haskell Democratic |
Frank Frantz Republican |
C. C. Ross Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 922 | 56.01% | 718 | 43.62% | 6 | 0.36% | 204 | 12.39% | 1,646 |
| Alfalfa | 1,323 | 42.09% | 1,698 | 54.02% | 122 | 3.88% | -375 | -11.93% | 3,143 |
| Atoka | 1,261 | 57.06% | 851 | 38.51% | 98 | 4.43% | 410 | 18.55% | 2,210 |
| Beaver | 1,245 | 48.09% | 1,235 | 47.70% | 109 | 4.21% | 10 | 0.39% | 2,589 |
| Beckham | 2,010 | 66.96% | 778 | 25.92% | 214 | 7.13% | 1,232 | 41.04% | 3,002 |
| Blaine | 1,469 | 43.49% | 1,735 | 51.36% | 174 | 5.15% | -266 | -7.87% | 3,378 |
| Bryan | 2,923 | 66.12% | 1,234 | 27.91% | 264 | 5.97% | 1,689 | 38.20% | 4,421 |
| Caddo | 3,161 | 50.69% | 2,873 | 46.07% | 202 | 3.24% | 288 | 4.62% | 6,236 |
| Canadian | 2,102 | 52.72% | 1,790 | 44.90% | 95 | 2.38% | 312 | 7.83% | 3,987 |
| Carter | 2,672 | 59.82% | 1,543 | 34.54% | 252 | 5.64% | 1,129 | 25.27% | 4,467 |
| Cherokee | 1,248 | 51.27% | 1,161 | 47.70% | 25 | 1.03% | 87 | 3.57% | 2,434 |
| Choctaw | 1,554 | 54.95% | 1,167 | 41.27% | 107 | 3.78% | 387 | 13.68% | 2,828 |
| Cimarron | 540 | 56.25% | 397 | 41.35% | 23 | 2.40% | 143 | 14.90% | 960 |
| Cleveland | 1,853 | 56.95% | 1,188 | 36.51% | 213 | 6.55% | 665 | 20.44% | 3,254 |
| Coal | 1,377 | 59.12% | 705 | 30.27% | 247 | 10.61% | 672 | 28.85% | 2,329 |
| Comanche | 3,133 | 53.44% | 2,538 | 43.29% | 192 | 3.27% | 595 | 10.15% | 5,863 |
| Craig | 1,671 | 52.60% | 1,479 | 46.55% | 27 | 0.85% | 192 | 6.04% | 3,177 |
| Creek | 1,302 | 44.27% | 1,551 | 52.74% | 88 | 2.99% | -249 | -8.47% | 2,941 |
| Custer | 1,930 | 53.40% | 1,523 | 42.14% | 161 | 4.45% | 407 | 11.26% | 3,614 |
| Delaware | 1,003 | 62.03% | 589 | 36.43% | 25 | 1.55% | 414 | 25.60% | 1,617 |
| Dewey | 1,179 | 44.36% | 1,137 | 42.78% | 342 | 12.87% | 42 | 1.58% | 2,658 |
| Ellis | 1,326 | 48.08% | 1,328 | 48.15% | 104 | 3.77% | -2 | -0.07% | 2,758 |
| Garfield | 2,219 | 39.41% | 3,237 | 57.49% | 175 | 3.11% | -1,018 | -18.08% | 5,631 |
| Garvin | 2,772 | 68.18% | 1,239 | 30.47% | 55 | 1.35% | 1,533 | 37.70% | 4,066 |
| Grady | 2,981 | 69.42% | 1,243 | 28.95% | 70 | 1.63% | 1,738 | 40.48% | 4,294 |
| Grant | 1,799 | 49.76% | 1,729 | 47.83% | 87 | 2.41% | 70 | 1.94% | 3,615 |
| Greer | 2,151 | 67.47% | 864 | 27.10% | 173 | 5.43% | 1,287 | 40.37% | 3,188 |
| Harper | 729 | 46.88% | 735 | 47.27% | 91 | 5.85% | -6 | -0.39% | 1,555 |
| Haskell | 1,804 | 56.13% | 1,319 | 41.04% | 91 | 2.83% | 485 | 15.09% | 3,214 |
| Hughes | 1,965 | 59.37% | 1,256 | 37.95% | 89 | 2.69% | 709 | 21.42% | 3,310 |
| Jackson | 2,143 | 75.43% | 604 | 21.26% | 94 | 3.31% | 1,539 | 54.17% | 2,841 |
| Jefferson | 1,543 | 69.85% | 594 | 26.89% | 72 | 3.26% | 949 | 42.96% | 2,209 |
| Johnston | 1,944 | 66.71% | 757 | 25.98% | 213 | 7.31% | 1,187 | 40.73% | 2,914 |
| Kay | 2,651 | 50.02% | 2,562 | 48.34% | 87 | 1.64% | 89 | 1.68% | 5,300 |
| Kingfisher | 1,688 | 42.35% | 2,204 | 55.29% | 94 | 2.36% | -516 | -12.95% | 3,986 |
| Kiowa | 2,610 | 61.14% | 1,529 | 35.82% | 130 | 3.05% | 1,081 | 25.32% | 4,269 |
| Latimer | 969 | 58.16% | 629 | 37.76% | 68 | 4.08% | 340 | 20.41% | 1,666 |
| Le Flore | 2,162 | 54.60% | 1,715 | 43.31% | 83 | 2.10% | 447 | 11.29% | 3,960 |
| Lincoln | 3,432 | 47.57% | 3,562 | 49.38% | 220 | 3.05% | -130 | -1.80% | 7,214 |
| Logan | 2,179 | 35.76% | 3,831 | 62.87% | 84 | 1.38% | -1,652 | -27.11% | 6,094 |
| Love | 1,199 | 67.47% | 491 | 27.63% | 87 | 4.90% | 708 | 39.84% | 1,777 |
| Major | 968 | 37.72% | 1,296 | 50.51% | 302 | 11.77% | -328 | -12.78% | 2,566 |
| Marshall | 1,248 | 64.56% | 467 | 24.16% | 218 | 11.28% | 781 | 40.40% | 1,933 |
| Mayes | 1,215 | 57.02% | 908 | 42.61% | 8 | 0.38% | 307 | 14.41% | 2,131 |
| McClain | 1,465 | 63.72% | 723 | 31.45% | 111 | 4.83% | 742 | 32.27% | 2,299 |
| McCurtain | 1,287 | 55.88% | 955 | 41.47% | 61 | 2.65% | 332 | 14.42% | 2,303 |
| McIntosh | 1,666 | 50.24% | 1,607 | 48.46% | 43 | 1.30% | 59 | 1.78% | 3,316 |
| Murray | 1,356 | 69.50% | 502 | 25.73% | 93 | 4.77% | 854 | 43.77% | 1,951 |
| Muskogee[a] | 3,479 | 47.46% | 3,789 | 51.68% | 63 | 0.86% | -310 | -4.23% | 7,331 |
| Noble | 1,459 | 48.41% | 1,494 | 49.57% | 61 | 2.02% | -35 | -1.16% | 3,014 |
| Nowata | 1,068 | 51.27% | 992 | 47.62% | 23 | 1.10% | 76 | 3.65% | 2,083 |
| Okfuskee | 1,125 | 51.51% | 878 | 40.20% | 181 | 8.29% | 247 | 11.31% | 2,184 |
| Oklahoma | 5,038 | 44.51% | 5,944 | 52.51% | 337 | 2.98% | -906 | -8.00% | 11,319 |
| Okmulgee | 1,287 | 43.94% | 1,502 | 51.28% | 140 | 4.78% | -215 | -7.34% | 2,929 |
| Osage | 1,693 | 54.61% | 1,357 | 43.77% | 50 | 1.61% | 336 | 10.84% | 3,100 |
| Ottawa | 1,305 | 50.33% | 1,245 | 48.01% | 43 | 1.66% | 60 | 2.31% | 2,593 |
| Pawnee | 1,714 | 49.25% | 1,599 | 45.95% | 167 | 4.80% | 115 | 3.30% | 3,480 |
| Payne | 2,261 | 49.77% | 2,093 | 46.07% | 189 | 4.16% | 168 | 3.70% | 4,543 |
| Pittsburg | 3,366 | 54.29% | 2,602 | 41.97% | 232 | 3.74% | 764 | 12.32% | 6,200 |
| Pontotoc | 2,328 | 67.93% | 855 | 24.95% | 244 | 7.12% | 1,473 | 42.98% | 3,427 |
| Pottawatomie | 4,210 | 57.26% | 2,911 | 39.59% | 232 | 3.16% | 1,299 | 17.67% | 7,353 |
| Pushmataha | 864 | 60.46% | 520 | 36.39% | 45 | 3.15% | 344 | 24.07% | 1,429 |
| Roger Mills | 1,290 | 54.09% | 854 | 35.81% | 241 | 10.10% | 436 | 18.28% | 2,385 |
| Rogers | 1,759 | 60.53% | 1,116 | 38.40% | 31 | 1.07% | 643 | 22.13% | 2,906 |
| Seminole | 1,396 | 51.92% | 1,101 | 40.94% | 192 | 7.14% | 295 | 10.97% | 2,689 |
| Sequoyah | 1,927 | 49.38% | 1,940 | 49.72% | 35 | 0.90% | -13 | -0.33% | 3,902 |
| Stephens | 2,205 | 67.93% | 710 | 21.87% | 331 | 10.20% | 1,495 | 46.06% | 3,246 |
| Texas | 1,576 | 52.27% | 1,353 | 44.88% | 86 | 2.85% | 223 | 7.40% | 3,015 |
| Tillman | 1,472 | 70.91% | 557 | 26.83% | 47 | 2.26% | 915 | 44.08% | 2,076 |
| Tulsa | 2,163 | 51.20% | 1,951 | 46.18% | 111 | 2.63% | 212 | 5.02% | 4,225 |
| Wagoner | 1,200 | 40.23% | 1,723 | 57.76% | 60 | 2.01% | -523 | -17.53% | 2,983 |
| Washington | 1,404 | 48.51% | 1,442 | 49.83% | 48 | 1.66% | -38 | -1.31% | 2,894 |
| Washita | 2,100 | 60.31% | 1,152 | 33.08% | 230 | 6.61% | 948 | 27.23% | 3,482 |
| Woods | 1,276 | 44.57% | 1,424 | 49.74% | 163 | 5.69% | -148 | -5.17% | 2,863 |
| Woodward | 1,327 | 44.61% | 1,416 | 47.60% | 232 | 7.80% | -89 | -2.99% | 2,975 |
| Totals[b] | 134,162 | 53.58% | 106,507 | 42.53% | 9,740 | 3.89% | 27,655 | 11.04% | 250,409 |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "1907-1912 Results" (PDF). Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ a b Canvassing Board of Oklahoma (1907). "Governor". Abstract of the returns for the election of a full set of State Offices, District Judges, Members of the State Senate, Members of the Legislature of the proposed State of Oklahoma, From the prospective Counties in said proposed State, of the Election held September 17th, A.D. 1907. Logan County, Oklahoma Territory.
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