1910 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

The 1910 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1910, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Lee Cruce defeated Republican J. W. McNeal. Also on the ballot were J. T. Cumbie of the Socialist Party and George E. Rouch of the Prohibition Party.[1]

1910 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
← 1907 November 8, 1910 1914 →
 
Nominee Lee Cruce J. W. McNeal J. T. Cumbie
Party Democratic Republican Socialist
Popular vote 120,218 99,527 24,707
Percentage 48.54% 40.19% 9.98%

County results Cruce:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
McNeal:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Charles N. Haskell
Democratic

Elected Governor

Lee Cruce
Democratic

Primary election

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Democratic party

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lee Cruce 54,262 43.85%
Democratic William H. Murray 40,166 32.46%
Democratic Leslie P. Ross 26,792 21.65%
Democratic Brant Kirk 2,514 2.03%
Total votes 123,734 100.00%

Republican party

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Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results [2][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. W. McNeal 30,491 36.23%
Republican Thompson B. Ferguson 23,276 27.66%
Republican John Fields 17,985 21.37%
Republican Charles G. Jones 12,406 14.74%
Total votes 84,158 100.00%

Socialist party

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Candidates

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  • J. T. Cumbie

Results

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Socialist primary results [2][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist J. T. Cumbie 13,339 100.00%
Total votes 13,339 100.00%

Prohibition party

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Candidates

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  • George E. Rouch

Results

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Prohibition primary results [2][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Prohibition George E. Rouch 70 100.00%
Total votes 70 100.00%

General election

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Results

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1910 Oklahoma gubernatorial election[1][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lee Cruce 120,218 48.54% −5.04%
Republican J. W. McNeal 99,527 40.19% −2.35%
Socialist J. T. Cumbie 24,707 9.98% +6.09%
Prohibition George E. Rouch 3,214 1.30%
Majority 20,691 8.35%
Total votes 247,666 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing -2.69%

Results by county

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County[7] Lee Cruce
Democratic
J. W. McNeal
Republican
J. T. Cumbie
Socialist
George E. Rouch
Prohibition
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 753 50.84% 693 46.79% 25 1.76% 9 0.61% 60 4.05% 1,481
Alfalfa 1,288 36.37% 1,883 53.18% 257 7.26% 113 3.19% -595 -16.80% 3,541
Atoka 1,005 54.53% 630 34.18% 198 10.74% 10 0.54% 375 20.35% 1,843
Beaver 963 39.55% 1,204 49.45% 213 8.75% 55 2.26% -241 -9.90% 2,435
Beckham 1,524 53.05% 626 21.79% 656 22.83% 67 2.33% 868[a] 30.21% 2,873
Blaine 1.286 41.14% 1,484 47.47% 283 9.05% 73 2.34% -198 -6.33% 3,126
Bryan 2,234 59.45% 948 25.23% 547 14.56% 29 0.77% 1,286 34.22% 3,758
Caddo 2,623 43.82% 2,734 45.67% 564 9.42% 65 1.09% -111 -1.85% 5,986
Canadian 1,941 44.08% 2,144 48.69% 257 5.84% 61 1.39% -203 -4.61% 4,403
Carter 2,116 60.87% 899 25.86% 432 12.43% 29 0.83% 1,217 35.01% 3,476
Cherokee 1,291 49.98% 1,208 46.77% 72 2.79% 12 0.46% 83 3.21% 2,583
Choctaw 1,202 47.23% 764 30.02% 531 20.86% 48 1.89% 438 17.21% 2,545
Cimarron 487 49.74% 412 42.08% 68 6.95% 12 1.23% 75 7.66% 979
Cleveland 1,423 52.35% 945 34.77% 307 11.30% 43 1.58% 478 17.59% 2,718
Coal 1,166 53.49% 610 27.98% 379 17.39% 25 1.15% 556 25.50% 2,180
Comanche 3,221 50.84% 2,381 37.58% 623 9.83% 110 1.74% 840 13.26% 6,335
Craig 1,584 54.62% 1,234 42.55% 61 2.10% 21 0.72% 350 12.07% 2,900
Creek 1,619 41.80% 1,910 49.32% 298 7.69% 46 1.19% -291 -7.51% 3,873
Custer 1,817 45.32% 1,765 44.03% 359 8.95% 68 1.70% 52 1.30% 4,009
Delaware 924 54.19% 705 41.35% 67 3.93% 9 0.53% 219 12.84% 1,705
Dewey 983 36.31% 1,108 40.93% 570 21.06% 46 1.70% -125 -4.62% 2,707
Ellis 1,085 37.66% 1,417 49.18% 341 11.84% 38 1.32% -332 -11.52% 2,881
Garfield 2,343 37.93% 3,436 55.63% 318 5.15% 80 1.30% -1,093 -17.69% 6,177
Garvin 2,055 60.46% 959 28.21% 353 10.39% 32 0.94% 1,096 32.24% 3,399
Grady 2,566 58.77% 1,287 29.48% 454 10.40% 59 1.35% 1,279 29.29% 4,366
Grant 1,642 43.86% 1,886 50.37% 149 3.98% 67 1.79% -244 -6.52% 3,744
Greer 1,409 64.10% 414 18.84% 329 14.97% 46 2.09% 995 45.27% 2,198
Harmon 852 71.54% 174 14.61% 146 12.26% 19 1.60% 678 56.93% 1,191
Harper 701 41.53% 810 47.99% 156 9.24% 21 1.24% -109 -6.46% 1,688
Haskell 1,471 49.93% 1,176 39.92% 277 9.40% 22 0.75% 295 10.01% 2,946
Hughes 1,715 51.03% 1,204 35.82% 413 12.29% 29 0.86% 511 15.20% 3,361
Jackson 2,089 67.21% 613 19.72% 346 11.13% 60 1.93% 1,476 47.49% 3,108
Jefferson 1,446 58.61% 563 22.82% 422 17.11% 36 1.46% 883 35.79% 2,467
Johnston 1,314 53.74% 641 26.22% 469 19.18% 21 0.86% 673 27.53% 2,445
Kay 2,400 45.60% 2,635 50.07% 165 3.14% 63 1.20% -235 -4.47% 5,263
Kingfisher 1,339 38.28% 1,901 54.35% 208 5.95% 50 1.43% -562 -16.07% 3,498
Kiowa 1,414 51.32% 1,054 38.26% 266 9.66% 21 0.76% 360 13.07% 2,755
Latimer 690 48.73% 527 37.22% 189 13.35% 10 0.71% 163 11.51% 1,416
Le Flore 1,843 51.18% 1,529 42.46% 215 5.97% 14 0.39% 314 8.72% 3,601
Lincoln 2,298 40.01% 2,662 46.34% 645 11.23% 139 2.42% -364 -6.34% 5,744
Logan 1,300 30.11% 2,761 63.94% 180 4.17% 77 1.78% -1,461 -33.84% 4,318
Love 815 60.50% 308 22.87% 206 15.29% 18 1.34% 507 37.64% 1,347
Major 704 27.19% 1,379 53.26% 461 17.81% 45 1.74% -675 -26.07% 2,589
Marshall 845 48.01% 389 22.10% 501 28.47% 25 1.42% 344[a] 19.55% 1,760
Mayes 1,274 51.54% 1,137 46.00% 47 1.90% 14 0.57% 137 5.54% 2,472
McClain 1,292 56.00% 671 29.09% 321 13.91% 23 1.00% 621 26.92% 2,307
McCurtain 1,130 57.56% 650 33.11% 176 8.97% 7 0.36% 480 24.45% 1,963
McIntosh 1,256 52.16% 1,000 41.53% 139 5.77% 13 0.54% 256 10.63% 2,408
Murray 987 51.14% 445 23.06% 478 24.77% 20 1.04% 509[a] 26.37% 1,930
Muskogee 3,241 55.80% 2,367 40.75% 164 2.82% 36 0.62% 874 15.05% 5,808
Noble 1,258 43.19% 1,447 49.67% 188 6.45% 20 0.69% -189 -6.49% 2,913
Nowata 1,077 47.82% 1,070 47.51% 81 3.60% 24 1.07% 7 0.31% 2,252
Okfuskee 957 46.08% 749 36.06% 338 16.27% 33 1.59% 208 10.01% 2,077
Oklahoma 6,140 50.71% 5,056 41.75% 753 6.22% 160 1.32% 1,084 8.95% 12,109
Okmulgee 1,183 42.45% 1,246 44.71% 324 11.63% 34 1.22% -63 -2.26% 2,787
Osage 1,872 49.97% 1,651 44.07% 198 5.29% 25 0.67% 221 5.90% 3,746
Ottawa 1,410 50.23% 1,274 45.39% 100 3.56% 23 0.82% 136 4.85% 2,807
Pawnee 1,394 42.73% 1,495 45.83% 313 9.60% 60 1.84% -101 -3.10% 3,262
Payne 1,699 41.21% 1,834 44.48% 503 12.20% 87 2.11% -135 -3.27% 4,123
Pittsburg 2,901 51.64% 2,049 36.47% 608 10.82% 60 1.07% 852 15.17% 5,618
Pontotoc 1,893 59.49% 711 22.34% 548 17.22% 30 0.94% 1,182 37.15% 3,182
Pottawatomie 2,694 45.30% 2,431 40.88% 726 12.21% 96 1.61% 263 4.42% 5,947
Pushmataha 691 47.17% 535 36.52% 234 15.97% 5 0.34% 156 10.65% 1,465
Roger Mills 1,014 46.84% 673 31.09% 421 19.45% 57 2.63% 341 15.75% 2,165
Rogers 1,638 53.83% 1,195 39.27% 174 5.72% 36 1.18% 443 14.56% 3,043
Seminole 1,064 43.66% 964 39.56% 383 15.72% 26 1.07% 100 4.10% 2,437
Sequoyah 1,596 54.56% 1,238 42.32% 79 2.70% 12 0.41% 358 12.24% 2,925
Stephens 1,802 53.92% 819 24.51% 686 20.53% 35 1.05% 983 29.41% 3,342
Swanson 525 48.34% 323 29.74% 219 20.17% 19 1.75% 202 18.60% 1,086
Texas 1,143 43.86% 1,130 43.36% 286 10.97% 47 1.80% 13 0.50% 2,606
Tillman 1,758 65.43% 735 27.35% 166 6.18% 28 1.04% 1,023 38.07% 2,687
Tulsa 2,594 50.40% 2,193 42.61% 325 6.31% 35 0.68% 401 7.79% 5,147
Wagoner 1,182 54.20% 828 37.96% 165 7.57% 6 0.28% 354 16.23% 2,181
Washington 1,517 47.08% 1,484 46.06% 194 6.02% 27 0.84% 33 1.02% 3,222
Washita 1,723 51.66% 1,081 32.41% 464 13.91% 67 2.01% 642 19.25% 3,335
Woods 1,327 38.47% 1,510 43.78% 548 15.89% 64 1.86% -183 -5.31% 3,449
Woodward 1,200 38.17% 1,524 48.47% 381 12.12% 39 1.24% -324 -10.31% 3,144
Totals 120,218 48.54% 99,527 40.19% 24,707 9.98% 3,214[b] 1.30% 20,691 8.35% 247,666

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Cruce's margin over Cumbie
  2. ^ The county figures add up to 3,211

References

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  1. ^ a b "1907-1912 Results" (PDF). p. 25. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "1907-1912 Results" (PDF). pp. 13–23. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  3. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1910). "For Governor". Returns of the Democratic Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 2, 1910. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1910). "For Governor". Returns of the Republican Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 2, 1910. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1910). "For Governor". Returns of the Socialist Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 2, 1910. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1910). "For Governor". Returns of the Socialist Primary Election held in the State of Oklahoma August 2, 1910. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ a b Oklahoma State Election Board (1910). "Governor". Returns of General Election held in the State of Oklahoma November 8, 1910. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)