| Election Name: | 1906 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1896 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1905 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1905 |
| Next Election: | 1907 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1907 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 28 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 6, 1906 |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 27 |
| Seats After1: | 25 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| 1Data1: | 19 |
| 2Data1: | 17 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 17 |
| Seats After2: | 19 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| 1Data2: | 8 |
| 2Data2: | 10 |
| Party4: | Silver Party |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| 1Data4: | 1 |
| 2Data4: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1906, in 28 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 6, 1906 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon and Vermont, which held early elections).
In Iowa, the gubernatorial election was held in an even-numbered year for the first time, having previously been held in odd-numbered years. The previous election in this state took place in 1903.
In Oregon, the gubernatorial election was held in June for the last time, moving to the same day as federal elections from the 1910 elections.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Braxton Bragg Comer (Democratic) 85.48% Asa E. Stratton (Republican) 13.94% J. N. Abbott (Socialist) 0.58% [1] | ||
| Arkansas (held, 3 September 1906) | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | John S. Little (Democratic) 69.12% John I. Worthington (Republican) 27.29% John G. Adams (Prohibition) 2.16% Dan Hogan (Socialist) 1.43% [2] | ||
| California | Republican | Lost Republican nomination, Republican victory | James Norris Gillett (Republican) 40.35% Theodore Arlington Bell (Democratic) 37.71% William H. Langdon (Independence League) 14.43% Austin Lewis (Socialist) 5.14% James H. Blanchard (Prohibition) 2.36% Scattering 0.01% [3] | ||
| Colorado | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Henry A. Buchtel (Republican) 45.59% Alva Adams (Democratic) 36.63% Ben B. Lindsey (Independent) 8.87% William D. Haywood (Socialist) 7.88% Frank C. Chamberlain (Prohibition) 1.03% [4] | ||
| Connecticut | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Rollin S. Woodruff (Republican) 54.83% Charles Frederick Thayer (Democratic) 42.05% Ernest D. Hull (Socialist) 1.82% Matthew E. O'Brien (Prohibition) 1.13% Charles F. Roberts (Socialist Labor) 0.17% [5] | ||
| Georgia (held, 3 October 1906) | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | M. Hoke Smith (Democratic) 99.84% J. B. Osburn (Socialist) 0.16% [6] (Democratic primary results) √ M. Hoke Smith def. Clark Howell John H. Estill Richard B. Russell James M. Smith G. A. Nunnally[7] [8] [9] | ||
| Idaho | Frank R. Gooding | Republican | Re-elected, 52.18% | Charles O. Stockslager (Democratic) 40.09% Thomas F. Kelley (Socialist) 6.32% Scattering 1.41% [10] | |
| Iowa | Albert B. Cummins | Republican | Re-elected, 50.18% | Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 45.36% Lorenzo S. Coggin (Prohibition) 2.28% John E. Shank (Socialist) 2.02% J. R. Norman (People's) 0.08% Andrew Townsend Hisey (Secular Government) 0.08% [11] | |
| Kansas | Edward W. Hoch | Republican | Re-elected, 48.24% | William A. Harris Jr. (Democratic) 47.57% J. B. Cook (Prohibition) 2.42% Harry Gilham (Socialist) 1.41% Horace A. Keefer (Populist) 0.36% [12] | |
| Maine (held, 10 September 1906) | William T. Cobb | Republican | Re-elected, 52.00% | Cyrus W. Davis (Democratic) 45.96% Charles L. Fox (Socialist) 1.16% Henry Woodward (Prohibition) 0.85% Scattering 0.03% [13] | |
| Massachusetts | Curtis Guild Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 51.96% | John B. Moran (Democratic/Independence League/Prohibition) 44.90% James F. Carey (Socialist) 1.85% Gamaliel Bradford (Reform) 0.77% William H. Carroll (Socialist Labor) 0.51% Scattering 0.01% [14] | |
| Michigan | Fred M. Warner | Republican | Re-elected, 60.88% | Charles H. Kimmerle (Democratic) 34.78% R. Clark Reed (Prohibition) 2.45% James E. Walker (Socialist) 1.59% Herman Richter (Socialist Labor) 0.31% [15] | |
| Minnesota | John Albert Johnson | Democratic | Re-elected, 60.93% | Albert L. Cole (Republican) 34.78% Charles W. Dorsett (Prohibition) 2.61% O. E. Lofthus (Public Ownership) 1.68% [16] | |
| Nebraska | Republican | George L. Sheldon (Republican) 51.27% Ashton C. Shallenberger (Democratic) 44.48% Harry T. Sutton (Prohibition) 2.68% Elisha Taylor (Socialist) 1.57% [17] | |||
| Nevada | John Sparks | Silver-Democrat | Re-elected, 58.54% | Jason F. Mitchell (Republican) 35.96% Thomas B. Casey (Socialist) 5.49% [18] | |
| New Hampshire | Republican | Charles M. Floyd (Republican) 49.79% Nathan C. Jameson (Democratic) 46.22% Edmund B. Tetley (Prohibition) 2.71% W. H. McFall (Socialist) 1.24% Winston Churchill (Independent) 0.04% Scattering 0.01% [19] | |||
| New York | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) 50.52% William Randolph Hearst (Democratic/Independence League) 46.62% John C. Chase (Socialist) 1.47% Henry M. Randall (Prohibition) 1.08% Thomas H. Jackson (Socialist Labor) 0.31% [20] | ||
| North Dakota | Republican | Defeated, 44.22% | John Burke (Democratic) 51.94% L. F. Dow (Socialist) 1.48% Scattering 2.37% [21] | ||
| Oregon (held, 4 June 1906) | George Earle Chamberlain | Democratic | Re-elected, 47.56% | James Withycombe (Republican) 44.99% C. W. Barzee (Socialist) 4.62% I. H. Amos (Prohibition) 2.83% [22] | |
| Pennsylvania | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Edwin Sydney Stuart (Republican) 50.31% Lewis Emery Jr. (Democratic/Lincoln Party) 45.51% Homer L. Castle (Prohibition) 2.46% James Hudson Maurer (Socialist) 1.51% John Desmond (Socialist Labor) 0.21% [23] | ||
| Rhode Island | Republican | Defeated, 47.94% | James H. Higgins (Democratic) 49.92% Bernan E. Helme (Prohibition) 1.07% Warren A. Carpenter (Socialist) 0.59% David J. Moran (Socialist Labor) 0.48% [24] | ||
| South Carolina | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Martin Frederick Ansel (Democratic) 99.89% F. N. U. Chandler (Socialist) 0.11% [25] (Democratic primary run-off results) Martin Frederick Ansel 56.12% Richard Irvine Manning III 43.88% [26] | ||
| South Dakota | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Coe I. Crawford (Republican) 65.32% John A. Stransky (Democratic) 26.72% Knute Lewis (Prohibition) 4.56% Freeman Knowles (Socialist) 3.41% [27] | ||
| Tennessee | Democratic | Lost Democratic nomination, Democratic victory | Malcolm R. Patterson (Democratic) 54.42% Henry Clay Evans (Republican) 45.14% John M. Ray (Socialist) 0.44% [28] | ||
| Texas | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Thomas M. Campbell (Democratic) 81.17% C. A. Gray (Republican) 12.94% Alex W. Atcheson (Reorganized Republican) 2.94% George C. Edwards (Socialist) 1.61% J. W. Pearson (Prohibition) 1.21% Arthur S. Dowler (Socialist Labor) 0.14% [29] | ||
| Vermont (held, 4 September 1906) | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Fletcher D. Proctor (Republican) 60.05% Percival Wood Clement (Independent/Democratic) 38.18% Lester W. Hanson (Prohibition) 1.04% Timothy Sullivan (Socialist) 0.73% Scattering 0.01% [30] | ||
| Wisconsin | James O. Davidson | Republican | Re-elected, 57.36% | John A. Aylward (Democratic) 32.28% Winfield R. Gaylord (Social Democrat) 7.64% Ephraim Llewellyn Eaton (Prohibition) 2.57% Ole T. Rosaas (Socialist Labor) 0.14% Scattering 0.01% [31] | |
| Wyoming | Bryant B. Brooks | Republican | Re-elected, 60.20% | Stephen A. D. Keister (Democratic) 34.85% William L.O'Neill (Socialist) 4.56% George W. Blain (Independent) 0.39% [32] |