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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).
InAlabama, 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.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | William D. Jelks | Democratic | Re-elected, 73.72% | John A. W. Smith (Republican) 26.28% [1] |
| 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% [2] |
| 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% [3] |
| 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% [4] |
| 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% [5] |
| 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% [6] (Democratic primary results) √ Joseph M. Terrell def. John H. Estill Dupont Guerry [7][8] [data missing] |
| 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% [9] |
| 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% [10] |
| 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% [11] |
| Massachusetts | Winthrop Murray Crane | Republican | [data missing] | 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% [12] |
| 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% [13] |
| 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% [14] |
| Nebraska | Ezra P. Savage | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John H. Mickey (Republican) 49.54% William H. Thompson (Democratic)[c] 46.79% George Bigelow (Socialist) 1.93% Samuel T. Davies (Prohibition) 1.74% [15] |
| Nevada | Reinhold Sadler | Silver | Retired, Silver victory | John Sparks (Silver-Democrat) 57.78% Abner Coburn Cleveland (Republican) 42.22% [16] |
| New Hampshire | Chester B. Jordan | Republican | [data missing] | 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% [17] |
| 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% [18] |
| North Dakota | Frank White | Republican | Re-elected, 62.68% | J. Cronan (Democratic) 34.85% Robert Grant (Independent) 2.47% [19] |
| 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% [20] |
| 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% [21] |
| 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% [22] |
| South Carolina | Miles Benjamin McSweeney | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Duncan Clinch Heyward (Democratic) 100.00% [23] (Democratic primary run-off results) Duncan Clinch Heyward 55.58% William Jasper Talbert 44.42% [24] |
| 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% [25] |
| Tennessee | Benton McMillin | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | James B. Frazier (Democratic) 61.79% H. Campbell (Republican) 36.84% R. S. Cheves (Prohibition) 1.37% [26] |
| 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% [27][28] |
| 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% [29] (General Assembly result)[d] √ John Griffith McCullough (Republican) 164 Percival 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% [30] |
| Wyoming | DeForest Richards | Republican | Re-elected, 57.81% | George T. Beck (Democratic) 39.99% Henry Breitenstein (Socialist) 2.20% [31] |
