1916 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1916, in 36 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 7, 1916.
In New Mexico, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a four-year term. In Arkansas and Georgia, the gubernatorial election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in September and October, respectively.
Results
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing Candidates |
| Arizona | George W. P. Hunt | Democratic | Defeated, 47.94% | Thomas Edward Campbell 47.99% Peter T. Robertson 3.39% Robert E. Dunlap 0.68% |
| Arkansas | George Washington Hays | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Charles H. Brough 69.45% Wallace Townsend 25.02% William Davis 5.54% |
| Colorado | George A. Carlson | Republican | Defeated, 41.28% | Julius C. Gunter 53.27% C. Goddard 4.38% Louis E. Leeder 1.06% |
| Connecticut | Marcus H. Holcomb | Republican | Re-elected, 51.12% | Morris Beardsley 45.27% Herbert Beebe 2.48% G. Whitfield Simonson 0.84% Charles B. Wells 0.29% |
| Delaware | Charles R. Miller | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John G. Townsend Jr. 52.07% James H. Hughes 46.97% Frank A. Houck 0.96% |
| Florida | Park Trammell | Democratic | Term-limited, Prohibition victory | Sidney J. Catts 47.71% William V. Knott 36.61% George W. Allen 12.47% C. C. Allen 2.98% Noel A. Mitchell 0.23% |
| Georgia | Nathaniel Edwin Harris | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | Hugh M. Dorsey 96.45% Roscoe Pickett 2.91% Thomas M. Taylor 0.64% Hugh M. Dorsey 51.34% Nathaniel E. Harris 32.53% Lamartine Griffin Hardman 12.84% Joseph E. Pottle 3.29% |
| Idaho | Moses Alexander | Democratic | Re-elected, 47.49% | David W. Davis 47.07% Annie E. Triplow 5.44% |
| Illinois | Edward F. Dunne | Democratic | Defeated, 42.09% | Frank O. Lowden 52.67% Seymour Stedman 3.96% John R. Golden 1.16% John M. Francis 0.13% |
| Indiana | Samuel M. Ralston | Democratic | Term-limited, Republican victory | James P. Goodrich 47.80% John A. M. Adair 46.00% William W. Farmer 3.14% Alfred L. Mondy 2.19% Thomas A. Dalley 0.65% Joe B. Trunko 0.22% Scattering 0.01% |
| Iowa | George W. Clarke | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | William L. Harding 61.03% Edwin T. Meredith 36.36% John W. Bennett 1.60% Oren D. Ellett 0.56% Stephen H. Bashor 0.40% Arthur S. Dowler 0.06% |
| Kansas | Arthur Capper | Republican | Re-elected, 60.77% | W. C. Lansdon 33.05% E. N. Richardson 3.88% Harry R. Ross 2.30% |
| Maine | Oakley C. Curtis | Democratic | Defeated, 44.87% | Carl E. Milliken 54.00% Frank H. Maxfield 0.97% Liaus Seeley 0.17% |
| Massachusetts | Samuel W. McCall | Republican | Re-elected, 52.45% | Frederick W. Mansfield 43.67% Dan White 2.01% Chester R. Lawrence 1.13% James Hayes 0.74% |
| Michigan | Woodbridge Nathan Ferris | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Albert E. Sleeper 55.83% Edwin F. Sweet 40.59% Ernest J. Moore 2.31% E. W. Woodruff 1.11% James R. Murray 0.15% Henry R. Pattengill 0.02% |
| Minnesota | Joseph A. A. Burnquist | Republican | Re-elected, 62.94% | Thomas P. Dwyer 23.84% J. O. Bentall 6.73% Thomas J. Anderson 5.09% John P. Johnson 1.40% |
| Missouri | Elliot Woolfolk Major | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Frederick D. Gardner 48.65% Henry Lamm 48.36% William J. Adames 1.85% Joseph P. Fontron 0.51% William H. Yount 0.51% Charles Rogers 0.12% |
| Montana | Samuel V. Stewart | Democratic | Re-elected, 49.36% | Frank J. Edwards 44.10% Lewis J. Duncan 6.53% |
| Nebraska | John H. Morehead | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Keith Neville 49.27% Abraham L. Sutton 46.95% B. Z. Millikan 2.34% J. P. Graves 1.45% |
| New Hampshire | Rolland H. Spaulding | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Henry W. Keyes 53.20% John C. Hutchins 45.08% William H. Wilkins 1.39% Ralph E. Meras 0.33% |
| New Jersey | James Fairman Fielder | Democratic | Term-limited, Republican victory | Walter E. Edge 55.44% H. Otto Wittpenn 39.83% Frederick Krafft 2.89% Harry Vaughan 1.32% John C. Butterworth 0.52% |
| New Mexico | William C. McDonald | Democratic | Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor, Democratic victory | Ezequiel C. De Baca 49.40% Holm O. Bursum 47.42% N. A. Wells 3.18% |
| New York | Charles S. Whitman | Republican | Re-elected, 52.63% | Samuel Seabury 42.53% Algernon Lee 3.25% Charles E. Welch 1.35% Jeremiah D. Crowley 0.24% |
| North Carolina | Locke Craig | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Thomas W. Bickett 58.15% Frank A. Linney 41.65% L. Miller 0.21% |
| North Dakota | L. B. Hanna | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Lynn J. Frazier 79.24% D. H. McArthur 18.40% Oscar A. Johnson 2.36% |
| Ohio | Frank B. Willis | Republican | Defeated, 47.83% | James M. Cox 48.40% Tom Clifford 3.14% John H. Dickason 0.63% |
| Rhode Island | R. Livingston Beeckman | Republican | Re-elected, 55.92% | Addison P. Munroe 40.83% John H. Holloway 2.45% Roscoe W. Phillips 0.59% Thomas F. Herrick 0.23% |
| South Carolina | Richard Irvine Manning III | Democratic | Re-elected | Richard Irvine Manning III 97.91% Coleman Livingston Blease 1.77% J. C. Gibbes 0.26% J. M. Cantey 0.06% Richard Irvine Manning III 51.69% Coleman Livingston Blease 48.31% |
| South Dakota | Frank M. Byrne | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Peter Norbeck 56.64% Orville Rinehart 39.33% Fred L. Fairchild 2.77% C. K. Thompson 1.27% |
| Tennessee | Thomas C. Rye | Democratic | Re-elected, 55.04% | John W. Overall 44.19% Scattering 0.78% |
| Texas | James E. Ferguson | Democratic | Re-elected, 81.60% | R. B. Creager 13.51% E. R. Meitzen 4.01% H. W. Lewis 0.88% |
| Utah | William Spry | Republican | Simon Bamberger 55.12% Nephi L. Morris 41.80% F. M. McHugh 3.08% | |
| Vermont | Charles W. Gates | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Horace F. Graham 71.10% William B. Mayo 25.95% William R. Rowland 1.51% Lester W. Hanson 1.44% Scattering 0.01% |
| Washington | Ernest Lister | Democratic | Re-elected, 48.10% | Henry McBride 44.44% Ludwig E. Katterfeld 5.61% August B. L. Gellerman 0.93% James Bradford 0.77% James E. Riordan 0.17% |
| West Virginia | Henry D. Hatfield | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | John Jacob Cornwell 49.55% Ira E. Robinson 48.59% D. M. S. Holt 1.87% |
| Wisconsin | Emanuel L. Philipp | Republican | Re-elected, 52.93% | Burt Williams 37.89% Rae Weaver 7.06% George McKerrow 2.12% Scattering 0.01% |