1919 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1919, in six states. Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Mississippi held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years, which it would abandon in 1949. This was the last time Massachusetts elected its governors to a single-year term, switching to two years from the 1920 election.
Results
State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing Candidates |
Kentucky | James D. Black | Democratic | Defeated, 45.29% | Edwin P. Morrow 53.82% G. D. Becker 0.89% |
Louisiana | Ruffin Pleasant | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | John Milliken Parker 97.47% J. Stewart Thompson 2.53% John Milliken Parker 54.28% Frank P. Stubbs 45.72% |
Maryland | Emerson Harrington | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Albert C. Ritchie 49.06% Harry Whinna Nice 48.99% Arthur L. Blessing 1.22% Robert W. Stevens 0.73% |
Massachusetts | Calvin Coolidge | Republican | Re-elected, 60.94% | Richard H. Long 36.95% William A. King 1.35% Ingvar Paulsen 0.45% Charles B. Ernst 0.32% |
Mississippi | Theodore G. Bilbo | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Lee M. Russell 96.96% J. T. Lester 3.04% Lee M. Russell 52.67% Oscar Goodbar Johnston 47.33% |
New Jersey | William Nelson Runyon | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Democratic victory | Edward I. Edwards 49.20% Newton A. K. Bugbee 45.92% Albert Farr 2.49% Charles E. Lane 1.38% John C. Butterworth 0.73% Mark M. Denterfass 0.28% |