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

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing Candidates
KentuckyJames D. BlackDemocraticDefeated, 45.29%Edwin P. Morrow 53.82%
G. D. Becker 0.89%
Louisiana

Ruffin PleasantDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJohn Milliken Parker 97.47%
J. Stewart Thompson 2.53%

John Milliken Parker 54.28%
Frank P. Stubbs 45.72%
MarylandEmerson HarringtonDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryAlbert C. Ritchie 49.06%
Harry Whinna Nice 48.99%
Arthur L. Blessing 1.22%
Robert W. Stevens 0.73%
MassachusettsCalvin CoolidgeRepublicanRe-elected, 60.94%Richard H. Long 36.95%
William A. King 1.35%
Ingvar Paulsen 0.45%
Charles B. Ernst 0.32%
MississippiTheodore G. BilboDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryLee M. Russell 96.96%
J. T. Lester 3.04%

Lee M. Russell 52.67%
Oscar Goodbar Johnston 47.33%
New JerseyWilliam Nelson RunyonRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Democratic victoryEdward 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%