1912 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1912, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 5, 1912. In addition, there was a special election in Georgia on January 10, 1912.
In Rhode Island, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a one-year term. In Vermont, the gubernatorial election was held in September for the last time, moving to the same day as federal elections from the 1914 elections.
Results
Special election (January 1912)
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing Candidates |
| Georgia | John M. Slaton | Democratic | Joseph M. Brown 98.97% A. F. Castleberry 1.03% Joseph M. Brown 39.46% J. Pope Brown 34.57% R. B. Russell 25.97% |
Regular elections (Autumn 1912)
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing Candidates |
| Arkansas | George Washington Donaghey | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | Joseph Taylor Robinson 64.74% Andrew I. Roland 27.37% G. E. Mikel 7.89% |
| Colorado | John F. Shafroth | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | Elias M. Ammons 42.91% Edward P. Costigan 24.88% Clifford C. Parks 23.73% Charles A. Ashelstrom 6.09% John Henry Ketchum 2.22% Jonathan U. Billings 0.17% |
| Connecticut | Simeon Eben Baldwin | Democratic | Re-elected, 41.11% | J. P. Studley 35.47% Herbert Smith 16.29% Samuel E. Beardsley 5.38% B. B. Bassette 1.10% Charles B. Wells 0.66% |
| Delaware | Simeon S. Pennewill | Republican | Charles R. Miller 46.95% Thomas M. Monaghan 44.30% George B. Hynson 6.23% John Heyd 1.37% Norman L. Rearick 1.15% | |
| Florida | Albert W. Gilchrist | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Park Trammell 80.42% Thomas W. Cox 7.15% William R. O'Neal 5.46% William C. Hodges 4.78% J. W. Bingham 2.19% |
| Georgia | Joseph Mackey Brown | Democratic | John M. Slaton 100.00% John M. Slaton 62.14% Hooper Alexander 23.13% Joe Hill Hall 14.73% | |
| Idaho | James H. Hawley | Democratic | Defeated, 32.22% | John M. Haines 33.24% G. H. Martin 23.05% L. A. Coblentz 10.51% Scattering 0.97% |
| Illinois | Charles S. Deneen | Republican | Defeated, 27.39% | Edward F. Dunne 38.11% Frank H. Funk 26.09% John C. Kennedy 6.77% Edward Worrell 1.31% John M. Francis 0.34% |
| Indiana | Thomas R. Marshall | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Samuel M. Ralston 42.95% Albert J. Beveridge 25.99% Winfield T. Durbin 22.10% Stephen N. Reynolds 5.53% William H. Hickman 2.88% James Matthews 0.45% Scattering 0.10% |
| Iowa | Beryl F. Carroll | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | George W. Clarke 39.93% Edward G. Dunn 39.56% John L. Stevens 15.59% I. S. McCrillis 3.25% C. Durant Jones 1.68% |
| Kansas | Walter R. Stubbs | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | George H. Hodges 46.55% Arthur Capper 46.54% George W. Kleihege 6.89% Scattering 0.02% |
| Maine | Frederick W. Plaisted | Democratic | Defeated, 47.70% | William T. Haines 49.97% George A. England 1.47% William I. Sterling 0.86% Scattering 0.01% |
| Massachusetts | Eugene Foss | Democratic | Re-elected, 40.60% | Joseph Walker 30.18% Charles S. Bird 25.77% Roland D. Sawyer 2.42% Frank N. Rand 0.57% Patrick Mulligan 0.47% |
| Michigan | Chase Osborn | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Woodbridge Nathan Ferris 35.35% Amos S. Musselman 30.96% L. Whitney Watkins 28.31% James Hoogerhyde 3.90% Jefferson D. Leland 1.42% Herman Richter 0.07% |
| Minnesota | Adolph O. Eberhart | Republican | Re-elected, 40.73% | Peter M. Ringdahl 31.30% Paul V. Collins 10.51% Engebret E. Lobeck 9.38% David Morgan 8.09% |
| Missouri | Herbert S. Hadley | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Elliott W. Major 48.20% John C. McKinley 31.15% Albert D. Nortoni 15.61% William A. Ward 4.03% Charles E. Stokes 0.75% Charles Rogers 0.27% |
| Montana | Edwin L. Norris | Democratic | Samuel V. Stewart 31.73% Harry L. Wilson 28.70% Frank J. Edwards 23.61% Lewis J. Duncan 15.96% | |
| Nebraska | Chester H. Aldrich | Republican | Defeated, 45.33% | John H. Morehead 49.27% Clyde J. Wright 3.96% Nathan Wilson 1.45% |
| New Hampshire | Robert P. Bass | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Samuel D. Felker 41.07% Franklin Worcester 39.03% Winston Churchill 17.29% William H. Wilkins 2.01% Alva H. Morrill 0.60% |
| New York | John Alden Dix | Democratic | Lost Democratic nomination, Democratic victory | William Sulzer 41.46% Job E. Hedges 28.35% Oscar S. Straus 25.10% Charles Edward Russell 3.63% T. Alexander MacNicholl 1.21% John Hall 0.24% |
| North Carolina | William Walton Kitchin | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Locke Craig 61.35% Iredell Meares 20.42% Thomas Settle III 17.84% H. E. Hodges 0.39% |
| North Dakota | John Burke | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Louis B. Hanna 45.45% Frank O. Hellstrom 36.01% W. D. Sweet 10.74% A. E. Bowen Jr. 7.80% |
| Ohio | Judson Harmon | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | James M. Cox 42.38% Robert B. Brown 26.29% Arthur Lovett Garford 21.02% Charles Emil Ruthenberg 8.46% Daniel A. Polling 1.60% John Kircher 0.26% |
| Rhode Island | Aram J. Pothier | Republican | Re-elected, 43.67% | Theodore Francis Green 41.87% Albert H. Humes 10.82% Samuel H. Fassel 2.45% Willis H. White 0.88% Thomas F. Herrick 0.32% |
| South Carolina | Coleman Livingston Blease | Democratic | Re-elected, 99.53% | R. B. Britton 0.47% Coleman Livingston Blease 50.96% Ira B. Jones 47.34% John T. Duncan 1.70% |
| South Dakota | Robert S. Vessey | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Frank M. Byrne 48.51% Edwin S. Johnson 45.70% Samuel Lovett 2.95% O. W. Butterfield 2.83% |
| Tennessee | Ben W. Hooper | Republican | Re-elected, 50.10% | Benton McMillin 46.87% Scattering 3.03% |
| Texas | Oscar Branch Colquitt | Democratic | Re-elected, 77.82% | Reddin Andrews 8.39% C. W. Johnson 7.67% Ed C. Lasater 5.24% Andrew Jackson Houston 0.78% K. E. Choate 0.10% Oscar Branch Colquitt 55.00% William F. Ramsey 45.00% |
| Utah | William Spry | Republican | Re-elected, 38.17% | John Franklin Tolton 32.36% Nephi L. Morris 21.16% Homer P. Burt 7.89% E. A. Battell 0.43% |
| Vermont | John A. Mead | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Allen Miller Fletcher 40.47% Harland Bradley Howe 30.85% Fraser Metzger 24.10% Clement F. Smith 2.68% Frederick W. Suitor 1.87% Scattering 0.04% √ Allen Miller Fletcher 163 Harland Bradley Howe 76 Frazer Metzger 32 |
| Washington | Marion E. Hay | Republican | Defeated, 30.35% | Ernest Lister 30.55% Robert T. Hodge 24.44% Anna A. Maley 11.67% George F. Stivers 2.56% Abraham Lincoln Brearcliff 0.43% |
| West Virginia | William E. Glasscock | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Henry Drury Hatfield 47.74% W. R. Thompson 44.47% Walter B. Hilton 5.61% Goodloe Jackson 2.19% |
| Wisconsin | Francis E. McGovern | Republican | Re-elected, 45.54% | John C. Karel 42.48% Carl D. Thompson 8.75% Charles Lewis Hill 2.40% William H. Curtis 0.83% Scattering 0.01% |