1913 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1913, in four states. Massachusetts at this time held gubernatorial elections every year, which it would abandon in 1920. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years, which it would abandon in 1949. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year.
In Arkansas, a special election was held in July 1913 following the resignation of Joseph Taylor Robinson in March 1913 to take a seat in the United States Senate.
Results
State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing Candidates |
Arkansas | Junius Marion Futrell | Democratic | Did not contest, Democratic victory | George W. Hays 64.25% Harry H. Meyers 20.41% George W. Murphy 10.10% J. Emil Webber 5.24% |
Massachusetts | Eugene Foss | Democratic | Did not contest Democratic renomination, ran as an independent, defeated | David I. Walsh 39.77% Charles S. Bird 27.72% Augustus P. Gardner 25.32% Eugene Foss 4.38% George H. Wrenn 1.96% Alfred H. Evans 0.44% Arthur Elmer Reimer 0.42% |
New Jersey | Leon R. Taylor | Democratic | Did not contest, Democratic victory | James F. Fielder 46.13% Edward C. Stokes 37.38% Everett Colby 10.96% James M. Reilly 3.72% James G. Mason 0.91% John C. Butterworth 0.66% Daniel F. Dwyer 0.23% |
Virginia | William Hodges Mann | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Henry Carter Stuart 91.87% C. Campbell 5.23% B. D. Downey 2.90% Democratic primary results Henry Carter Stuart, unopposed or "without serious opposition" |