1918 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
November 5, 1918
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| Elections in Oklahoma |
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| Government |
The 1918 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1918, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat James B. A. Robertson defeated Republican Horace G. McKeever. Also on the ballot was Patrick S. Nagle of the Socialist Party.[1]
Primary election
Democratic party
James B. A. Robertson, a former judge who had lost in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in 1914, defeated six other candidates to win the nomination, including future governor 'Alfalfa Bill' Murray.
Candidates
- W. L. Alexander, State Treasurer of Oklahoma
- Frank P. Davis
- W. A. Durant, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives
- Frank M. Gault
- J. O. McCollister
- William H. Murray, former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and former representative from Oklahoma's 4th congressional district
- J. B. A. Robertson, attorney and former member of Oklahoma Supreme Court Commission
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | J. B. A. Robertson | 48,568 | 45.00% | |
| Democratic | William H. Murray | 24,283 | 22.50% | |
| Democratic | W. L. Alexander | 22,670 | 21.01% | |
| Democratic | Frank M. Gault | 4,904 | 4.54% | |
| Democratic | William A. Durant | 4,164 | 3.86% | |
| Democratic | Frank P. Davis | 2,030 | 1.88% | |
| Democratic | J. O. McCollister | 1,300 | 1.20% | |
| Total votes | 107,919 | 100.00% | ||
Republican party
In a race where all five candidates achieved significant vote percentages, Horace G. McKeever came out on top.
Candidates
- John M. Claypool
- J. T. Dickerson, former member of Oklahoma House of Representatives
- John Golobie, member of Oklahoma Senate
- Horace G. McKeever
- U. S. Stone, banker and oil operator
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Horace G. McKeever | 14,950 | 36.11% | |
| Republican | John Golobie | 9,076 | 21.92% | |
| Republican | U. S. Stone | 8,161 | 19.71% | |
| Republican | J. T. Dickerson | 6,260 | 15.12% | |
| Republican | John M. Claypool | 2,957 | 7.14% | |
| Total votes | 41,404 | 100.00% | ||
Socialist party
Candidates
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Patrick S. Nagle | 5,791 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 5,791 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | J. B. A. Robertson | 104,132 | 53.56% | +13.91% | |
| Republican | Horace G. McKeever | 82,865 | 42.62% | +4.81% | |
| Socialist | Patrick S. Nagle | 7,438 | 3.83% | −16.95% | |
| Total votes | 194,435 | 100.00% | |||
| Majority | 21,267 | 10.94% | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | +9.09% | |||
Results by county
| County[5] | J. B. A. Robertson Democratic |
Horace G. McKeever Republican |
Patrick S. Nagle Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 1,019 | 51.67% | 923 | 46.81% | 30 | 1.52% | 96 | 4.87% | 1,972 |
| Alfalfa | 892 | 36.74% | 1,393 | 57.37% | 143 | 5.89% | -501 | -20.63% | 2,428 |
| Atoka | 1,346 | 55.32% | 1,037 | 42.62% | 50 | 2.16% | 309 | 12.70% | 2,433 |
| Beaver | 878 | 45.49% | 978 | 50.67% | 74 | 3.83% | -100 | -5.18% | 1,930 |
| Beckham | 1,253 | 62.93% | 600 | 30.14% | 138 | 6.93% | 653 | 32.80% | 1,991 |
| Blaine | 831 | 35.35% | 1,242 | 52.83% | 278 | 11.82% | -411 | -17.48% | 2,351 |
| Bryan | 2,234 | 75.68% | 609 | 20.63% | 109 | 3.69% | 1,625 | 55.05% | 2,952 |
| Caddo | 1,949 | 44.16% | 2,309 | 52.32% | 155 | 3.51% | -360 | -8.16% | 4,413 |
| Canadian | 1,529 | 50.78% | 1,362 | 45.23% | 120 | 3.99% | 167 | 5.55% | 3,011 |
| Carter | 2,083 | 73.97% | 639 | 22.69% | 94 | 3.34% | 1,444 | 51.28% | 2,816 |
| Cherokee | 1,256 | 49.61% | 1,246 | 49.21% | 30 | 1.18% | 10 | 0.39% | 2,532 |
| Choctaw | 1,097 | 70.01% | 356 | 22.72% | 114 | 7.28% | 741 | 47.29% | 1,567 |
| Cimarron | 373 | 53.44% | 289 | 41.40% | 36 | 5.16% | 84 | 12.03% | 698 |
| Cleveland | 1,323 | 65.08% | 625 | 30.74% | 85 | 4.18% | 698 | 34.33% | 2,033 |
| Coal | 1,033 | 65.05% | 454 | 28.59% | 101 | 6.36% | 579 | 36.46% | 1,588 |
| Comanche | 1,374 | 55.58% | 968 | 39.16% | 130 | 5.26% | 406 | 16.42% | 2,472 |
| Cotton | 1,011 | 60.50% | 611 | 36.56% | 49 | 2.93% | 400 | 23.94% | 1,671 |
| Craig | 1,459 | 52.69% | 1,276 | 46.08% | 34 | 1.23% | 183 | 6.61% | 2,769 |
| Creek | 2,775 | 52.23% | 2,422 | 45.59% | 116 | 2.18% | 353 | 6.64% | 5,313 |
| Custer | 1,031 | 44.92% | 1,181 | 51.46% | 83 | 3.62% | -150 | -6.54% | 2,295 |
| Delaware | 1,021 | 54.28% | 817 | 43.43% | 43 | 2.29% | 204 | 10.85% | 1,881 |
| Dewey | 643 | 36.93% | 794 | 45.61% | 304 | 17.46% | -151 | -8.67% | 1,741 |
| Ellis | 494 | 32.27% | 835 | 54.54% | 202 | 13.19% | -341 | -22.27% | 1,531 |
| Garfield | 1,513 | 31.33% | 3,176 | 65.77% | 140 | 2.90% | -1,663 | -34.44% | 4,829 |
| Garvin | 1,798 | 71.89% | 651 | 26.03% | 52 | 2.08% | 1,147 | 45.86% | 2,501 |
| Grady | 2,231 | 70.67% | 810 | 25.66% | 116 | 3.67% | 1,421 | 45.01% | 3,157 |
| Grant | 1,091 | 41.90% | 1,449 | 55.65% | 64 | 2.46% | -358 | -13.75% | 2,604 |
| Greer | 996 | 71.45% | 376 | 26.97% | 22 | 1.58% | 620 | 44.48% | 1,394 |
| Harmon | 766 | 82.63% | 140 | 15.10% | 21 | 2.27% | 626 | 67.53% | 927 |
| Harper | 482 | 40.30% | 647 | 54.10% | 67 | 5.60% | -165 | -13.80% | 1,196 |
| Haskell | 1,108 | 56.65% | 774 | 39.57% | 74 | 3.78% | 334 | 17.08% | 1,956 |
| Hughes | 1,591 | 61.05% | 982 | 37.68% | 33 | 1.27% | 609 | 23.37% | 2,606 |
| Jackson | 1,392 | 75.90% | 364 | 19.85% | 78 | 4.25% | 1,028 | 56.05% | 1,834 |
| Jefferson | 1,079 | 71.93% | 389 | 25.93% | 32 | 2.13% | 690 | 46.00% | 1,500 |
| Johnston | 1,044 | 60.00% | 630 | 36.21% | 66 | 3.79% | 414 | 23.79% | 1,740 |
| Kay | 1,682 | 41.39% | 2,274 | 55.95% | 108 | 2.66% | -592 | -14.57% | 4,064 |
| Kingfisher | 791 | 32.12% | 1,527 | 62.00% | 145 | 5.89% | -736 | -29.88% | 2,463 |
| Kiowa | 1,218 | 51.07% | 1,121 | 47.00% | 46 | 1.93% | 97 | 4.07% | 2,385 |
| Latimer | 748 | 55.57% | 539 | 40.04% | 59 | 4.38% | 209 | 15.53% | 1,346 |
| Le Flore | 2,101 | 55.09% | 1,630 | 42.74% | 83 | 2.18% | 471 | 12.35% | 3,814 |
| Lincoln | 1,555 | 37.31% | 2,461 | 59.05% | 152 | 3.65% | -906 | -21.74% | 4,168 |
| Logan | 1,275 | 38.12% | 1,933 | 57.79% | 137 | 4.10% | -658 | -19.67% | 3,345 |
| Love | 856 | 81.52% | 159 | 15.14% | 35 | 3.33% | 697 | 66.38% | 1,050 |
| Major | 474 | 28.06% | 863 | 51.10% | 352 | 20.84% | -389 | -23.03% | 1,689 |
| Marshall | 841 | 64.89% | 365 | 28.16% | 90 | 6.94% | 476 | 36.73% | 1,296 |
| Mayes | 1,127 | 53.06% | 955 | 44.96% | 42 | 1.98% | 172 | 8.10% | 2,124 |
| McClain | 994 | 66.09% | 469 | 31.18% | 41 | 2.73% | 525 | 34.91% | 1,504 |
| McCurtain | 955 | 73.69% | 305 | 23.53% | 36 | 2.78% | 650 | 50.15% | 1,296 |
| McIntosh | 1,185 | 60.00% | 725 | 36.71% | 65 | 3.29% | 460 | 23.29% | 1,975 |
| Murray | 903 | 71.72% | 336 | 26.69% | 20 | 1.59% | 567 | 45.04% | 1,259 |
| Muskogee | 2,692 | 64.10% | 1,473 | 35.07% | 35 | 0.83% | 1,219 | 29.02% | 4,200 |
| Noble | 916 | 40.95% | 1,239 | 55.39% | 82 | 3.67% | -323 | -14.44% | 2,237 |
| Nowata | 933 | 43.64% | 1,180 | 55.19% | 25 | 1.17% | -247 | -11.55% | 2,138 |
| Okfuskee | 887 | 59.29% | 557 | 37.23% | 52 | 3.48% | 330 | 22.06% | 1,496 |
| Oklahoma | 5,461 | 54.53% | 4,332 | 43.26% | 222 | 2.22% | 1,129 | 11.27% | 10,015 |
| Okmulgee | 1,809 | 52.09% | 1,550 | 44.63% | 114 | 3.28% | 259 | 7.46% | 3,473 |
| Osage | 1,443 | 53.64% | 1,184 | 44.01% | 63 | 2.34% | 259 | 9.63% | 2,690 |
| Ottawa | 2,222 | 53.85% | 1,808 | 43.82% | 96 | 2.33% | 414 | 10.03% | 4,126 |
| Pawnee | 1,123 | 46.02% | 1,205 | 49.39% | 112 | 4.59% | -82 | -3.36% | 2,440 |
| Payne | 1,484 | 42.93% | 1,808 | 52.30% | 165 | 4.77% | -324 | -9.37% | 3,457 |
| Pittsburg | 2,602 | 66.04% | 1,222 | 31.02% | 116 | 2.94% | 1,380 | 35.03% | 3,940 |
| Pontotoc | 1,785 | 74.31% | 567 | 23.61% | 50 | 2.08% | 1,218 | 50.71% | 2,402 |
| Pottawatomie | 2,086 | 54.59% | 1,592 | 41.66% | 143 | 3.74% | 494 | 12.93% | 3,821 |
| Pushmataha | 793 | 56.85% | 534 | 38.28% | 68 | 4.87% | 259 | 18.57% | 1,395 |
| Roger Mills | 695 | 50.11% | 516 | 37.20% | 176 | 12.69% | 179 | 12.91% | 1,387 |
| Rogers | 1,425 | 53.07% | 1,190 | 44.32% | 70 | 2.61% | 235 | 8.75% | 2,685 |
| Seminole | 1,151 | 51.59% | 987 | 44.24% | 93 | 4.17% | 164 | 7.35% | 2,231 |
| Sequoyah | 1,395 | 55.38% | 1,082 | 42.95% | 42 | 1.67% | 313 | 12.43% | 2,519 |
| Stephens | 1,337 | 70.55% | 461 | 24.33% | 97 | 5.12% | 876 | 46.23% | 1,895 |
| Texas | 947 | 53.81% | 743 | 42.22% | 70 | 3.98% | 204 | 11.59% | 1,760 |
| Tillman | 1,203 | 74.67% | 360 | 22.35% | 48 | 2.98% | 843 | 52.33% | 1,611 |
| Tulsa | 4,011 | 52.74% | 3,456 | 45.44% | 138 | 1.81% | 555 | 7.30% | 7,605 |
| Wagoner | 820 | 54.49% | 595 | 39.53% | 90 | 5.98% | 225 | 14.95% | 1,505 |
| Washington | 1,130 | 46.85% | 1,227 | 50.87% | 55 | 2.28% | -97 | -4.02% | 2,412 |
| Washita | 1,304 | 59.95% | 580 | 26.67% | 291 | 13.38% | 724 | 33.29% | 2,175 |
| Woods | 936 | 38.77% | 1,365 | 56.55% | 113 | 4.68% | -429 | -17.77% | 2,414 |
| Woodward | 842 | 41.21% | 1,076 | 52.67% | 125 | 6.12% | -234 | -11.45% | 2,043 |
| Totals | 104,132 | 53.56% | 82,865[a] | 40.62% | 7,438[b] | 3.83% | 21,267 | 10.94% | 194,435 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Socialist to Democratic
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e "1918-1920 results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. pp. 1, 6, 11.
- ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1918). "For Governor". Abstract of the Total Vote of the Democratic Party at the Primary Election Held August 6, 1918. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1918). "For Governor". Abstract of the Total Vote of the Republican Party at the Primary Election Held August 6, 1918. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1918). "For Governor". Abstract of the Total Vote of the Socialist Party at the Primary Election Held August 6, 1918. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Oklahoma State Election Board (1918). "For Governor". Returns of General Election held in the State of Oklahoma November 5, 1918. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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