1926 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

1926 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
November 2, 1926
 
Nominee Henry S. Johnston Omer K. Benedict
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 213,167 170,714
Percentage 55.04% 44.08%
County results
Johnston:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Benedict:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Martin E. Trapp
Democratic

Elected Governor

Henry S. Johnston
Democratic

The 1926 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Henry S. Johnston defeated Republican Omer K. Benedict. Also on the ballot were John Franing of the Farmer–Labor Party, E. H. H. Gates of the Socialist Party, and Independent Ed Boyle.[1]

Primary election

Democratic party

Ten candidates vied for the Democratic nomination, including former governor James B. A. Robertson and Oklahoma City Mayor O. A. Cargill. Henry S. Johnston, who had been in the Oklahoma Senate since statehood including a term as the first President pro tempore, won the primary with a plurality.

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry S. Johnston 87,840 36.97%
Democratic W. M. Darnell 73,922 31.11%
Democratic O. A. Cargill 45,993 19.36%
Democratic J. B. A. Robertson 13,560 5.71%
Democratic William M. Franklin 4,695 1.98%
Democratic Frank P. Davis 3,194 1.34%
Democratic T. H. Wren 3,194 1.34%
Democratic John R. Clarke 2,230 0.94%
Democratic J. A. Anderson 1,721 0.72%
Democratic Porter N. McCallum 1,231 0.52%
Total votes 237,580 100.00%

Republican party

Eight candidates sought the Republican nomination, with Omer K. Benedict winning with less than one-third of the total vote.

Candidates

  • Omer K. Benedict
  • Henry L. Cloud
  • Edward D. Evans
  • Jim Harris
  • George Healy
  • James Hepburn
  • John G. Lieber
  • William Otjen, state senator

Results

Republican primary results[1][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Omer K. Benedict 22,680 32.94%
Republican William Otjen 18,334 26.63%
Republican Jim Harris 12,530 18.20%
Republican James Hepburn 7,361 10.69%
Republican Henry L. Cloud 3,679 5.34%
Republican Edward D. Evans 1,757 2.55%
Republican George Healy 1,409 2.05%
Republican John G. Lieber 1,109 1.61%
Total votes 68,859 100.00%

Socialist party

Candidates

  • E. H. H. Gates

Results

Socialist primary results[1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist E. H. H. Gates 132 100.00%
Total votes 132 100.00%

Farmer-Labor party

Candidates

  • John Franing

Results

Farmer-Labor primary results[1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Farmer–Labor John Franing 49 100.00%
Total votes 49 100.00%

General election

Results

1926 Oklahoma gubernatorial election[1][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Henry S. Johnston 213,167 55.03% +0.59%
Republican Omer K. Benedict 170,714 44.08% −0.71%
Farmer–Labor John Franing 1,646 0.42%
Socialist E. H. H. Gates 1,350 0.35% −0.42%
Independent Ed Boyle 431 0.11%
Total votes 387,308 100.00%
Majority 42,453 10.96%
Democratic hold Swing +1.30%

Results by county

County[5] Henry S. Johnston
Democratic 		Omer K. Benedict
Republican 		John Franing
Farmer-Labor 		E. H. H. Gates
Socialist 		Ed Boyle
Independent 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 1,796 48.15% 1,926 51.64% 3 0.08% 5 0.13% 0 0.00% -130 -3.49% 3,730
Alfalfa 1,824 47.14% 2,007 51.87% 20 0.52% 15 0.39% 3 0.08% -183 -4.73% 3,869
Atoka 1,700 59.94% 1,099 38.75% 29 1.02% 7 0.25% 1 0.04% 601 21.19% 2,836
Beaver 1,134 48.98% 1,137 49.11% 19 0.82% 24 1.04% 1 0.04% -3 -0.13% 2,315
Beckham 1,929 70.50% 764 27.92% 25 0.91% 16 0.58% 2 0.07% 1,165 42.58% 2,736
Blaine 1,639 45.16% 1,935 53.32% 31 0.85% 19 0.52% 5 0.14% -296 -8.16% 3,629
Bryan 3,440 71.73% 1,328 27.69% 13 0.27% 14 0.29% 1 0.02% 2,112 44.04% 4,796
Caddo 3,985 48.20% 4,202 50.82% 50 0.60% 27 0.33% 4 0.05% -217 -2.62% 8,268
Canadian 2,502 51.64% 2,233 46.09% 82 1.69% 25 0.52% 3 0.06% 269 5.55% 4,845
Carter 5,543 69.35% 2,392 29.93% 18 0.23% 32 0.40% 8 0.10% 3,151 39.42% 7,993
Cherokee 2,311 53.79% 1,972 45.90% 2 0.05% 9 0.21% 2 0.05% 339 7.89% 4,296
Choctaw 2,382 61.22% 1,480 38.04% 12 0.31% 16 0.41% 1 0.03% 902 23.18% 3,891
Cimarron 589 53.40% 483 43.79% 12 1.09% 17 1.54% 2 0.18% 106 9.61% 1,103
Cleveland 2,459 62.40% 1,337 33.93% 111 2.82% 18 0.46% 16 0.41% 1,122 28.47% 3,941
Coal 1,771 66.68% 854 32.15% 11 0.41% 14 0.53% 6 0.23% 917 34.53% 2,656
Comanche 3,365 52.59% 2,989 46.72% 18 0.28% 20 0.31% 6 0.09% 376 5.88% 6,398
Cotton 1,588 55.74% 1,244 43.66% 8 0.28% 8 0.28% 1 0.04% 344 12.07% 2,849
Craig 2,587 52.66% 2,300 46.81% 11 0.22% 11 0.22% 4 0.08% 287 5.84% 4,913
Creek 6,292 49.98% 6,230 49.48% 31 0.25% 32 0.25% 5 0.04% 62 0.49% 12,590
Custer 2,435 55.78% 1,872 42.89% 29 0.66% 25 0.57% 4 0.09% 563 12.90% 4,365
Delaware 1,338 47.16% 1,404 49.49% 19 0.67% 52 1.83% 24 0.85% -66 -2.33% 2,837
Dewey 1,331 51.57% 1,168 45.25% 41 1.59% 35 1.36% 6 0.23% 163 6.32% 2,581
Ellis 1,017 43.74% 1,282 55.14% 11 0.47% 12 0.52% 3 0.13% -265 -11.40% 2,325
Garfield 4,356 45.87% 5,092 53.62% 29 0.31% 19 0.20% 1 0.01% -736 -7.75% 9,497
Garvin 3,244 74.27% 1,095 25.07% 16 0.37% 10 0.23% 3 0.07% 2,149 49.20% 4,368
Grady 3,861 62.94% 2,136 34.82% 119 1.94% 10 0.16% 8 0.13% 1,725 28.12% 6,134
Grant 1,857 49.31% 1,883 50.00% 9 0.24% 15 0.40% 2 0.05% -26 -0.69% 3,766
Greer 1,423 72.34% 540 27.45% 3 0.15% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 883 44.89% 1,967
Harmon 821 82.60% 164 16.50% 7 0.70% 2 0.20% 0 0.00% 657 66.10% 994
Harper 906 47.53% 979 51.36% 13 0.68% 7 0.37% 1 0.05% -73 -3.83% 1,906
Haskell 2,526 52.11% 2,312 47.70% 5 0.10% 1 0.02% 3 0.06% 214 4.42% 4,847
Hughes 2,846 62.34% 1,703 37.31% 3 0.07% 11 0.24% 2 0.04% 1,143 25.04% 4,565
Jackson 2,114 78.27% 558 20.66% 16 0.59% 13 0.48% 0 0.00% 1,556 57.61% 2,701
Jefferson 2,136 67.57% 1,003 31.73% 10 0.32% 9 0.28% 3 0.09% 1,133 35.84% 3,161
Johnston 1,526 61.68% 929 37.55% 9 0.36% 10 0.40% 0 0.00% 597 24.13% 2,474
Kay 5,213 50.44% 5,076 49.11% 11 0.11% 33 0.32% 3 0.03% 137 1.33% 10,336
Kingfisher 1,471 35.54% 2,631 63.57% 16 0.39% 4 0.10% 17 0.41% -1,160 -28.03% 4,139
Kiowa 1,857 62.80% 1,052 35.58% 31 1.05% 14 0.47% 3 0.10% 805 27.22% 2,957
Latimer 1,159 50.88% 1,103 48.42% 8 0.35% 3 0.13% 5 0.22% 56 2.46% 2,278
Le Flore 3,500 54.70% 2,845 44.46% 22 0.34% 19 0.30% 13 0.20% 655 10.24% 6,399
Lincoln 2,888 45.73% 3,353 53.10% 43 0.68% 23 0.36% 8 0.13% -465 -7.36% 6,315
Logan 2,442 45.87% 2,838 53.31% 19 0.36% 23 0.43% 2 0.04% -396 -7.44% 5,324
Love 1,018 69.11% 440 29.87% 12 0.81% 3 0.20% 0 0.00% 578 39.24% 1,473
Major 1,053 44.56% 1,260 53.32% 11 0.47% 34 1.44% 5 0.21% -207 -8.76% 2,363
Marshall 1,298 61.26% 778 36.72% 17 0.80% 25 1.18% 1 0.05% 520 24.54% 2,119
Mayes 1,824 48.10% 1,941 51.19% 12 0.32% 13 0.34% 2 0.05% -117 -3.09% 3,792
McClain 1,980 68.87% 869 30.23% 19 0.66% 5 0.17% 2 0.07% 1,111 38.64% 2,875
McCurtain 2,637 71.46% 1,011 27.40% 22 0.60% 14 0.38% 6 0.16% 1,626 44.07% 3,690
McIntosh 1,582 55.24% 1,274 44.48% 6 0.21% 2 0.07% 0 0.00% 308 10.75% 2,864
Murray 1,419 61.51% 868 37.62% 10 0.43% 9 0.39% 1 0.04% 551 23.88% 2,307
Muskogee 5,644 51.55% 5,280 48.23% 12 0.11% 10 0.09% 2 0.02% 364 3.32% 10,948
Noble 2,611 54.38% 2,164 45.07% 9 0.19% 16 0.33% 1 0.02% 447 9.31% 4,801
Nowata 1,588 49.70% 1,578 49.39% 13 0.41% 12 0.38% 4 0.13% 10 0.31% 3,195
Okfuskee 2,517 57.57% 1,748 39.98% 5 0.11% 17 0.39% 85 1.94% 769 17.59% 4,372
Oklahoma 17,796 58.26% 12,549 41.08% 118 0.39% 63 0.21% 22 0.07% 5,247 17.18% 30,548
Okmulgee 4,797 50.11% 4,714 49.24% 12 0.13% 33 0.34% 17 0.18% 83 0.87% 9,573
Osage 4,434 49.47% 4,475 49.93% 20 0.22% 27 0.30% 7 0.08% -41 -0.46% 8,963
Ottawa 4,231 53.96% 3,553 45.31% 7 0.09% 42 0.54% 8 0.10% 678 8.65% 7,841
Pawnee 2,260 45.63% 2,650 53.50% 13 0.26% 27 0.55% 3 0.06% -390 -7.87% 4,953
Payne 3,646 53.54% 3,098 45.49% 39 0.57% 20 0.29% 7 0.10% 548 8.05% 6,810
Pittsburg 5,269 62.21% 3,125 36.89% 31 0.37% 28 0.33% 17 0.20% 2,144 25.31% 8,470
Pontotoc 3,168 62.75% 1,842 36.48% 23 0.46% 12 0.24% 4 0.08% 1,326 26.26% 5,049
Pottawatomie 4,888 65.00% 2,577 34.27% 33 0.44% 17 0.23% 5 0.07% 2,311 30.73% 7,520
Pushmataha 1,494 59.36% 998 39.65% 12 0.48% 10 0.40% 3 0.12% 496 19.71% 2,517
Roger Mills 1,232 60.24% 743 36.33% 20 0.98% 40 1.96% 10 0.49% 489 23.91% 2,045
Rogers 2,186 53.32% 1,870 45.61% 25 0.61% 15 0.37% 4 0.10% 316 7.71% 4,100
Seminole 2,446 60.89% 1,535 38.21% 22 0.55% 13 0.32% 1 0.02% 911 22.68% 4,017
Sequoyah 2,714 57.16% 2,022 42.59% 2 0.04% 9 0.19% 1 0.02% 692 14.57% 4,748
Stephens 3,186 70.28% 1,301 28.70% 19 0.42% 25 0.55% 2 0.04% 1,885 41.58% 4,533
Texas 1,583 54.81% 1,269 43.94% 16 0.55% 16 0.55% 4 0.14% 314 10.87% 2,888
Tillman 1,903 78.28% 518 21.31% 6 0.25% 3 0.12% 1 0.04% 1,385 56.97% 2,431
Tulsa 10,095 41.54% 14,160 58.27% 16 0.07% 26 0.11% 4 0.02% -4,065 -16.73% 24,301
Wagoner 1,791 53.85% 1,522 45.76% 5 0.15% 3 0.09% 5 0.15% 269 8.09% 3,326
Washington 2,755 49.67% 2,770 49.94% 9 0.16% 10 0.18% 3 0.05% -15 -0.27% 5,547
Washita 1,561 65.86% 774 32.66% 17 0.72% 16 0.68% 2 0.08% 787 33.21% 2,370
Woods 1,847 48.24% 1,930 50.40% 20 0.52% 32 0.84% 0 0.00% -83 -2.17% 3,829
Woodward 1,611 49.72% 1,578 48.70% 18 0.56% 23 0.71% 10 0.31% 33 1.02% 3,240
Totals 213,167 55.04% 170,714[a] 44.08% 1,646 0.42% 1,350 0.35% 431 0.11% 42,453 10.96% 387,308

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Notes

  1. ^ The county figures add up to 171,714

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "1922-1926 results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. pp. 34, 40, 48.
  2. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1926). "For Governor". Democratic Primary Election Returns - August 3rd, 1926. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1926). "For Governor". Republican Primary Election Returns - August 3rd, 1926. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b Oklahoma State Election Board (1926). "For Governor". Primary Election Returns - August 3rd, 1926 - Socialist - Farmer Labor. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b Oklahoma State Election Board (1926). "For Governor". General Election Returns - November 2, 1926. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. pp. 1–3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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