1958 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

1958 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
November 4, 1958
 
Nominee J. Howard Edmondson Phil Ferguson D. A. "Jelly" Bryce
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 399,504 107,495 31,840
Percentage 74.14% 19.95% 5.91%
County results
Edmondson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Governor before election

Raymond D. Gary
Democratic

Elected Governor

J. Howard Edmondson
Democratic

The 1958 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1958, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat J. Howard Edmondson defeated Republican Phil Ferguson and Independent D. A. 'Jelly' Bryce.[1]

Edmondson's landslide saw him win every county and achieve the highest share of the popular vote in any gubernatorial election in Oklahoma's history. This is one of two gubernatorial elections in Oklahoma in which the winner has carried every county.[a]

Primary election

Democratic party

J. Howard Edmondson defeated W. P. "Bill" Atkinson in a runoff after both advanced from a crowded primary field. William O. Coe sought the Democratic nomination for the fourth consecutive election.

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic J. Howard Edmondson 108,358 21.10%
Democratic W. P. "Bill" Atkinson 107,616 20.95%
Democratic George Miskovsky 87,766 17.09%
Democratic William O. Coe 72,763 14.17%
Democratic Bill Doenges 57,990 11.29%
Democratic Jim A. Rinehart 39,279 7.65%
Democratic B. E. "Bill" Harkey 23,362 4.55%
Democratic Andrew C. Wilcoxen 12,958 2.52%
Democratic A. B. McDonald 1,411 0.27%
Democratic Joe H. Barber 1,294 0.25%
Democratic B. V. Samples 797 0.16%
Total votes 538,839 100.00%
Democratic primary runoff results[1][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic J. Howard Edmondson 363,742 69.61%
Democratic W. P. "Bill" Atkinson 158,780 30.39%
Total votes 522,522 100.00%

Republican party

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Phil Ferguson 31,602 51.37%
Republican Clarence E. Barnes 21,075 34.26%
Republican Carmon C. Harris 5,941 9.66%
Republican Rexford B. Cragg 2,900 4.71%
Total votes 61,518 100.00%

Results

1958 Oklahoma gubernatorial election[1][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic J. Howard Edmondson 399,504 74.14% +15.48%
Republican Phil Ferguson 107,495 19.95% −21.39%
Independent D. A. "Jelly" Bryce 31,840 5.91%
Total votes 538,839 100.00%
Majority 292,009 54.19%
Democratic hold Swing +36.86%

Results by county

Edmondson was the first Democrat to carry Alfalfa County in a gubernatorial election.

County[5] J. Howard Edmondson
Democratic 		Phil Ferguson
Republican 		D. A. Bryce
Independent 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adair 3,136 64.93% 1,651 34.18% 43 0.89% 1,485 30.75% 4,830
Alfalfa 1,881 53.05% 1,268 35.76% 397 11.20% 613 17.29% 3,546
Atoka 2,068 85.28% 271 11.18% 86 3.55% 1,797 74.10% 2,425
Beaver 788 53.24% 585 39.53% 107 7.23% 203 13.72% 1,480
Beckham 2,659 78.93% 537 15.94% 173 5.14% 2,122 62.99% 3,369
Blaine 2,459 57.97% 1,411 33.26% 372 8.77% 1,048 24.71% 4,242
Bryan 4,253 91.40% 352 7.57% 48 1.03% 3,901 83.84% 4,653
Caddo 5,138 71.99% 1,327 18.59% 672 9.42% 3,811 53.40% 7,137
Canadian 5,055 70.09% 1,545 21.42% 612 8.49% 3,510 48.67% 7,212
Carter 7,364 88.81% 713 8.60% 215 2.59% 6,651 80.21% 8,292
Cherokee 3,397 80.25% 792 18.71% 44 1.04% 2,605 61.54% 4,233
Choctaw 2,544 91.45% 197 7.08% 41 1.47% 2,347 84.36% 2,782
Cimarron 758 67.32% 294 26.11% 74 6.57% 464 41.21% 1,126
Cleveland 5,734 75.09% 1,258 16.47% 644 8.43% 4,476 58.62% 7,636
Coal 1,265 88.65% 123 8.62% 39 2.73% 1,142 80.03% 1,427
Comanche 11,053 87.57% 997 7.90% 572 4.53% 10,056 79.67% 12,622
Cotton 1,625 85.44% 230 12.09% 47 2.47% 1,395 73.34% 1,902
Craig 3,264 72.23% 1,120 24.78% 135 2.99% 2,144 47.44% 4,519
Creek 6,966 75.32% 1,898 20.52% 385 4.16% 5,068 54.80% 9,249
Custer 3,025 71.72% 911 21.60% 282 6.69% 2,114 50.12% 4,218
Delaware 3,157 69.60% 1,285 28.33% 94 2.07% 1,872 41.27% 4,536
Dewey 1,557 63.86% 746 30.60% 135 5.54% 811 33.26% 2,438
Ellis 1,318 56.88% 824 35.56% 175 7.55% 494 21.32% 2,317
Garfield 10,181 64.06% 4,389 27.62% 1,322 8.32% 5,792 36.45% 15,892
Garvin 4,020 84.22% 521 10.92% 232 4.86% 3,499 73.31% 4,773
Grady 4,917 80.67% 773 12.68% 405 6.64% 4,144 67.99% 6,095
Grant 2,385 64.25% 1,065 28.69% 262 7.06% 1,320 35.56% 3,712
Greer 1,367 77.23% 292 16.50% 111 6.27% 1,075 60.73% 1,770
Harmon 972 90.17% 84 7.79% 22 2.04% 888 82.37% 1,078
Harper 742 51.56% 579 40.24% 118 8.20% 163 11.33% 1,439
Haskell 1,581 85.51% 244 13.20% 24 1.30% 1,337 72.31% 1,849
Hughes 2,865 86.06% 362 10.87% 102 3.06% 2,503 75.19% 3,329
Jackson 3,820 85.80% 403 9.05% 229 5.14% 3,417 76.75% 4,452
Jefferson 1,471 89.37% 152 9.23% 23 1.40% 1,319 80.13% 1,646
Johnston 1,812 89.97% 155 7.70% 47 2.33% 1,657 82.27% 2,014
Kay 12,126 70.52% 4,201 24.43% 867 5.04% 7,925 46.09% 17,194
Kingfisher 2,064 50.91% 1,636 40.36% 354 8.73% 428 10.56% 4,054
Kiowa 2,092 49.67% 971 23.05% 1,149 27.28% 943[b] 22.39% 4,212
Latimer 1,678 86.05% 235 12.05% 37 1.90% 1,443 74.00% 1,950
Le Flore 4,859 84.86% 772 13.48% 95 1.66% 4,087 71.38% 5,726
Lincoln 5,179 69.15% 1,927 25.73% 384 5.13% 3,252 43.42% 7,490
Logan 4,199 64.08% 1,614 24.63% 740 11.29% 2,585 39.45% 6,553
Love 1,311 94.05% 66 4.73% 17 1.22% 1,245 89.31% 1,394
Major 1,294 50.02% 974 37.65% 319 12.33% 320 12.37% 2,587
Marshall 1,952 93.13% 106 5.06% 38 1.81% 1,846 88.07% 2,096
Mayes 4,603 73.14% 1,524 24.22% 166 2.64% 3,079 48.93% 6,293
McClain 2,435 87.56% 235 8.45% 111 3.99% 2,200 79.11% 2,781
McCurtain 3,913 92.75% 263 6.23% 43 1.02% 3,650 86.51% 4,219
McIntosh 2,587 86.29% 366 12.21% 45 1.50% 2,221 74.08% 2,998
Murray 2,106 87.13% 213 8.81% 98 4.05% 1,893 78.32% 2,417
Muskogee 11,596 84.75% 1,840 13.45% 246 1.80% 9,756 71.31% 13,682
Noble 2,727 64.18% 1,276 30.03% 246 5.79% 1,451 34.15% 4,249
Nowata 3,021 69.35% 1,075 24.68% 260 5.97% 1,946 44.67% 4,356
Okfuskee 2,336 82.40% 357 12.59% 142 5.01% 1,979 69.81% 2,835
Oklahoma 52,472 68.18% 16,012 20.81% 8,477 11.01% 36,460 47.37% 76,961
Okmulgee 6,465 82.17% 1,157 14.71% 246 3.13% 5,308 67.46% 7,868
Osage 6,237 75.66% 1,519 18.43% 488 5.92% 4,718 57.23% 8,244
Ottawa 5,239 73.76% 1,688 23.76% 176 2.48% 3,551 49.99% 7,103
Pawnee 2,576 65.07% 1,147 28.97% 236 5.96% 1,429 36.09% 3,959
Payne 6,309 68.99% 2,180 23.84% 656 7.17% 4,129 45.15% 9,145
Pittsburg 7,970 90.74% 673 7.66% 140 1.59% 7,297 83.08% 8,783
Pontotoc 4,707 84.70% 626 11.27% 224 4.03% 4,081 73.44% 5,557
Pottawatomie 8,007 80.35% 1,408 14.13% 550 5.52% 6,599 66.22% 9,965
Pushmataha 2,358 90.97% 214 8.26% 20 0.77% 2,144 82.72% 2,592
Roger Mills 920 75.41% 233 19.10% 67 5.49% 687 56.31% 1,220
Rogers 3,553 77.16% 845 18.35% 207 4.50% 2,708 58.81% 4,605
Seminole 4,489 79.59% 865 15.34% 286 5.07% 3,624 64.26% 5,640
Sequoyah 3,241 85.18% 530 13.93% 34 0.89% 2,711 71.25% 3,805
Stephens 5,601 81.15% 935 13.55% 366 5.30% 4,666 67.60% 6,902
Texas 2,296 68.41% 839 25.00% 221 6.59% 1,457 43.41% 3,356
Tillman 2.473 84.26% 351 11.96% 111 3.78% 2,122 72.30% 2,935
Tulsa 66,564 74.21% 19,185 21.39% 3,953 4.41% 47,379 52.82% 89,702
Wagoner 3,591 72.90% 1,213 24.62% 122 2.48% 2,378 48.27% 4,926
Washington 9,345 70.54% 3,321 25.07% 582 4.39% 6,024 45.47% 13,248
Washita 1,890 70.18% 479 17.79% 324 12.03% 1,411 52.40% 2,693
Woods 2,513 59.66% 1,304 30.96% 395 9.38% 1,209 28.70% 4,212
Woodward 2,013 49.19% 1,766 43.16% 313 7.65% 247 6.04% 4,092
Totals 399,504 74.14% 107,495 19.95% 31,840 5.91% 292,009 54.19% 538,839

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. ^ George Nigh also won every county in 1982
  2. ^ Edmondson's margin over Bryce

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "1958-1966 results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. p. 1,5,7,9.
  2. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1958). "For Governor". Official Returns of the Democratic Regular Primary Election, Held Tuesday, July 1st, 1958. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1958). "For Governor". Official Returns of the Democratic & Republican Run-Off Primary Election, Held Tuesday, July 22nd, 1958. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1958). "For Governor". Official Returns of the Republican Primary Election, Held Tuesday, July 1st, 1958. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b Oklahoma State Election Board (1958). "For Governor". Official Returns of the General Election, Held Tuesday, November 4th, 1958. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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