1902 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1902, in 27 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 4, 1902.
In Alabama, the governor was elected to a four-year term for the first time, instead of a two-year term. The election was held on the same day as federal elections for the first time, having previously been held in August.
Results
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
| Alabama | William D. Jelks | Democratic | Re-elected, 73.72% | John A. W. Smith 26.28% |
| Arkansas | Jefferson Davis | Democratic | Re-elected, 64.60% | Harry H. Myers 24.43% Charles D. Greaves 6.97% George H. Kimball 4.00% |
| California | Henry Gage | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | George C. Pardee 48.06% Franklin Knight Lane 47.22% Gideon S. Brower 3.15% Theodore D. Kanouse 1.52% Scattering 0.04% |
| Colorado | James Bradley Orman | Democratic | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | James H. Peabody 46.92% E. C. Stimson 43.20% J. C. Provost 3.84% Frank W. Owens 3.43% Otto A. Reinhardt 2.09% J. A. Knight 0.52% |
| Connecticut | George P. McLean | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Abiram Chamberlain 53.44% Melbert B. Cary 43.41% Francis E. Wheeler 1.76% Robert N. Stanley 0.90% Ernest Oatley 0.50% |
| Georgia | Allen D. Candler | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Joseph M. Terrell 93.61% J. K. Hines 6.39% √ Joseph M. Terrell def. John H. Estill Dupont Guerry |
| Idaho | Frank W. Hunt | Democratic | Defeated, 43.18% | John T. Morrison 52.90% August M. Slatey 2.60% Albert E. Gipson 1.01% DeForest Andrews 0.31% |
| Kansas | William Eugene Stanley | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Willis J. Bailey 55.45% W. H. Craddock 40.79% F. W. Emerson 2.11% A. S. McAllister 1.42% James H, Lathrop 0.22% |
| Maine | John Fremont Hill | Republican | Re-elected, 59.48% | Samuel W. Gould 34.68% James Perrigo 4.03% Charles L. Fox 1.80% Scattering 0.01% |
| Massachusetts | Winthrop Murray Crane | Republican | John L. Bates 49.23% William A. Gaston 39.92% John C. Chase 8.44% Michael T. Berry 1.53% William H. Partridge 0.89% | |
| Michigan | Aaron T. Bliss | Republican | Re-elected, 52.52% | Lorenzo T. Durand 43.28% Walter S. Westerman 2.82% William E. Walter 1.06% Shepard B. Cowles 0.32% |
| Minnesota | Samuel Rinnah Van Sant | Republican | Re-elected, 57.53% | Leonard A. Rosing 36.68% Charles Scanlon 2.13% Thomas J. Meighen 1.78% Thomas Van Lear 0.95% Jay E. Nash 0.93% |
| Nebraska | Ezra P. Savage | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John H. Mickey 49.54% William H. Thompson 46.79% George Bigelow 1.93% Samuel T. Davies 1.74% |
| Nevada | Reinhold Sadler | Silver | Retired, Silver victory | John Sparks 57.78% Abner Coburn Cleveland 42.22% |
| New Hampshire | Chester B. Jordan | Republican | Nahum J. Bachelder 53.19% Henry F. Hollis 42.75% John C. Berry 2.05% Michael H. O'Neil 1.34% Alonzo Elliott 0.59% George Howie 0.07% Scattering 0.01% | |
| New York | Benjamin Odell | Republican | Re-elected, 48.09% | Bird Sim Coler 47.45% Ben Hanford 1.69% Alfred L. Manierre 1.48% Daniel De Leon 1.15% Edgar L. Ryder 0.14% |
| North Dakota | Frank White | Republican | Re-elected, 62.68% | J. Cronan 34.85% Robert Grant 2.47% |
| Oregon | Theodore Thurston Geer | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Democratic victory | George Earle Chamberlain 46.17% William J. Furnish 45.90% R. Ryan 4.09% A. J. Hunsaker 3.84% |
| Pennsylvania | William A. Stone | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Samuel W. Pennypacker 54.20% Robert Emory Pattison 41.19% Silas C. Swallow 2.13% John W. Slayton 2.00% William Adams 0.47% Scattering 0.01% |
| Rhode Island | Charles D. Kimball | Republican | Defeated, 41.04% | Lucius F. C. Garvin 53.99% William E. Brightman 2.83% Peter McDermott 2.15% |
| South Carolina | Miles Benjamin McSweeney | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Duncan Clinch Heyward 100.00% Duncan Clinch Heyward 55.58% William Jasper Talbert 44.42% |
| South Dakota | Charles N. Herreid | Republican | Re-elected, 64.72% | John W. Martin 28.73% John C. Crawford 3.53% H. H. Curtis 3.02% |
| Tennessee | Benton McMillin | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | James B. Frazier 61.79% H. Campbell 36.84% R. S. Cheves 1.37% |
| Texas | Joseph D. Sayers | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Samuel W. T. Lanham 74.92% George W. Burkett 18.30% J. M. Mallett 3.45% George W. Carroll 2.43% Scattering 0.91% |
| Vermont | William W. Stickney | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John Griffith McCullough 45.56% Percival Wood Clement 40.33% Felix W. McGettrick 10.53% Joel O. Sherbune 3.57% Scattering 0.01% √ John Griffith McCullough 164 Percival Wood Clement 59 Felix W. McGettrick 45 |
| Wisconsin | Robert M. LaFollette | Republican | Re-elected, 52.89% | David Stuart Rose 39.88% Emil Seidel 4.37% |
| Wyoming | DeForest Richards | Republican | Re-elected, 57.81% | George T. Beck 39.99% Henry Breitenstein 2.20% |