1908 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1908, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 3, 1908.
In Ohio, the gubernatorial election was held in an even-numbered year for the first time, having previously been held in odd-numbered years. The previous election in this state took place in 1905.
Results
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
| Arkansas | Xenophon Overton Pindall | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | George W. Donaghey 68.08% John I. Worthington 27.66% J. Samuel Jones 4.18% Scattering 0.08% |
| Colorado | Henry Augustus Buchtel | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | John F. Shafroth 49.41% Jesse F. McDonald 45.16% Henry Clay Darrah 3.03% H. L. Murray 2.40% |
| Connecticut | Rollin S. Woodruff | Republican | George L. Lilley 51.92% A. Heaton Richardson 43.50% Charles T. Peach 2.56% Matthew E. O'Brien 1.37% F. C. Albrecht 0.33% Charles F. Roberts 0.31% Scattering 0.01% | |
| Delaware | Preston Lea | Republican | Simeon S. Pennewill 51.97% Rowland G. Paynter 47.56% Frank Smith 0.47% | |
| Florida | Napoleon B. Broward | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Albert W. Gilchrist 78.82% John M. Cheney 15.40% A. J. Pettigrew 5.79% |
| Georgia | M. Hoke Smith | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | Joseph M. Brown 90.53% Yancy Carter 9.47% Joseph M. Brown 52.60% M. Hoke Smith 47.40% |
| Idaho | Frank R. Gooding | Republican | James H. Brady 49.61% Moses Alexander 41.61% Ernest Untermann 6.38% William C. Stalker 2.25% E. W. Johnson 0.14% Scattering 0.01% | |
| Illinois | Charles Samuel Deneen | Republican | Re-elected, 47.64% | Adlai Stevenson 45.64% Daniel R. Sheen 2.94% James H. Brower 2.71% George W. McCaskrin 0.94% Gustave A. Jennings 0.13% |
| Indiana | Frank Hanly | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Thomas R. Marshall 48.95% James E. Watson 46.87% Sumner W. Haynes 2.24% Frank S. Goodman 1.68% F. J. S. Robinson 0.14% O. P. Stoner 0.08% James M. Zion 0.05% |
| Iowa | Albert B. Cummins | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Beryl F. Carroll 54.60% Fred E. White 41.84% K. W. Brown 1.94% I. S. McCrillis 1.52% Luman H. Weller 0.06% D. C. Cowles 0.05% |
| Kansas | Edward W. Hoch | Republican | Walter R. Stubbs 52.49% Jeremiah D. Botkin 43.33% George F. Hibner 3.13% Alfred L. Hope 1.04% John W. Northrop 0.02% | |
| Maine | William T. Cobb | Republican | Bert M. Fernald 51.56% Obadiah Gardner 46.46% James H. Ames 1.00% Curtis A. Perry 0.99% | |
| Massachusetts | Curtis Guild Jr. | Republican | Eben S. Draper 51.59% James H. Vahey 38.00% William N. Osgood 5.22% James F. Carey 3.26% Williard O. Wylie 1.35% Walter J. Hoar 0.58% | |
| Michigan | Fred M. Warner | Republican | Re-elected, 48.39% | Lawton T. Hemans 46.63% John W. Gray 2.97% Alexander M. Stirton 1.74% Archie McInnis 0.16% Alva W. Nichols 0.11% |
| Minnesota | John Albert Johnson | Democratic | Re-elected, 52.08% | Jacob F. Jacobson 43.71% George D. Haggard 2.09% Beecher Moore 1.94% William W. Allen 0.18% |
| Missouri | Joseph W. Folk | Democratic | Term-limited, Republican victory | Herbert S. Hadley 49.73% William S. Cowherd 47.51% William L. Garver 2.03% Herman P. Faris 0.58% William A. Dillon 0.15% |
| Montana | Edwin L. Norris | Democratic | Re-elected, 47.34% | Edward Donlan 45.16% Harry Hazelton 7.50% |
| Nebraska | George L. Sheldon | Republican | Defeated, 47.27% | Ashton C. Shallenberger 49.90% Roy R. Teeter 1.68% C. H. Harbaugh 1.15% |
| New Hampshire | Charles M. Floyd | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Henry B. Quinby 50.40% Clarence E. Carr 46.74% Sumner F. Claflin 1.23% Edmund B. Tetley 1.01% Walter H. Lewis 0.58% Scattering 0.05% |
| New York | Charles Evans Hughes | Republican | Re-elected, 49.08% | Lewis S. Chanler 44.84% Clarence J. Shearn 2.64% Joshua Wanhope 2.07% George E. Stockwell 1.15% Leander A. Armstrong 0.22% |
| North Carolina | Robert Broadnax Glenn | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | William W. Kitchin 57.31% J. Elwood Cox 42.56% J. A. Transom 0.14% |
| North Dakota | John Burke | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.06% | C. A. Johnson 48.43% L. F. Dow 0.51% |
| Ohio | Andrew L. Harris | Republican | Defeated, 47.47% | Judson Harmon 49.20% Robert Bandlow 2.54% John Kircher 0.68% John B. Martin 0.07% Andrew F. Otte 0.04% |
| Rhode Island | James H. Higgins | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Aram J. Pothier 52.61% Olney Arnold 42.72% William H. Johnston 1.80% Louis E. Remington 1.67% A. E. Mowry 0.92% Thomas F. Herrick 0.27% |
| South Carolina | Martin Frederick Ansel | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00% | Martin Frederick Ansel 59.89% Coleman Livingston Blease 40.11% |
| South Dakota | Coe I. Crawford | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Robert S. Vessey 55.28% Andrew E. Lee 39.39% G. F. Knappen 3.10% J. C. Knapp 2.23% |
| Tennessee | Malcolm R. Patterson | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.73% | G. N. Tillman 45.70% W.A. Weatherall 0.57% |
| Texas | Thomas M. Campbell | Democratic | Re-elected, 72.79% | John N. Simpson 24.37% J. C. Rhodes 2.69% W. B. Cook 0.08% E. C. Heath 0.05% Charles L. Martin 0.02% |
| Utah | John Christopher Cutler | Republican | William Spry 47.45% Jesse Knight 38.80% John A. Street 10.23% V. R. Bohman 3.53% | |
| Vermont | Fletcher D. Proctor | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | George Herbert Prouty 70.83% James M. Burke 24.78% Quimby S. Backus 2.10% Eugene M. Campbell 1.43% Joseph H. Dunbar 0.85% Scattering 0.02% |
| Washington | Albert E. Mead | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove 62.38% John Pattison 32.91% George Ellsworth Boomer 2.72% Arthur S. Caton 1.99% |
| West Virginia | William M. O. Dawson | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | William Ellsworth Glasscock 50.70% Louis Bennett 46.09% E. W. Miller 1.93% I. W. Houston 1.28% |
| Wisconsin | James O. Davidson | Republican | Re-elected, 54.03% | John A. Aylward 36.91% H. D. Brown 6.36% Winfield D. Cox 2.62% Herman Bottema 0.09% |