1910 Oklahoma elections

The 1910 Oklahoma elections were held on November 8, 1910, in the U.S. State of Oklahoma. Oklahoma voters elected statewide officials and members of the United States House of Representatives, and also determined the permanent state capital city of Oklahoma City by referendum.

Federal

House

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates^[1]
Oklahoma 1	Bird S. McGuire	Republican	1907	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bird Segle McGuire (Republican) 49.2% ▌Neil E. McNeil (Democratic) 44.7% ▌W. L. Reynolds (Socialist) 6.1%
Oklahoma 2	Dick T. Morgan	Republican	1908	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dick T. Morgan (Republican) 46.0% ▌Elmer L. Fulton (Democratic) 44.1% ▌H. I. Bryant (Socialist) 9.9%
Oklahoma 3	Charles E. Creager	Republican	1908	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y James S. Davenport (Democratic) 50.6% ▌Charles E. Creager (Republican) 43.5% ▌G. M. Snyder (Socialist) 5.9%
Oklahoma 4	Charles D. Carter	Democratic	1907	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles D. Carter (Democratic) 55.6% ▌Charles M. Campbell (Republican) 30.4% ▌J. N. Gilmore (Socialist) 14.0%
Oklahoma 5	Scott Ferris	Democratic	1907	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Scott Ferris (Democratic) 58.9% ▌J. H. Franklin (Republican) 27.6% ▌H. H. Stallard (Socialist) 13.5%

State

Governor

1910 Oklahoma gubernatorial election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Lee Cruce	120,218	48.5%	−5.0%
Republican	J. W. McNeal	99,527	40.1%	−2.4%
Socialist	J. T. Cumbie	24,707	9.9%	+6.1%
Prohibition	George E. Rouch	3,214	1.2%	New
Democratic hold		Swing	-5.0%

Lieutenant Governor

Democratic Primary

Oklahoma lieutenant gubernatorial Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J.J. McAlester	33,064	30.2%
	Democratic	Frank P. Davis	24,104	22.0%
	Democratic	J. M. Postelle	14,747	13.4%
	Democratic	P. P. Duffy.	13,388	12.2%
	Democratic	P. J. Yeager	10,524	9.6%
	Democratic	Albert H. Ellis	9,699	8.8%
	Democratic	Robert L. Notson	3,870	3.5%
Turnout			109,396

Republican primary

Oklahoma lieutenant gubernatorial Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gilbert Dukes	60,938	100%

Socialist primary

Oklahoma lieutenant gubernatorial Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	John G. Wills	13,184	100%

Prohibition primary

Oklahoma lieutenant gubernatorial Prohibition primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Prohibition	I.A. Briggs	68	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma lieutenant gubernatorial election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	J.J. McAlester	118,544	49.3%	−5.4%
Republican	Gilbert Dukes	94,621	39.3%	−2.0%
Socialist	John G. Wills	23,974	9.9%	+6.0%
Prohibition	I.A. Briggs	3,136	1.3%	New
Democratic hold		Swing

Results by county

McAlester:

  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

Dukes:

  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

Secretary of State

Democratic Primary

Oklahoma Secretary of State Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben F. Harrison	56,005	55.0%
	Democratic	Leo Meyer	45,874	45.0%
Turnout			101,879

Republican primary

Oklahoma Secretary of State Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald R. Fraser	32,815	51.0%
	Republican	Thomas N. Robnett	31,422	49.0%
Turnout			64,237

Socialist primary

Oklahoma Secretary of State Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	J.V. Kolachny	13,063	100%

Prohibition primary

Oklahoma Secretary of State Prohibition primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Prohibition	H.E. Strickler	72	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma Secretary of State election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Ben F. Harrison	117,790	49.3%	−5.5%
Republican	Donald R. Fraser	94,180	39.4%	−1.6%
Socialist	J.V. Kolachny	23,581	9.8%	+5.9%
Prohibition	H.E. Strickler	2,931	1.2%	New
Democratic hold		Swing

Results by county

Harrison:

  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

Fraser:

  40–50%

  50–60%

State Auditor

Democratic Primary

Oklahoma State Auditor Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Macklin Cross^[a]	59,018	54.9%
	Democratic	H. S. Blair	18,332	17.1%
	Democratic	H.A. Tucker	15,499	14.5%
	Democratic	W.F. Gilmer	14,540	13.5%
Turnout			107,389

Republican primary

Oklahoma State Auditor Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas S. Dulaney	37,613	59.5%
	Republican	Joseph Wade Bone	25,696	40.5%
Turnout			63,309

Socialist primary

Oklahoma State Auditor Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	H.A. Kembel	13,041	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma State Auditor election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Leo Meyer	117,954	50.1%	−4.4%
Republican	Thomas S. Dulaney	93,749	39.8%	−1.3%
Socialist	H.A. Kembel	23,706	10.0%	+5.7%
Democratic hold		Swing

Results by county

Meyer:

  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

Dulaney:

  40–50%

  50–60%

Attorney General

Democratic Primary

Oklahoma attorney general Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles West (incumbent)	43,893	40.1%
	Democratic	J. C. Graham	34,716	31.8%
	Democratic	George D. Key	30,579	28.1%
Turnout			109,188

Republican primary

Oklahoma attorney general Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph M. Dodson	24,231	36.1%
	Republican	P.C. Hughes	12,536	18.6%
	Republican	Don C. Smith	11,271	16.8%
	Republican	Cornelius Hardy	9,768	14.5%
	Republican	Malcolm D. Owen	9,259	13.8%
Turnout			67,065

Socialist primary

Oklahoma attorney general Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	F.M. Alee	13,026	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma attorney general election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Charles West (incumbent)	119,586	50.5%	−4.0%
Republican	Joseph M. Dodson	93,749	39.5%	−1.9%
Socialist	F. M. Alee	23,513	9.9%	+6.0%
Democratic hold		Swing

Results by county

West:

  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

Dodson:

  40–50%

  50–60%

Tie:

  40-50%

State Treasurer

Democratic Primary

Oklahoma State Treasurer Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Dunlop	56,348	55.0%
	Democratic	Martin E. Trapp	46,233	45.0%
Turnout			102,581

Republican primary

Oklahoma State Treasurer Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	W.H. Dill	30,171	57.2%
	Republican	H.M. Spalding	20,146	31.5%
	Republican	Richard Rudesill	13,538	21.3%
Turnout			63,855

Socialist primary

Oklahoma State Treasurer Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	C.B. Boylan	13,020	100%

Prohibition primary

Oklahoma State Treasurer Prohibition primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Prohibition	E.H. Leonard	70	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma State Treasurer election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Robert Dunlop	118,479	49.6%	−5.1%
Republican	W.H. Dill	93,726	39.2%	−2.2%
Socialist	C.B. Boylan	23,697	9.9%	+6.1%
Prohibition	E.H. Leonard	2,827	1.1%	New
Democratic hold		Swing

Results by county

Dunlop:

  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

Dill:

  40–50%

  50–60%

State Superintendent

Democratic Primary

Oklahoma State Superintendent Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	R. H. Wilson	62,337	56.7%
	Democratic	Evan Dhu Cameron (incumbent)	47,433	43.3%
Turnout			108.770

Republican primary

Oklahoma State Superintendent Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John P. Evans	25,706	37.2%
	Republican	James E. Dyche	22,035	32.0%
	Republican	G.D. Moss	21,269	30.8%
Turnout			69,010

Socialist primary

Oklahoma State Superintendent Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	S.S. Smith	13,015	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma State Superintendent election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	R. H. Wilson	118,628	50.3%	−4.5%
Republican	John P. Evans	93,549	39.6%	−1.5%
Socialist	S.S. Smith	23,642	10.0%	+6.1%
Democratic hold		Swing

State Examiner and Inspector

Democratic Primary

Oklahoma State Examiner and Inspector Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles A. Taylor (incumbent)	64,439	66.4%
	Democratic	Elias Landrum	32,486	33.5%
Turnout			96,925

Republican primary

Oklahoma Examiner and Inspector Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	W. B. Lain	57,494	100%

Socialist primary

Oklahoma State Examiner and Inspector Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	W. S. Webster	12,978	100%

1910 Oklahoma State Examiner and Inspector election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Charles A. Taylor (incumbent)	117,519	50.0%	−4.8%
Republican	W.B. Lain	93,372	39.7%	−1.4%
Socialist	W.S. Webster	23,763	10.1%	+6.2%
Democratic hold		Swing

Chief Mine Inspector

Democratic primary

1910 Oklahoma Chief Mine Inspector Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Boyle	51,394	51.8%
	Democratic	Pete Hanraty (incumbent)	47,726	48.2%
Turnout			99,120

Republican primary

1910 Oklahoma Chief Mine Inspector Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Hall	54,791	100%

Socialist primary

1910 Oklahoma Chief Mine Inspector Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	David G. Jackson	12,994	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma Chief Mine Inspector election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Ed Boyle	117,248	49.8%	−5.0%
Republican	John H. Hall	93,988	39.9%	−1.2%
Socialist	David G. Jackson	24,000	10.2%	+6.3%
Democratic hold		Swing

Commissioner of Labor

Democratic primary

1910 Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles L. Daugherty (incumbent)	87,617	100%

Republican primary

1910 Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John W. Funston	23,960	37.2%
	Republican	Robert F. Hamilton	12,991	20.1%
	Republican	James E. Gorman	12,279	19.0%
	Republican	Fred Pell, Sr.	9,166	14.2%
	Republican	D. F. Harrington	5,983	9.2%
Turnout			64,379

Socialist primary

1910 Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	F. B. Hadsall	12,952	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Charles L. Daugherty (incumbent)	119,605	50.4%	−4.4%
Republican	John W. Funston	93,455	39.4%	−1.6%
Socialist	E. B. Hadsall	23,846	10.0%	+6.0%
Democratic hold		Swing

Commissioner of Charities and Corrections

Democratic primary

1910 Oklahoma Commissioner of Charities and Corrections Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kate Barnard (incumbent)	72,386	67.6%
	Democratic	W. F. Baker	34,580	32.3%
Turnout			106,966

Republican primary

1910 Oklahoma Commissioner of Charities and Corrections Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kate Himrod Biggers	36,195	57.8%
	Republican	Minnie Donahoe	26,360	42.1%
Turnout			62,555

Socialist primary

1910 Oklahoma Commissioner of Charities and Corrections Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	Winnie Branstetter	12,849	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma Commissioner of Charities and Corrections election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Kate Barnard (incumbent)	120,703	51.0%	−4.2%
Republican	Kate Himrod Biggers	91,907	38.8%	−1.9%
Socialist	Winnie Branstetter	23,872	10.0%	+6.1%
Democratic hold		Swing

Commissioner of Insurance

Democratic primary

1910 Oklahoma Commissioner of Insurance Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	P. A. Ballard	25,755	25.4%
	Democratic	James W. Martin	23,214	22.9%
	Democratic	Milas Lasater (incumbent)	18,840	18.6%
	Democratic	Seth K. Corden	13,429	13.2%
	Democratic	J. L. Calvert	11,759	11.6%
	Democratic	William H. Ebey	8,233	8.1%
Turnout			101,230

Republican primary

1910 Oklahoma Commissioner of Insurance Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James T. Burns	24,334	37.5%
	Republican	Eugene F. Hoffman	10,884	16.8%
	Republican	Fred B. Hoyt	8,659	13.3%
	Republican	Fred W. Edmonds	8,640	13.3%
	Republican	E. R. Hughes	7,377	11.3%
	Republican	Theodore VonKeller	4,860	7.5%
Turnout			64,754

Socialist primary

1910 Oklahoma Commissioner of Insurance Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	E. S. Maple	12,568	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma Commissioner of Insurance election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	P. A. Ballard	116,621	49.8%	−5.1%
Republican	James T. Burns	93,778	40.0%	−1.2%
Socialist	E. S. Maple	23,761	10.1%	+6.2%
Democratic hold		Swing

Results by county

Ballard:

  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

Burns:

  40–50%

  50–60%

State Printer

Democratic primary

1910 Oklahoma State Printer Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Giles W. Farris	39,324	41.6%
	Democratic	D. C. Lester	33,704	35.7%
	Democratic	J. T. Highley	21,316	22.5%
Turnout			94,344

Republican primary

1910 Oklahoma State Printer Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel L. Bartholomew	30,341	52.6%
	Republican	Jesse G. Curd	27,265	47.3%
Turnout			57,606

Socialist primary

1910 Oklahoma State Printer Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	Jacob J. Truinett	12,494	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma State Printer election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Giles W. Farris	117,239	50.0%
Republican	Samuel L. Bartholomew	93,215	39.8%
Socialist	Jacob J. Truinett	23,717	10.1%
Democratic gain from

President of State Board of Agriculture

Democratic primary

1910 Oklahoma President of State Board of Agriculture Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	G. T. Bryan	55,712	58.9%
	Democratic	George L. Bishop	22,805	24.1%
	Democratic	Joseph L. Paschal	15,940	16.8%
Turnout			94,457

Republican primary

1910 Oklahoma President of State Board of Agriculture Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William H. Beaver	48,058	100%

Socialist primary

1910 Oklahoma President of State Board of Agriculture Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	J. R. Allen	12,496	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma President of State Board of Agriculture election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	G.T. Bryan	117,203	50.0%
Republican	William H. Beaver	93,429	39.8%
Socialist	J.R. Allen	23,649	10.0%
Democratic hold

Corporation Commission

1910 Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George A. Henshaw	30,004	30.2%
	Democratic	R. P. Bowles	19,606	19.7%
	Democratic	George L. Wilson Sr.	14,201	14.2%
	Democratic	Joseph Strain	13,488	13.5%
	Democratic	G. M. Tucker	9,429	9.4%
	Democratic	J. A. Norman	8,594	8.6%
	Democratic	Thomas R. Lash	4,004	4.0%
Turnout			99,326

Republican primary

1910 Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Emory D. Brownlee	23,929	41.0%
	Republican	Sherman W. Hill	16,827	28.8%
	Republican	J. B. Queen	9,592	16.4%
	Republican	J. Harrie Cloonan	7,912	13.5%
Turnout			58,260

Socialist primary

1910 Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	J. F. McDaniel	12,427	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	George A. Henshaw	117,444	50.1%	−4.6%
Republican	Emory D. Brownlee	93,050	39.7%	−1.5%
Socialist	J. F. McDaniel	23,835	10.1%	+6.2%
Democratic hold		Swing

Clerk of the Supreme Court

Democratic primary

1910 Oklahoma Clerk of the Supreme Court Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Swamp Campbell	39,921	39.8%
	Democratic	L. K. Taylor	25,624	26.2%
	Democratic	Neil B. Gardner	19,030	19.5%
	Democratic	N. A. Gordon	14,006	14.3%
Turnout			97,581

Republican primary

1910 Oklahoma Clerk of the Supreme Court Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Amos E. Ewing	23,308	100%

Socialist primary

1910 Oklahoma Clerk of the Supreme Court Socialist primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	H. M. Sinclair	12,391	100%

General election

1910 Oklahoma Clerk of the Supreme Court election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Swamp Campbell (incumbent)	117,571	50.0%	−5.0%
Republican	Chas. C. Chapell	93,645	39.8%	−1.3%
Socialist	H.M. Sinclair	23,721	10.0%	+6.3%
Democratic hold		Swing

Oklahoma Supreme Court

District 3

Democratic primary

1910 Oklahoma Supreme Court Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew John Kane (incumbent)	14,710	100%

Republican primary

Oklahoma Supreme Court Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. J. Biddison	11,009	62.4%
	Republican	A. R. Mussellner	6,609	37.5%
Turnout			17,618

General election

1910 Oklahoma Supreme Court District 3 election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Matthew John Kane (incumbent)	118,020	55.8%	−1.2%
Republican	A.J. Biddison	93,159	44.1%	+1.2%
Democratic hold		Swing

District 5

Democratic primary

1910 Oklahoma Supreme Court Democratic primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesse James Dunn (incumbent)	16,765	100%

Republican primary

Oklahoma Supreme Court Republican primary (August 2, 1910)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	L. M. Keys	7,186	56.5%
	Republican	Henry J. Sturgis	5,531	43.4%
Turnout			12,717

General election

1910 Oklahoma Supreme Court District 5 election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Jesse James Dunn (incumbent)	118,548	56.0%	−0.5%
Republican	L. M. Keys	93,076	43.9%	+0.5%
Democratic hold		Swing

Court of Criminal Appeals

Eastern district

1910 Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Eastern District election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	James R. Armstrong	117,409	55.6%
Republican	Thos. C. Humphrey	93,601	44.3%
Democratic gain from

Northern district

1910 Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Northern District election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Thomas H. Doyle (incumbent)	117,933	55.7%
Republican	E. W. Snoddy	93,468	44.2%
Democratic hold

Southern district

1910 Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Southern District election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Henry Marshall Furman (incumbent)	117,704	56.0%
Republican	Dwight Brown	92,293	43.9%
Democratic hold

Assistant Mine Inspector

District 1

1910 Oklahoma Assistant Mine Inspector District 1 election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	John O'Brien	116,253	49.8%
Republican	George Harris	93,115	39.9%
Socialist	Geo. F. Brady	23,849	10.2%
Democratic hold

District 2

1910 Oklahoma Assistant Mine Inspector District 2 election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Martin Clark	115,757	49.3%
Republican	A.G. Hamilton	93,339	39.7%
Socialist	E.L. Goodman	25,523	10.8%
Democratic hold

District 3

1910 Oklahoma Assistant Mine Inspector District 3 election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Frank Haley	116,085	55.7%
Republican	Michael O'Hara	92,207	44.2%
Democratic hold

State Questions

State question 6

State Question No. 6 Initiative Petition No. 2 The gist of the proposition is as follows: The selection by a majority vote of New Jerusalem District composed of not less than six sections of land compactly located within fifty miles of the center of the State; citizens may offer site, description, descriptions and options showing cost filed with Secretary and printed for information of voter; platting model city, public building reservations, remainder sold at public auction at appraised value or more; after repaying cost of public proceeds used equally for public buildings and improvements within District; State Institutions hereafter located must be in districts.

State question^[1]
Choice	Votes	%
No	118,899	58.5
Yes	84,366	41.5
Total votes	203,265	100.00

State question 8

State Question No. 8 Initiative Petition No. 3 The gist of the proposition is as follows: To authorize women to vote under the same circumstances and conditions as men may now do under the laws of this State, and this purpose is effected by striking out the word "male" wherever it exists as a limitation in Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution.

State question^[1]
Choice	Votes	%
No	128,928	59.2
Yes	88,808	40.8
Total votes	217,736	100.00

State question 15

State Question No. 15 Initiative Petition No. 7 The gist of the proposition is as follows: "A proposition to permanently locate State Capitol; Creating Commission of three to be appointed by Governor, January 1, 1911, or sooner; defines powers and duties; appropriates six hundred thousand dollars to purchase not to exceed two thousand acres; State to be reimbursed from sale of lots; Capitol fund created therefrom; Board may exercise power of eminent domain. Said Commission and School Land Commission to appraise value of lands and improvements separately. Makes Oklahoma City, Guthrie and Shawnee candidates; Provides for others by petition. Proposed separately to determine questions; (1) Shall Capitol be located, and (2) Where."

State question^[1]
Choice	Votes	%
Yes	96,448	59.9
No	64,522	40.1
Total votes	160,970	100.00

1910 State Capital election^[1]
Candidate	Votes	%
Oklahoma City	96,261	70.8
Guthrie	31,301	23.0
Shawnee	8,382	6.2
Total votes	135,944	100

State question 16

State Question No. 16 Initiative Petition No. 8 The gist of the proposition is as follows: That an extra section be added to Article 9 of the Constitution directing that any railroad, transportation or transmission company organized under the laws, of any other State, the United States or any Territory thereof, owning or operating, or wishing to extend a line or lines through this State may have the right and power to conduct such business after they have filed a copy of their articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State and appointed a resident agent upon whom legal process may be served.

State question^[1]
Choice	Votes	%
No	108,205	66.8
Yes	53,784	33.2
Total votes	161,989	100.00

State question 17

State Question No. 16 Initiative Petition No. 10 The gist of the proposition is as follows: That no person shall be registered as an elector in this State, be allowed to vote in any election held herein, unless he be able to read and write any section of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma; but no person who was, on January 1, 1866, or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote, under any form of Government, or who at that time resided in some foreign nation, and no lineal descendent of such person, shall be denied the right to register and vote because of his inability to so read and write sections of the Constitution. Precinct election inspectors having in charge the registration of electors shall enforce the provisions of this section at the time of registration, provided registration be required. Should registration be dispensed with, the provisions of this section shall be enforced by the precinct election officers when the electors apply for ballots to vote.

State question^[1]
Choice	Votes	%
Yes	135,443	56.0
No	106,222	44.0
Total votes	241,665	100.00

State question 21

State Question No. 21 Referendum Petition No. 12 The gist of the proposition is as follows: A law* prescribing the time and manner of conducting general elections, creates a State Election Board, appointed by the Governor, not more than two of the same political party; Chairman of the managing committee of each of the two political parties having cast the largest number of votes in the last preceding general election may at any time submit to the Governor the names of not less tham five members of their respective political parties. In making said appointments preference shall be given to the names so submitted.

State question^[1]
Choice	Votes	%
No	106,459	57.1
Yes	80,146	42.9
Total votes	186,605	100.00

State question 22

State Question No. 22 Initiative Petition No. 11 The gist of the proposition is as follows: To amend Section 7, Article 1 of the Constitution and to provide for the licensed sale of intoxicating liquors in incorporated cities, towns and villages after an election to determine whether said municipality shall license the sale of liquors to be consumed on the premises at a cost of two thousand dollars per year, and the sale in original packages not to be there consumed at a cost of five hundred dollars per year for each license, with restrictions, as to Sunday and midnight closing, prohibiting treating and other restrictions.

State question^[1]
Choice	Votes	%
No	126,118	56.6
Yes	105,041	45.4
Total votes	231,159	100.00

State question 23

State Question No. 23 Legislative Petition No. 13 Submitted by Senate Joint Resolution No. 1, page 278, Session Laws 1910. The gist of the proposition is as follows: That all taxes derived from public service corporations operating in more than one county of the state to be paid into the State Treasury and distributed as are other common school funds

State question^[1]
Choice	Votes	%
No	43,133	29.8
Yes	101,636	70.2
Required majority	123834
Total votes	144,769	100.00

State question 24

State Question No. 24 Legislative Petition No. 14 Submitted by Senate Joint Resolution No. 12, page 645, Session Laws 1909. The gist of the proposition is as follows: Public Service corporations that have organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma shall not be allowed to abate full jurisdiction over them by said State on account of any transfer to or consolidation with a foreign corporation.

State question^[1]
Choice	Votes	%
No	55,175	39.9
Yes	83,169	60.1
Required majority	123834
Total votes	138,344	100.00

State question 25

State Question No. 25 Legislative Petition No. 15 The gist of the proposition is as follows: That an extra section be added to Article 9 of the Constitution directing that any railroad transportation or transmission company organized under the laws of any other State, the United States or any Territory thereof owning or operating or wishing to extend a line or lines through this State may have the right and power to conduct such business after they have filed a copy of their articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State and appointed a resident agent upon whom legal process may be served.

State question^[1]
Choice	Votes	%
No	46,662	52.8
Yes	41,768	47.2
Total votes	88,430	100.00

Notes

^ Cross died on August 3, 1910.^[2]

References

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^ Phillips, Mary (August 6, 2018). "The Archivist: A busy Aug. 5". The Oklahoman. Retrieved September 26, 2023.

[3] Cross died on August 3, 1910.^[2]

[1910_Results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs ^bt ^bu ^bv ^bw ^bx ^by ^bz ^ca ^cb ^cc ^cd ^ce ^cf ^cg ^ch ^ci ^cj "1907-1912 Results" (PDF). oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved September 23, 2023.

[2] Phillips, Mary (August 6, 2018). "The Archivist: A busy Aug. 5". The Oklahoman. Retrieved September 26, 2023.

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