The 1906 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 6, 1906. Incumbent Republican governor

Samuel W. Pennypacker Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker (April 9, 1843 – September 2, 1916) was an American politician serving as the List of governors of Pennsylvania, 23rd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1903 to 1907. He also served Pennsylvania as a judge and wrote abo ...

was not a candidate for re-election. The Republican candidate,

Edwin Sydney Stuart Edwin Sydney Stuart (December 28, 1853 – March 21, 1937) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Philadelphia from 1891 to 1895 and as the 24th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1911. Early life and Philadelphia politi ...

, defeated Democratic candidate Lewis Emery, Jr. to become

Governor of Pennsylvania A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Louis Arthur Watres Louis Arthur Watres (April 21, 1851 – June 28, 1937) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 20th district from 1883 to 1890 and as the fifth lieutenant governor o ...

Charles Warren Stone Charles Warren Stone (June 29, 1843 – August 15, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and the second lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. Early life Charles W. Stone was born near Groton, Massa ...

, and

William M. Brown William M. Brown may refer to: * William M. Brown (Pennsylvania politician) (1850–1915), Republican political official from Pennsylvania * William Brown (British Columbia politician) (1838– after 1882), English-born political figure in British ...

unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination, while

Arthur Granville Dewalt Arthur Granville Dewalt (October 11, 1854 – October 26, 1931) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 1915 to 1921. ...

unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.

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1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

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