Events from the year 1919 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Governors

• Governor of Alabama: Charles Henderson (Democratic) (until January 20), Thomas Kilby (Democratic) (starting January 20) • Governor of Arizona: George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) (until January 6), Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) (starting January 6) • Governor of Arkansas: Charles Hillman Brough (Democratic) • Governor of California: William Stephens (Republican) • Governor of Colorado: Julius Caldeen Gunter (Democratic) (until January 14), Oliver Henry Shoup (Republican) (starting January 14) • Governor of Connecticut: Marcus H. Holcomb (Republican) • Governor of Delaware: John G. Townsend Jr. (Republican) • Governor of Florida: Sidney Johnston Catts (Prohibition) • Governor of Georgia: Hugh M. Dorsey (Democratic) • Governor of Idaho: Moses Alexander (Democratic) (until January 6), D. W. Davis (Republican) (starting January 6) • Governor of Illinois: Frank O. Lowden (Republican) • Governor of Indiana: James P. Goodrich (Republican) • Governor of Iowa: William L. Harding (Republican) • Governor of Kansas: Arthur Capper (Republican) (until January 13), Henry J. Allen (Republican) (starting January 13) • Governor of Kentucky: • * until May 19: Augustus O. Stanley (Democratic) • * May 19-December 9: James D. Black (Democratic) • * starting December 9: Edwin P. Morrow (Republican) • Governor of Louisiana: Ruffin G. Pleasant (Democratic) • Governor of Maine: Carl E. Milliken (Republican) • Governor of Maryland: Emerson C. Harrington (Democratic) • Governor of Massachusetts: Samuel W. McCall (Republican) (until January 2), Calvin Coolidge (Republican) (starting January 2) • Governor of Michigan: Albert Sleeper (Republican) • Governor of Minnesota: J. A. A. Burnquist (Republican) • Governor of Mississippi: Theodore G. Bilbo (Democratic) • Governor of Missouri: Frederick D. Gardner (Democratic) • Governor of Montana: Sam V. Stewart (Democratic) • Governor of Nebraska: Keith Neville (Democratic) (until January 9), Samuel R. McKelvie (Republican) (starting January 9) • Governor of Nevada: Emmet D. Boyle (Democratic) • Governor of New Hampshire: Henry W. Keyes (Republican) (until January 6), John H. Bartlett (Republican) (starting January 6) • Governor of New Jersey: Walter Evans Edge (Republican) (until May 16), William Nelson Runyon (Republican) (starting May 16) • Governor of New Mexico: Washington E. Lindsey (Republican) (until January 1), Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (Republican) (starting January 1) • Governor of New York: Al Smith (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Governor of North Carolina: Thomas Walter Bickett (Democratic) • Governor of North Dakota: Lynn Frazier (Republican) • Governor of Ohio: James M. Cox (Democratic) • Governor of Oklahoma: Robert L. Williams (Democratic) (until January 13), James B. A. Robertson (Democratic) (starting January 13) • Governor of Oregon: James Withycombe (Republican) (until March 3), Ben W. Olcott (Republican) (starting March 3) • Governor of Pennsylvania: Martin Grove Brumbaugh (Republican) (until January 21), William Cameron Sproul (Republican) (starting January 21) • Governor of Rhode Island: R. Livingston Beeckman (Republican) • Governor of South Carolina: Richard Irvine Manning III (Democratic) (until January 21), Robert Archer Cooper (Democratic) (starting January 21) • Governor of South Dakota: Peter Norbeck (Republican) • Governor of Tennessee: Tom C. Rye (Democratic) (until January 15), A. H. Roberts (Democratic) (starting January 15) • Governor of Texas: William P. Hobby (Democratic) • Governor of Utah: Simon Bamberger (Democratic) • Governor of Vermont: Horace F. Graham (Republican) (until January 9), Percival W. Clement (Republican) (starting January 9) • Governor of Virginia: Westmoreland Davis (Democratic) • Governor of Washington: Ernest Lister (Democratic) (until February 13), Louis Folwell Hart (Republican) (starting February 13) • Governor of West Virginia: John J. Cornwell (Democratic) • Governor of Wisconsin: Emanuel L. Philipp (Republican) • Governor of Wyoming: Frank L. Houx (Democratic) (until January 6), Robert D. Carey (Republican) (starting January 6)

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Thomas E. Kilby (Democratic) (until January 20), Nathan Lee Miller (Democratic) (starting January 20) • Lieutenant Governor of California: vacant (until January 6), Clement Calhoun Young (Republican) (starting January 6) • Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: James A. Pulliam (Democratic) (until January 14), George Stepham (Republican) (starting January 14) • Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Clifford B. Wilson (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Delaware: Lewis E. Eliason (Democratic) (until May 2), vacant (starting May 2) • Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: Ernest L. Parker (Democratic) (until January 6), Charles C. Moore (Republican) (starting January 6) • Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: John G. Oglesby (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Edgar D. Bush (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Ernest Robert Moore (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: William Yoast Morgan (Republican) (until January 13), Charles S. Huffman (Republican) (starting January 13) • Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: • * until May 19: James D. Black (Democratic) • * May 19-December 9: vacant • * starting December 9: S. Thruston Ballard (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Fernand Mouton (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Calvin Coolidge (Republican) (until January 6), Channing H. Cox (Republican) (starting January 6) • Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Luren D. Dickinson (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Thomas Frankson (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Lee Maurice Russell (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Wallace Crossley (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Montana: W. W. McDowell (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Edgar Howard (Democratic) (until January 9), Pelham A. Barrows (Republican) (starting January 9) • Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Maurice J. Sullivan (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: vacant (until January 1), Benjamin F. Pankey (Republican) (starting January 1) • Lieutenant Governor of New York: Harry C. Walker (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Oliver Max Gardner (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: Anton T. Kraabel (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Howard R. Wood (Republican) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: Earl D. Bloom (Democratic) (until January 12), Clarence J. Brown Sr. (Republican) (starting January 12) • Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: Martin E. Trapp (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Frank B. McClain (Republican) (until January 20), Edward E. Beidleman (Republican) (starting January 20) • Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Emery J. San Souci (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Andrew Bethea (Democratic) (until January 21), J. T. Liles (Democratic) (starting January 21) • Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: William H. McMaster (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: W. R. Crabtree (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Andrew L. Todd Sr. (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Texas: vacant (until January 21), Willard Arnold Johnson (Democratic) (starting January 21) • Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Roger W. Hulburd (Republican) (until January 9), Mason S. Stone (Republican) (starting January 9) • Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: Benjamin Franklin Buchanan (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Washington: Louis Folwell Hart (Republican) (until February 13), vacant (starting February 13) • Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Edward F. Dithmar (Republican)

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