Incumbent Republican Governor Curtis Guild Jr. was re-elected for a third one-year term.

The Bartlett delegates assembled themselves to nominate their candidate and adopt their own platform.

[5] MacFarland felt that Whitney represented corporate interests over "true Democratic principles"[5] in his support of the merger of New York, New Haven and Hartford with Boston and Maine railroads.

[5] The split in the Democratic Party assured Guild of re-election in the normally Republican state.

[6] Guild ran a quiet, positive campaign emphasizing his record in office, largely ignoring his three main opponents.