1926 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1926, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 2, 1926 (October 5 in Arkansas, and September 13 in Maine).
In South Carolina, the governor was elected to a four-year term for the first time, instead of a two-year term. In Maryland, the election was held in an even-numbered year for the first time, having previously been held in the odd numbered year preceding the United States presidential election year.
Results[]
State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing Candidates |
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Alabama | William W. Brandon | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Bibb Graves (Democratic) 81.22% (Republican) 18.78% [1] |
Arizona | George W. P. Hunt | Democratic | Re-elected, 50.25% | (Republican) 49.75% [2] |
Arkansas (held, 5 October 1926)[3][4][5] |
Tom Terral | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | John E. Martineau (Democratic) 76.45% Drew Bowers (Republican) 23.56% [6] |
California | Friend Richardson | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Clement C. Young (Republican) 71.22% (Democratic) 24.69% Upton Sinclair (Socialist) 4.02% Scattering 0.08% [7] |
Colorado | Clarence Morley | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | William H. Adams (Democratic) 59.84% Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (Republican) 38.11% Frank Cass (Farmer Labor) 1.28% Edward F. Wright (Socialist) 0.49% William R. Dietrich (Communist) 0.19% Barney Haughey (Commonwealth Land) 0.10% [8] |
Connecticut | John H. Trumbull | Republican | Re-elected, 63.58% | (Democratic) 35.37% Karl C. Jursek (Socialist) 1.06% [9] |
Georgia | Clifford Walker | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Lamartine G. Hardman (Democratic) 100.00% [10] (Democratic primary run-off results) Lamartine G. Hardman 57.33% John N. Holder 42.67% [11] |
Idaho | Charles C. Moore | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | H. C. Baldridge (Republican) 51.05% (Progressive) 28.36% (Democratic) 20.59% [12] |
Iowa | John Hammill | Republican | Re-elected, 71.51% | (Democratic) 28.50% [13] |
Kansas | Benjamin S. Paulen | Republican | Re-elected, 63.31% | Jonathan M. Davis (Democratic) 35.30% H. Hilfrich (Socialist) 1.39% [14] |
Maine (held, 13 September 1926) |
Ralph Owen Brewster | Republican | Re-elected, 55.52% | (Democratic) 44.48% [15] |
Maryland | Albert C. Ritchie | Democratic | Re-elected, 57.93% | (Republican) 41.37% P. Gustave Dill (Socialist) 0.70% [16] |
Massachusetts | Alvan Tufts Fuller | Republican | Re-elected, 58.79% | William A. Gaston (Democratic) 40.25% Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 0.47% Lewis Marks (Workers) 0.30% Samuel Leger (Socialist Labor) 0.20% [17] |
Michigan | Alex J. Groesbeck | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Fred W. Green (Republican) 63.35% William A. Comstock (Democratic) 36.01% Frank E. Titus (Prohibition) 0.40% William Reynolds (Workers) 0.24% [18] |
Minnesota | Theodore Christianson | Republican | Re-elected, 56.49% | Magnus Johnson (Farmer-Labor) 38.09% (Democratic) 5.43% [19] |
Nebraska | Adam McMullen | Republican | Re-elected, 49.82% | Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 48.99% Roy M. Harrop (Progressive) 1.19% [20] |
Nevada | James G. Scrugham | Democratic | Defeated, 47.00% | Frederick B. Balzar (Republican) 53.00% [21] |
New Hampshire | John Gilbert Winant | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Huntley N. Spaulding (Republican) 59.70% (Democratic) 40.30% [22] |
New Mexico | Arthur T. Hannett | Democratic | Defeated, 48.15% | Richard C. Dillon (Republican) 51.60% Q. M. Bixler (Independent) 0.25% [23] |
New York | Alfred E. Smith | Democratic | Re-elected, 52.30% | Ogden L. Mills (Republican) 43.80% Jacob Panken (Socialist) 2.87% Charles Manierre (Prohibition) 0.73% Benjamin Gitlow (Workers) 0.19% Jeremiah D. Crowley (Socialist Labor) 0.12% [24] |
North Dakota | Arthur G. Sorlie | Republican | Re-elected, 81.74% | (Democratic) 15.15% Ralph Ingerson (Farmer Labor) 3.10% [25] |
Ohio | A. Victor Donahey | Democratic | Re-elected, 50.33% | Myers Y. Cooper (Republican) 49.13% Joseph W. Sharts (Socialist) 0.43% Walter Freeman (Socialist Labor) 0.11% [26] |
Oklahoma | Martin E. Trapp | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Henry S. Johnston (Democratic) 54.90% (Republican) 44.22% John Franing (Farmer Labor) 0.42% E. H. H. Gates (Socialist) 0.35% Ed Boyle (Independent) 0.11% [27] |
Oregon | Walter M. Pierce | Democratic | Defeated, 41.37% | Isaac L. Patterson (Republican) 53.14% H. H. Stallard (Independent) 5.49% [28] |
Pennsylvania | Gifford Pinchot | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | John S. Fisher (Republican) 73.34% (Democratic) 24.29% George L. Pennock (Prohibition) 1.30% John W. Slayton (Socialist) 0.78% H. W. Hicks (Workers) 0.22% Julian P. Hickok (Commonwealth Land) 0.06% Scattering 0.01% [29] |
Rhode Island | Aram J. Pothier | Republican | Re-elected, 53.90% | Joseph H. Gainer (Democratic) 45.66% Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 0.45% [30] |
South Carolina | Thomas Gordon McLeod | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | John Gardiner Richards (Democratic) 100.00% [31] (Democratic primary run-off results) John Gardiner Richards 58.20% Ibra Charles Blackwood 41.80% [32] |
South Dakota | Carl Gunderson | Republican | Defeated, 40.32% | William J. Bulow (Democratic) 47.38% Tom Ayres (Farmer Labor) 6.51% John E. Hipple (Independent) 5.79% [33] |
Tennessee | Austin Peay | Democratic | Re-elected, 64.69% | (Republican) 35.20% P. W. Williams (Independent) 0.12% [34] |
Miriam A. Ferguson | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | Daniel Moody (Democratic) 86.75% (Republican) 12.96% M. A. Smith (Socialist) 0.29% [35] | |
Vermont | Franklin S. Billings | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John Eliakim Weeks (Republican) 60.85% (Democratic) 39.13% Scattering 0.02% [36] |
Wisconsin | John J. Blaine | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Fred R. Zimmerman (Republican) 63.47% Charles B. Perry (Independent) 13.84% Virgil H. Cady (Democratic) 13.14% Herman O. Kent (Socialist) 7.29% David W. Emerson (Prohibition) 1.33% Alex Gordon (Socialist Labor) 0.83% Scattering 0.11% [37] |
Wyoming | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Democratic | Defeated, 48.95% | Frank C. Emerson (Republican) 50.90% William B. Guthrie (Radical) 0.15% [38] |
See also[]
- United States elections, 1926
- United States Senate elections, 1926
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1926
References[]
- ^ "AL Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "AZ Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "Martineau elected Arkansas Governor". Evening star. Washington, D.C. October 6, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Democratic Landslide". The Indianapolis Times. Indianapolis. October 6, 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Martineau Ahead". Daily News. New York, New York. October 7, 1926. p. 7. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "AR Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "CA Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "CO Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "CT Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "GA Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "GA Governor, 1926 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "ID Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "IA Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "KS Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "ME Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "MD Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "MA Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "MI Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "MN Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "NE Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "NV Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "NH Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "NM Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "NY Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "ND Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "OH Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "OK Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "OR Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "PA Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "RI Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "SC Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "SC Governor, 1926 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "SD Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "TN Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "TX Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "VT Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "WI Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "WY Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
Notes[]
Categories:
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