1932 United States gubernatorial elections
November 8, 1932;
September 12, 1932 (ME)
35 governorships[lower-alpha 1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 27 19
Seats after 38 8
Seat change Increase11 Decrease11
Seats up 18 16
Seats won 29 5
  Third party
 
Party Farmer–Labor
Seats before 1
Seats after 1
Seat change Steady
Seats up 1
Seats won 1
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Farmer–Labor hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1932, in 35 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 8, 1932 (September 12 in Maine).

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
ArizonaGeorge W. P. HuntDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victoryBenjamin Baker Moeur (Democratic) 63.22%
J. C. "Jack" Kinney (Republican) 35.43%
Lawrence McGivern (Socialist) 0.69%
Andrew Bettwy (Arizona Progressive Democrat) 0.49%
Martin Gehon (Communist) 0.17%
[1]
ArkansasJunius Marion FutrellDemocraticRe-elected, 90.39%J. O. Livesay (Republican) 8.91%
Scattering 0.70%
[2]
ColoradoBilly AdamsDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryEdwin Carl Johnson (Democratic) 57.23%
James D. Parriott (Republican) 40.78%
Morton Alexander (Socialist) 1.39%
William Penn Collins (Farmer Labor) 0.38%
William R. Dietrich (Communist) 0.23%
[3]
ConnecticutWilbur L. CrossDemocraticRe-elected, 48.44%John H. Trumbull (Republican) 46.62%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 3.47%
Albert Levitt (Independent Republican) 0.86%
Michael P. O'Lean (Socialist Labor) 0.39%
Isadore Wofsy (Communist) 0.23%
[4]
DelawareC. Douglass BuckRepublicanRe-elected, 54.23%Landreth L. Layton (Democratic) 44.88%
Fred W. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.79%
- Thomas (Communist) 0.11%
[5]
FloridaDoyle E. CarltonDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryDavid Sholtz (Democratic) 66.62%
W. J. Howey (Republican) 33.38%
[6]
GeorgiaRichard Russell Jr.DemocraticRetired to run for U.S. senator, Democratic victoryEugene Talmadge (Democratic) 100.00%
[7]
(Democratic primary results)
Eugene Talmadge 42.02% (264)
Hosea Abit Nix 28.38% (94)
Thomas W. Hardwick 12.73% (30)
John N. Holder 7.11% (10)
H. B. Edwards 4.66% (8)
John I. Kelly 4.37% (4)
Scattering 0.73%
[8]
IdahoC. Ben RossDemocraticRe-elected, 61.73%Byron Defenbach (Republican) 36.44%
Scattering 1.84%
[9]
IllinoisLouis Lincoln EmmersonRepublicanRetired, Democratic victoryHenry Horner (Democratic) 57.62%
Len Small (Republican) 40.71%
Roy E. Burt (Socialist) 1.18%
Leondies McDonald (Communist) 0.37%
J. E. Procum (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
W. W. O'Brien (Independent) 0.04%
[10]
IndianaHarry G. LeslieRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryPaul V. McNutt (Democratic) 55.02%
Raymond S. Springer (Republican) 42.75%
Powers Hapgood (Socialist) 1.20%
F. W. Lough (Prohibition) 0.59%
Ward B. Hiner (National) 0.20%
Theodore Luesse (Communist) 0.14%
Charley Lynch (Socialist Labor) 0.12%
[11]
IowaDan W. TurnerRepublicanDefeated, 47.23%Clyde L. Herring (Democratic) 52.77%
[12]
KansasHarry H. WoodringDemocraticDefeated, 34.12%Alfred M. Landon (Republican) 34.82%
John R. Brinkley (Independent) 30.58%
H. M. Perkins (Socialist) 0.49%
[13]
Maine
(held, 12 September 1932)		William Tudor GardinerRepublicanRetired, Democratic victoryLouis J. Brann (Democratic) 50.25%
Burleigh Martin (Republican) 49.28%
Frank H. Maxfield (Socialist) 0.47%
[14]
MassachusettsJoseph B. ElyDemocraticRe-elected, 52.76%William S. Youngman (Republican) 45.03%
Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 1.57%
John J. Ballam (Communist) 0.39%
Charles S. Oram (Socialist Labor) 0.24%
Scattering 0.01%
[15]
MichiganWilber M. BruckerRepublicanDefeated, 43.12%William A. Comstock (Democratic) 54.92%
John Panzer (Socialist) 1.24%
William Reynolds (Communist) 0.49%
Charles Elwood Holmes (Prohibition) 0.13%
Robert Fraser (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
Albert T. Renner (Proletarian) 0.02%
[16]
MinnesotaFloyd B. OlsonFarmer-LaborRe-elected, 50.57%Earle Brown (Republican) 32.34%
John E. Regan (Democratic) 16.44%
William Schneiderman (Communist) 0.47%
John P. Johnson (Industrial) 0.18%
[17]
MissouriHenry S. CaulfieldRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryGuy Brasfield Park (Democratic) 60.17%
Edward H. Winter (Republican) 39.10%
Louis Martin Wolf (Socialist) 0.68%
Owen W. Penney (Communist) 0.03%
William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.02%
[18]
MontanaJohn E. EricksonDemocraticRe-elected, 48.50%Frank A. Hazelbaker (Republican) 46.73%
Chris Yegen (Socialist) 2.92%
Rodney Salisbury (Communist) 0.93%
W. R. Duncan (Liberty) 0.93%
[19]
NebraskaCharles W. BryanDemocraticRe-elected, 52.53%Dwight P. Griswold (Republican) 46.28%
John M. Paul (Socialist) 1.19%
[20]
New HampshireJohn Gilbert WinantRepublicanRe-elected, 54.20%Henri Ledoux (Democratic) 45.42%
Frank T. Butler (Socialist) 0.27%
William J. Wilgus Jr. (Communist) 0.12%
[21]
New MexicoArthur SeligmanDemocraticRe-elected, 54.82%Richard C. Dillon (Republican) 44.19%
E. E. Frost (Socialist) 0.70%
Thomas C. Cullender (Liberty) 0.23%
W. F. Richardson (Communist) 0.07%
[22]
New YorkFranklin D. RooseveltDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. President, Democratic victoryHerbert H. Lehman (Democratic) 56.69%
William J. Donovan (Republican) 38.62%
Louis Waldman (Socialist) 2.0%
John F. Vichert (Law Preservation) 1.78%
Israel Amter (Communist) 0.56%
Aaron M. Orange (Socialist Labor) 0.15%
[23]
North CarolinaOliver Max GardnerDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJohn C. B. Ehringhaus (Democratic) 70.07%
Clifford C. Frazier (Republican) 29.93%
[24]
North DakotaGeorge F. ShaferRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryWilliam Langer (Republican) 54.75%
Herbert C. Depuy (Democratic) 44.97%
Andrew Omholt (Communist) 0.28%
[25]
OhioGeorge WhiteDemocraticRe-elected, 52.82%David S. Ingalls (Republican) 44.85%
Joseph W. Sharts (Socialist) 1.26%
Aaron S. Watkins (Prohibition) 0.76%
John Marshall (Communist) 0.25%
William Woodhouse (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
[26]
Rhode IslandNorman S. CaseRepublicanDefeated, 43.50%Theodore F. Green (Democratic) 55.20%
Frederick W. Hurst (Socialist) 0.73%
James P. Reid (Communist) 0.21%
Roscoe W. Phillips (Prohibition) 0.19%
Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.17%
[27]
South DakotaWarren E. GreenRepublicanDefeated, 42.40%Tom Berry (Democratic) 55.63%
H. O. Stevens (Liberty) 1.75%
Helen Tangen (Independent) 0.22%
[28]
TennesseeHenry Hollis HortonDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryHill McAlister (Democratic) 42.75%
John McCall (Republican) 29.79%
Lewis S. Pope (Independent) 27.05%
John H. Compton (Independent) 0.32%
Charles R. Marlow (Independent) 0.09%
[29]
TexasRoss S. SterlingDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victoryMiriam A. Ferguson (Democratic) 61.98%
Orville Bullington (Republican) 37.68%
George C. Edwards (Socialist) 0.22%
George W. Armstrong (Jacksonian) 0.09%
Philip L. Howe (Communist) 0.02%
Otho L. Heitt (Liberty) 0.02%
[30]
UtahGeorge DernDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryHenry H. Blood (Democratic) 56.39%
William W. Seegmiller (Republican) 41.76%
A. L. Porter (Socialist) 1.36%
Marvin P. Bales (Communist) 0.49%
[31]
VermontStanley Calef WilsonRepublicanRe-elected, 61.69%James Patrick Leamy (Democratic) 37.20%
Frederick W. Suitor (Socialist) 1.09%
Scattering 0.02%
[32]
WashingtonRoland H. HartleyRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Democratic victoryClarence D. Martin (Democratic) 57.29%
John Arthur Gellatly (Republican) 33.75%
Luvern Clyde Hicks (Liberty) 6.79%
John F. McKay (Socialist) 1.63%
Fred E. Walker (Communist) 0.41%
Edward Kriz (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
Maslen Meade (Independent) 0.06%
[33]
West VirginiaWilliam G. ConleyRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryHerman G. Kump (Democratic) 53.77%
T. C. Townsend (Republican) 45.80%
J. H. Snider (Socialist) 0.37%
Miles Stone (Communist) 0.06%
[34]
WisconsinPhilip La FolletteRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Democratic victoryAlbert George Schmedeman (Democratic) 52.48%
Walter Jodok Kohler (Republican) 41.87%
Frank B. Metcalfe (Socialist) 5.07%
William C. Dean (Prohibition) 0.28%
Fred B. Blair (Communist) 0.26%
Joseph Ehrhardt (Socialist Labor) 0.04%
Scattering 0.01%
[35]
Wyoming
(special election)		Alonzo M. ClarkRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Democratic victoryLeslie A. Miller (Democratic) 50.85%
Harry R. Weston (Republican) 47.22%
A. O. Blow (Socialist) 1.74%
Merton Willer (Communist) 0.19%
[36]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "AZ Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "AR Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "CO Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "CT Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "DE Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "FL Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "GA Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "GA Governor, 1932 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "ID Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "IL Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "IN Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "IA Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  13. ↑ "KS Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  14. ↑ "ME Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  15. ↑ "MA Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  16. ↑ "MI Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  17. ↑ "MN Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  18. ↑ "MO Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  19. ↑ "MT Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  20. ↑ "NE Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  21. ↑ "NH Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  22. ↑ "NM Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  23. ↑ "NY Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  24. ↑ "NC Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  25. ↑ "ND Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  26. ↑ "OH Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  27. ↑ "RI Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  28. ↑ "SD Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  29. ↑ "TN Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  30. ↑ "TX Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  31. ↑ "UT Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  32. ↑ "VT Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  33. ↑ "WA Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  34. ↑ "WV Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  35. ↑ "WI Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  36. ↑ "WY Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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