1934 United States gubernatorial elections

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1934 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1933 November 6, 1934;
September 10, 1934 (ME)		 1935 →
34 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 37 9[a]
Seats after 38 8
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Seats up 24 8
Seats won 25 7
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party
Farmer–Labor
 Progressive
Seats before 1 0
Seats after 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase1
Seats up 1 0
Seats won 1 1
  Fifth party
 
Party
Independent
Seats before 1
Seats after 0
Seat change Decrease1
Seats up 1
Seats won 0
1934 North Dakota gubernatorial election1934 New Jersey gubernatorial election1934 Alabama gubernatorial election1934 Arizona gubernatorial election1934 Arkansas gubernatorial election1934 California gubernatorial election1934 Colorado gubernatorial election1934 Connecticut gubernatorial election1934 Georgia gubernatorial election1934 Idaho gubernatorial election1934 Iowa gubernatorial election1934 Kansas gubernatorial election1934 Maine gubernatorial election1934 Maryland gubernatorial election1934 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1934 Michigan gubernatorial election1934 Minnesota gubernatorial election1934 Nebraska gubernatorial election1934 Nevada gubernatorial election1934 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1934 New Mexico gubernatorial election1934 New York gubernatorial election1934 Ohio gubernatorial election1934 Oklahoma gubernatorial election1934 Oregon gubernatorial election1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election1934 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1934 South Carolina gubernatorial election1934 South Dakota gubernatorial election1934 Tennessee gubernatorial election1934 Texas gubernatorial election1934 Vermont gubernatorial election1934 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1934 Wyoming gubernatorial election
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Farmer–Labor hold
     Progressive gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1934, in 34 states, concurrent with the

Senate elections, on November 6, 1934. Elections took place on September 10 in Maine
.

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Alabama Benjamin M. Miller Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Bibb Graves (Democratic) 86.93%
Edmund H. Dryer (Republican) 12.67%
Arlie Barber (Socialist) 0.25%
J. M. Davis (Communist) 0.15%
[1]
Arizona Benjamin Baker Moeur Democratic Re-elected, 59.65%
Thomas Maddock (Republican) 38.15%
Lawrence McGivern (Socialist) 1.83%
Clay Naff (Communist) 0.36%
[2]
Arkansas Junius Marion Futrell Democratic Re-elected, 89.19% G. C. Ledbetter (Republican) 9.44%
J. Russell Butler (Socialist) 1.37%
[3]
California
Frank F. Merriam
 Republican Re-elected, 48.87% Upton Sinclair (Democratic) 37.75%
Raymond L. Haight (Progressive) 12.99%
Sam Darcy (Communist) 0.25%
Milen C. Dempster (Socialist) 0.13%
Scattering 0.01%
[4]
Colorado
Edwin Carl Johnson
 Democratic Re-elected, 58.11% Nate C. Warren (Republican) 39.91%
Paul S. McCormick (Socialist) 1.31%
Paul W. Hipp (Prohibition) 0.35%
P. C. Feste (Communist) 0.32%
[5]
Connecticut
Wilbur L. Cross
 Democratic Re-elected, 46.71% Hugh Meade Alcorn (Republican) 45.16%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 6.96%
Alvin M. Gully (Socialist Labor) 0.68%
William E. Hogan (Independent Citizens) 0.26%
Isadore Wofsy (Communist) 0.23%
[6]
Georgia Eugene Talmadge Democratic Re-elected, 100.00%
[7]		 (Democratic primary results)
Eugene Talmadge 65.95%
Claude Pittman 32.18%
Ed Gilliam 1.88%
[8]
Idaho C. Ben Ross Democratic Re-elected, 54.58% Frank L. Stephan (Republican) 44.26%
Allen F. Adams (Socialist) 0.68%
T. H. Darrow (Commonwealth Prohibition) 0.48%
[9]
Iowa Clyde L. Herring Democratic Re-elected, 51.75% Dan W. Turner (Republican) 43.55%
Wallace M. Short (Farmer Labor) 4.09%
L. J. U. Smay (Prohibition) 0.24%
Arthur W. Saarman (Socialist) 0.21%
Ira R. Meade (Communist) 0.17%
[10]
Kansas
Alfred M. Landon
 Republican Re-elected, 53.51% Omar B. Ketchum (Democratic) 45.63%
George M. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.86%
[11]
Maine
(held, 10 September 1934)		 Louis J. Brann Democratic Re-elected, 53.99% Alfred K. Ames (Republican) 45.90%
Harry Warsaw (Communist) 0.11%
[12]
Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
 Democratic Defeated, 48.32%
Harry Whinna Nice (Republican) 49.52%
Broadus Mitchell (Socialist) 1.32%
William A. Gillespe (Independent) 0.55%
Bernard Ades (Communist) 0.15%
Harry B. Galantian (Labor) 0.14%
[13]
Massachusetts Joseph B. Ely Democratic Retired, Democratic victory James Michael Curley (Democratic) 49.65%
Gaspar G. Bacon (Republican) 42.30%
Frank A. Goodwin (Equal Tax) 6.35%
Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 0.83%
John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor) 0.39%
Edward Rand Stevens (Communist) 0.28%
Freeman W. Follett (Prohibition) 0.20%
[14]
Michigan William Comstock Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory
Frank D. Fitzgerald (Republican) 52.41%
Arthur J. Lacy (Democratic) 45.84%
Arthur E. Larsen (Socialist) 0.95%
Raymond Anderson (Communist) 0.46%
Donald D. Alderdyce (Farmer Labor) 0.17%
Scattering 0.17%
[15]
Minnesota Floyd B. Olson Farmer-Labor Re-elected, 44.61% Martin A. Nelson (Republican) 37.72%
John E. Regan (Democratic) 16.84%
Arthur C. Townley (Independent) 0.42%
Samuel K. Davis (Communist) 0.41%
()
[16]
Nebraska Charles W. Bryan Democratic Retired to
run for U.S. Senate
, Democratic victory
Dwight P. Griswold (Republican) 47.73%
Ralph W. Madison (Independent) 0.83%
John J. Schefcik (Independent) 0.60%
[17]
Nevada Morley Griswold Republican Defeated, 34.52%
Richard Kirman (Democratic) 53.94%
Lindley C. Branson (Independent) 11.54%
[18]
New Hampshire John Gilbert Winant Republican Retired, Republican victory
H. Styles Bridges (Republican) 50.55%
John L. Sullivan (Democratic) 49.16%
Eli Bourdon (Socialist) 0.16%
Elba K. Chase (Communist) 0.14%
[19]
New Jersey A. Harry Moore Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory
Harold Giles Hoffman (Republican) 49.90%
William L. Dill (Democratic) 49.00%
Herman F. Niessner (Socialist) 0.64%
Morris M. Brown (Communist) 0.21%
Leslie E. Molineaux (Prohibition) 0.11%
George E. Bopp (Socialist Labor) 0.08%
Charles H. Ingersoll (Independent) 0.04%
[20]
New Mexico Andrew W. Hockenhull Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Clyde Tingley (Democratic) 51.90%
Jaffa Miller (Republican) 47.60%
E. E. Frost (Socialist) 0.42%
Philip Howe (Communist) 0.09%
[21]
New York
 Herbert H. Lehman Democratic Re-elected, 57.77%
John F. Hylan (Recovery) (write-in) 0.41%
Aaron M. Orange (Socialist Labor) 0.19%
[22]
North Dakota Ole H. Olson Republican Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor, Democratic victory Thomas H. Moodie (Democratic) 52.98%
Lydia Cady Langer (Republican) 46.61%
Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 0.41%
[23]
Ohio George White Democratic Retired to
run for U.S. Senate
, Democratic victory		 Martin L. Davey (Democratic) 51.13%
Clarence J. Brown (Republican) 48.14%
I. O. Ford (Communist) 0.73%
[24]
Oklahoma William H. Murray Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory
Ernest W. Marland (Democratic) 58.25%
William B. Pine (Republican) 38.81%
S. P. Green (Socialist) 2.66%
Francis M. Simpson (Independent) 0.23%
Scattering 0.05%
[25]
Oregon
Julius L. Meier
Independent
 Retired, Democratic victory
Charles H. Martin (Democratic) 38.57%
Peter C. Zimmerman (Independent) 31.57%
Joe E. Dunne (Republican) 28.73%
Harry J. Correll (Independent) 0.49%
Abraham M. Silverman (Independent) 0.46%
Hank E. Wirth (Independent) 0.18%
[26]
Pennsylvania Gifford Pinchot Republican Retired, Democratic victory
George H. Earle (Democratic) 50.04%
William A. Schnader (Republican) 47.79%
Jesse H. Holmes (Socialist) 1.44%
Herbert T. Ames (Prohibition) 0.46%
Emmett Patrick Cush (Communist) 0.19%
Bess Gyekis (Industrial Labor) 0.08%
[27]
Rhode Island Theodore F. Green Democratic Re-elected, 56.62% Luke H. Callan (Republican) 42.44%
Joseph M. Coldwell (Socialist) 0.94%
[28]
South Carolina Ibra Charles Blackwood Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory
Coleman L. Blease 43.80%
[30]
South Dakota Tom Berry Democratic Re-elected, 58.60% William C. Allen (Republican) 40.65%
Knute Walstad (Independent) 0.75%
[31]
Tennessee Hill McAlister Democratic Re-elected, 61.78% Lewis S. Pope (Independent) 38.22%
[32]
Texas Miriam A. Ferguson Democratic Retired, Democratic victory James V. Allred (Democratic) 96.44%
D. E. W aggoner (Republican) 3.08%
George C. Edwards (Socialist) 0.42%
Enoch Hardaway (Communist) 0.06%
[33]
Vermont Stanley C. Wilson Republican Retired, Republican victory Charles Manley Smith (Republican) 57.26%
James Patrick Leamy (Democratic) 42.13%
John G. Hutton (Socialist) 0.47%
Thomas Alexander Boyd (Communist) 0.14%
[34]
Wisconsin
Albert George Schmedeman
 Democratic Defeated, 37.69% Philip La Follette (Progressive) 39.12%
Howard T. Greene (Republican) 18.14%
George A. Nelson (Socialist) 4.68%
Morris Childs (Ind. Communist) 0.26%
Thomas W. North (Ind. Prohibition) 0.09%
Joseph Ehrhardt (Ind. Socialist Labor) 0.04%
[35]
Wyoming Leslie A. Miller Democratic Re-elected, 57.91% Alonzo M. Clark (Republican) 41.37%
Louis Sky (Socialist) 0.56%
Merton Willer (Communist) 0.17%
[36]

See also

References

  1. ^ "AL Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. ^ "AZ Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. ^ "AR Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ "CA Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. ^ "CO Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  6. ^ "CT Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  7. ^ "GA Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  8. ^ "GA Governor, 1934 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  9. ^ "ID Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  10. ^ "IA Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  11. ^ "KS Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  12. ^ "ME Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  13. ^ "MD Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  14. ^ "MA Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  15. ^ "MI Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  16. ^ "MN Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  17. ^ "NE Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  18. ^ "NV Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  19. ^ "NH Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  20. ^ "NJ Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  21. ^ "NM Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  22. ^ "NY Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  23. ^ "ND Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  24. ^ "OH Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  25. ^ "OK Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  26. ^ "OR Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  27. ^ "PA Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  28. ^ "RI Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  29. ^ "SC Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  30. ^ "SC Governor, 1934 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  31. ^ "SD Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  32. ^ "TN Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  33. ^ "TX Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  34. ^ "VT Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  35. ^ "WI Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  36. ^ "WY Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

Notes

  1. ^ Horace Griggs Prall (R) succeeded New Jersey Governor A. Harry Moore (D) who resigned to take a seat in the U.S. Senate in January 1935.
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