1936 United States gubernatorial elections

1936 United States gubernatorial elections
November 3, 1936;
September 14, 1936 (ME)
34 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 37 9
Seats after 38 7
Seat change Increase1 Decrease2
Seats up 26 6
Seats won 27 4
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Farmer–Labor Progressive
Seats before 1 1
Seats after 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Seats up 1 1
Seats won 1 1
  Fifth party
 
Party Non-Partisan League
Seats before 0
Seats after 1
Seat change Increase1
Seats up 0
Seats won 1
1936 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1936 Illinois gubernatorial election1936 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1936 Iowa gubernatorial election1936 Arkansas gubernatorial election1936 Kansas gubernatorial election1936 Texas gubernatorial election1936 New Mexico gubernatorial election1936 Arizona gubernatorial election1936 Florida gubernatorial election1936 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1936 Michigan gubernatorial election1936 Nebraska gubernatorial election1936 South Dakota gubernatorial election1936 Minnesota gubernatorial election1936 Maine gubernatorial election1936 Colorado gubernatorial election1936 Ohio gubernatorial election1936 Tennessee gubernatorial election1936 Connecticut gubernatorial election1936 Idaho gubernatorial election1936 Georgia gubernatorial election1936 New York gubernatorial election1936 Delaware gubernatorial election1936 Indiana gubernatorial election1936 Missouri gubernatorial election1936 Montana gubernatorial election1936 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1936 North Carolina gubernatorial election1936 North Dakota gubernatorial election1936 Utah gubernatorial election1936 Vermont gubernatorial election1936 Washington gubernatorial election1936 West Virginia gubernatorial election
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Farmer–Labor hold
     Progressive hold
     Non-Partisan League gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1936, in 34 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 3, 1936. Elections took place on September 14 in Maine.

This was the last time New York elected its governors to two-year terms. It switched to four-year terms from the 1938 election.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
ArizonaBenjamin Baker MoeurDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victoryRawghlie C. Stanford (Democratic) 70.68%
Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) 29.11%
D. J. Lindaman (Socialist) 0.21%
[1]
ArkansasJunius Marion FutrellDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryCarl E. Bailey (Democratic) 84.89%
Osro Cobb (Republican) 14.71%
J. Russell Butler (Socialist) 0.40%
[2]
ColoradoEdwin C. JohnsonDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryTeller Ammons (Democratic) 54.57%
Charles McBride Armstrong (Republican) 43.65%
Huston Hugh Marrs (Farmer Labor) 1.07%
Paul S. McCormick (Socialist) 0.31%
James Allander (Communist) 0.20%
Claude C. Buhrman (National Union) 0.17%
Harvey L. Mayfield (Royal Way) 0.04%
[3]
ConnecticutWilbur Lucius CrossDemocraticRe-elected, 55.29%Arthur M. Brown (Republican) 41.10%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 3.11%
Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.32%
Isadore Wofsy (Communist) 0.18%
[4]
DelawareC. Douglass BuckRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryRichard McMullen (Democratic) 51.57%
Harry L. Cannon (Republican) 41.60%
Isaac Dolphus Short (Independent Republican) 6.62%
Fred W. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.16%
John T. Wlodkoski (Communist) 0.06%
[5]
FloridaDavid SholtzDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryFred P. Cone (Democratic) 80.91%
E. E. Callaway (Republican) 19.09%
[6]
GeorgiaEugene TalmadgeDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryEurith D. Rivers (Democratic) 99.67%
L. P. Glass (Prohibition) 0.33%
[7]
(Democratic primary results)
Eurith D. Rivers 59.98%
Charles D. Redwine 31.62%
Blanton Fortson 8.40%
[8]
IdahoC. Ben RossDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryBarzilla W. Clark (Democratic) 57.19%
Frank L. Stephen (Republican) 41.46%
V. A. Verhei (Union) 1.35%
[9]
IllinoisHenry HornerDemocraticRe-elected, 53.13%Charles W. Brooks (Republican) 43.24%
William Hale Thompson (Union Progressive) 3.31%
John Fisher (Socialist) 0.18%
Harmon W. Reed (Prohibition) 0.07%
O. Alfred Olson (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
[10]
IndianaPaul V. McNuttDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryM. Clifford Townsend (Democratic) 55.36%
Raymond S. Springer (Republican) 44.33%
Marie B. Tomsich (Socialist) 0.24%
Wenzel Stocker (Communist) 0.07%
[11]
IowaClyde L. HerringDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryNelson G. Kraschel (Democratic) 48.56%
George A. Wilson (Republican) 48.33%
Wallace M. Short (Farmer Labor) 2.91%
Ted Fitch (Prohibition) 0.11%
J. P. Russell (Socialist) 0.09%
[12]
KansasAlf LandonRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. President, Democratic victoryWalter A. Huxman (Democratic) 51.09%
Will G. West (Republican) 48.52%
George M. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.39%
[13]
Maine
(held, 14 September 1936)		Louis J. BrannDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryLewis O. Barrows (Republican) 56.03%
F. Harold Dubord (Democratic) 42.08%
Benjamin Calvin Bubar Sr. (Independent) 1.89%
[14]
MassachusettsJames Michael CurleyDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryCharles F. Hurley (Democratic) 47.62%
John W. Haigis (Republican) 46.08%
William McMasters (Union) 3.76%
Fred G. Bushold (Townsend Party) 1.30%
Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 0.52%
Otis Archer Hood (Communist) 0.33%
Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.21%
[15]
MichiganFrank FitzgeraldRepublicanDefeated, 48.23%Frank Murphy (Democratic) 51.02%
John Monarch (Socialist) 0.38%
Simeon P. Martin (Farmer Labor) 0.19%
Philip Raymond (Communist) 0.12%
Clayton O'Donohue (Socialist Labor) 0.03%
Ray T. Fuller (Commonwealth) 0.03%
[16]
MinnesotaHjalmar PetersenFarmer-LaborRetired, Farmer-Labor victoryElmer Austin Benson (Farmer-Labor) 60.74%
Martin A. Nelson (Republican) 38.55%
Earl Stewart (Industrial) 0.71%
[17]
MissouriGuy Brasfield ParkDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryLloyd C. Stark (Democratic) 57.06%
Jesse W. Barrett (Republican) 42.53%
Otto C. Botz (Independent) 0.23%
George E. Duemler (Socialist) 0.15%
Frank A. Williams (Communist) 0.02%
William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.02%
[18]
MontanaElmer HoltDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victoryRoy E. Ayers (Democratic) 50.96%
Frank A. Hazelbaker (Republican) 48.10%
P. J. Cavanaugh (Socialist) 0.41%
Daniel Ryan (Union) 0.37%
Arvo Fredrickson (Communist) 0.17%
[19]
NebraskaRobert Leroy CochranDemocraticRe-elected, 55.90%Dwight Griswold (Republican) 43.14%
Peter Mehrens (Independent) 0.96%
[20]
New HampshireStyles BridgesRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryFrancis P. Murphy (Republican) 56.60%
Amos Blandin (Democratic) 42.63%
Arthur J. Bergeron (Farmer Labor) 0.77%
[21]
New MexicoClyde TingleyDemocraticRe-elected, 57.21%Jaffa Miller (Republican) 42.75%
H. G. Rauert (Farmer Labor) 0.04%
[22]
New YorkHerbert H. LehmanDemocraticRe-elected, 53.45%William F. Bleakley (Republican) 44.09%
Harry W. Laidler (Socialist) 1.73%
Robert Minor (Communist) 0.73%
[23]
North CarolinaJohn C. B. EhringhausDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryClyde R. Hoey (Democratic) 66.69%
Gilliam Grissom (Republican) 33.32%
[24]
North DakotaWalter WelfordRepublicanDefeated, 34.70%William Langer (Non-Partisan League) 35.80%
John Moses (Democratic) 29.27%
Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 0.12%
L. J. Weh (Progressive) 0.11%
[25]
OhioMartin L. DaveyDemocraticRe-elected, 52.02%John W. Bricker (Republican) 47.74%
Andrew R. Onda (Communist) 0.25%
[26]
Rhode IslandTheodore F. GreenDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryRobert E. Quinn (Democratic) 53.66%
Charles P. Sisson (Republican) 45.85%
Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.33%
James P. Reid (Communist) 0.16%
[27]
South DakotaTom BerryDemocraticDefeated, 48.40%Leslie Jensen (Republican) 51.60%
[28]
TennesseeHill McAlisterDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryGordon Browning (Democratic) 80.38%
Pat H. Thach (Republican) 18.71%
Kate Bradford Stockton (Independent) 0.92%
[29]
TexasJames V. AllredDemocraticRe-elected, 92.87%C. O. Harris (Republican) 6.99%
Carl Brannin (Socialist) 0.11%
Homer Brooks (Communist) 0.03%
[30]
UtahHenry H. BloodDemocraticRe-elected, 64.59%Ray E. Dillman (Republican) 35.41%
[31]
VermontCharles Manley SmithRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryGeorge Aiken (Republican) 60.89%
Alfred Harris Heininger (Democratic) 38.76%
Fred Gardner (Communist) 0.34%
Scattering 0.01%
[32]
WashingtonClarence D. MartinDemocraticRe-elected, 69.36%Roland H. Hartley (Republican) 28.12%
Ove M. Nelson (Union) 0.94%
John F. McKay (Socialist) 0.63%
William Morley Bouck (Farmer Labor) 0.30%
Malcolm M. Moore (Christian) 0.29%
Harold P. Brockway (Communist) 0.29%
[33]
West VirginiaHerman G. KumpDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryHomer A. Holt (Democratic) 59.16%
Summers H. Sharp (Republican) 40.84%
[34]
WisconsinPhilip La FolletteProgressiveRe-elected, 46.38%Alexander Wiley (Republican) 29.42%
Arthur W. Lueck (Democratic) 21.71%
Joseph F. Walsh (Union) 2.26%
Joseph Ehrhardt (Socialist Labor) 0.14%
August F. Fehlandt (Prohibition) 0.08%
Scattering 0.02%
[35]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AZ Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ "AR Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  3. ↑ "CO Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  4. ↑ "CT Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  5. ↑ "DE Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  6. ↑ "FL Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  7. ↑ "GA Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  8. ↑ "GA Governor, 1936 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  9. ↑ "ID Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  10. ↑ "IL Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  11. ↑ "IN Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  12. ↑ "IA Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  13. ↑ "KS Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  14. ↑ "ME Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  15. ↑ "MA Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  16. ↑ "MI Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  17. ↑ "MN Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  18. ↑ "MO Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  19. ↑ "MT Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  20. ↑ "NE Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  21. ↑ "NH Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  22. ↑ "NM Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  23. ↑ "NY Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  24. ↑ "NC Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  25. ↑ "ND Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  26. ↑ "OH Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  27. ↑ "RI Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  28. ↑ "SD Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  29. ↑ "TN Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  30. ↑ "TX Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  31. ↑ "UT Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  32. ↑ "VT Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  33. ↑ "WA Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  34. ↑ "WV Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  35. ↑ "WI Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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