1948 United States gubernatorial elections

1948 United States gubernatorial elections
November 2, 1948;
September 13, 1948 (ME)
33 governorships[a]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 24 24
Seats after 30 18
Seat change Increase6 Decrease6
Seats up 14 19
Seats won 20 13
1948 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1948 Illinois gubernatorial election1948 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1948 Iowa gubernatorial election1948 Arkansas gubernatorial election1948 Kansas gubernatorial election1948 Texas gubernatorial election1948 New Mexico gubernatorial election1948 Arizona gubernatorial election1948 Florida gubernatorial election1948 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1948 Michigan gubernatorial election1948 Nebraska gubernatorial election1948 South Dakota gubernatorial election1948 Minnesota gubernatorial election1948 Maine gubernatorial election1948 Colorado gubernatorial election1948 Ohio gubernatorial election1948 Tennessee gubernatorial election1948 Connecticut gubernatorial election1948 Georgia gubernatorial election1948 Oregon gubernatorial election1948 Delaware gubernatorial election1948 Indiana gubernatorial election1948 Missouri gubernatorial election1948 Montana gubernatorial election1948 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1948 North Carolina gubernatorial election1948 North Dakota gubernatorial election1948 Utah gubernatorial election1948 Vermont gubernatorial election1948 Washington gubernatorial election1948 West Virginia gubernatorial election
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1948, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 2, 1948. Elections took place on September 13 in Maine.

This was the last time Connecticut elected its governors to 2-year terms, switching to 4-year terms from the 1950 election.

Race summary

State Governor Party First
elected		 Status Candidates
Arizona Dan Edward Garvey Democratic 1948[b] Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Dan Edward Garvey (Democratic) 59.2%
  • ▌ Bruce Brockett (Republican) 40.1%
  • ▌ Ernest Fohle (Prohibition) 0.8%[1]
Arkansas Benjamin T. Laney Democratic 1944 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Sid McMath (Democratic) 89.4%
  • ▌ Charles R. Black (Republican) 10.7%[2]
Colorado William Lee Knous Democratic 1946 Incumbent re-elected.
Connecticut James C. Shannon Republican 1948[c] Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Delaware Walter W. Bacon Republican 1940 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic gain.
Florida Millard Caldwell Democratic 1944 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Georgia
(special election)		 Melvin E. Thompson Democratic 1947[d] Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Illinois Dwight H. Green Republican 1940 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Indiana Ralph F. Gates Republican 1944 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Henry F. Schricker (Democratic) 53.6%
  • ▌ Hobart Creighton (Republican) 45.1%
  • ▌ Clinton W. Speicher (Prohibition) 0.8%
  • ▌ Walter Frisbie (Progressive) 0.4%
  • ▌ William Rabe (Socialist) 0.1%
  • ▌ Martin Ginsberg (Socialist Labor) 0.04%[9]
Iowa Robert D. Blue Republican 1944 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY William S. Beardsley (Republican) 55.7%
  • ▌ Carroll O. Switzer (Democratic) 43.7%
  • ▌ C.E. Bierderman (Progressive) 0.36%
  • ▌Marvin Galbreath (Prohibition) 0.25%
  • ▌ William F. Leonard (Socialist) 0.05%[10]
Kansas Frank Carlson Republican 1946 Incumbent re-elected.
Maine Horace Hildreth Republican 1944 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Massachusetts Robert F. Bradford Republican 1946 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Michigan Kim Sigler Republican 1946 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY G. Mennen Williams (Democratic) 53.4%
  • ▌ Kim Sigler (Republican) 45.7%
  • ▌Gordon Phillips (Prohibition) 0.7%
  • ▌Emanuel Seidler (Socialist) 0.1%
  • ▌Arthur Chenoweth (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
  • ▌Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers) 0.04[14]
Minnesota Luther Youngdahl Republican 1946 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri Phil M. Donnelly Democratic 1944 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Forrest Smith (Democratic) 57.0%
  • ▌ Murray Thompson (Republican) 42.8%
  • ▌ Robert B. Logsdon (Progressive) 0.18%
  • ▌ Ralph E. Gipe (Socialist) 0.07%
  • ▌ Henry W. Genck (Socialist Labor) 0.01%[16]
Montana Sam C. Ford Republican 1940 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Nebraska Val Peterson Republican 1946 Incumbent re-elected.
New Hampshire Charles M. Dale Republican 1944 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Sherman Adams (Republican) 52.2%
  • ▌ Herbert W. Hill (Democratic) 47.3%
  • ▌ Irma J. Otto (Progressive) 0.5%
New Mexico Thomas J. Mabry Democratic 1946 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina R. Gregg Cherry Democratic 1944 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
North Dakota Fred G. Aandahl Republican 1944 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Fred G. Aandahl (Republican) 61.3%
  • ▌ Howard I. Henry (Democratic) 37.5%
  • ▌ H.A. Porter (Progressive) 0.9%
  • ▌ George Lund (Socialist) 0.3%[21]
Ohio Thomas J. Herbert Republican 1946 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Oregon
(special election)		 John Hubert Hall Republican 1947[e] Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
Rhode Island John Pastore Democratic 1945[f] Incumbent re-elected.
South Dakota George T. Mickelson Republican 1946 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee Jim Nance McCord Democratic 1944 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Texas Beauford H. Jester Democratic 1946 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Beauford H. Jester (Democratic) 84.7%
  • ▌ Alvin H. Lane (Republican) 14.7%
  • ▌ Herman Wright (Progressive) 0.3%
  • ▌ Gerard Overholt (Prohibition) 0.3%[27]
Utah Herbert B. Maw Democratic 1940 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Vermont Ernest W. Gibson Jr. Republican 1946 Incumbent re-elected.
Washington Monrad Wallgren Democratic 1944 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Arthur B. Langlie (Republican) 50.5%
  • ▌ Monrad Wallgren (Democratic) 47.2%
  • ▌ Russell H. Fluent (Progressive) 2.2%
  • ▌Henry Killman (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
  • ▌Daniel Roberts (Socialist Workers) 0.02%[30]
West Virginia Clarence W. Meadows Democratic 1944 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Wisconsin Oscar Rennebohm Republican 1947[g] Incumbent re-elected.

Closest races

States where the margin of victory was under 5%:

  1. Connecticut, 0.31%
  2. Washington, 3.28%
  3. New Hampshire, 4.94%

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. Ohio, 7.33%
  2. Delaware, 7.38%
  3. Michigan, 7.75%
  4. Minnesota, 8.08%
  5. Indiana, 8.42%
  6. Oregon, 8.70%
  7. New Mexico, 9.44%
  8. Utah, 9.98%
  9. Wisconsin, 9.98%

Red denotes states won by Republicans. Blue denotes states won by Democrats.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Including special elections in Georgia and Oregon.
  2. ↑ Garvey became governor on May 25, 1948, after predecessor (Sidney Preston Osborn died.)
  3. ↑ Shannon became governor on March 7, 1948, after predecessor (James L. McConaughy) died.
  4. ↑ Thompson became governor in 1947 after the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that as the newly elected lieutenant governor, Thompson was the legitimate successor following the death of governor-elect Eugene Talmadge. Due to vagueness in the Georgia State Constitution, outgoing governor Ellis Arnall continued to be governor until the Supreme Court ruled him invalid.
  5. ↑ Hall became governor after predecessor (Earl Snell), Senate president Marshall E. Cornett, and secretary of state Robert S. Farrell Jr. were all killed in a plane crash.
  6. ↑ Pastore became governor in 1945 after predecessor (J. Howard McGrath) resigned.
  7. ↑ Rennebohm became governor in 1947 after predecessor (Walter Samuel Goodland died.

References

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  2. ↑ "AR Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ "CO Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ "CT Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  5. ↑ "DE Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  6. ↑ "FL Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  7. ↑ "GA Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  8. ↑ "IL Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  9. ↑ "IN Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  10. ↑ "IA Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  11. ↑ "KS Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  12. ↑ "ME Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  13. ↑ "MA Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  14. ↑ "MI Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  15. ↑ "MN Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  16. ↑ "MO Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  17. ↑ "MT Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  18. ↑ "NE Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  19. ↑ "NM Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  20. ↑ "NC Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  21. ↑ "ND Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  22. ↑ "OH Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  23. ↑ "OR Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  24. ↑ "RI Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  25. ↑ "SD Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  26. ↑ "TN Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  27. ↑ "TX Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  28. ↑ "UT Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  29. ↑ "VT Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  30. ↑ "WA Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  31. ↑ "WV Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  32. ↑ "WI Governor, 1948". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
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