1934 United States gubernatorial elections

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1934 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1934, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 6, 1934. Elections took place on September 10 in Maine.

Quick Facts 34 governorships, Majority party ...
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 1 1
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 1
Seats up 1 0
Seats won 1 1

  Fifth party
 
Party Independent
Seats before 1
Seats after 0
Seat change 1
Seats up 1
Seats won 0

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     Farmer–Labor hold
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Results

More information State, Incumbent ...
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
AlabamaBenjamin M. MillerDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryBibb Graves (Democratic) 86.93%
Edmund H. Dryer (Republican) 12.67%
Arlie Barber (Socialist) 0.25%
J. M. Davis (Communist) 0.15%
[1]
ArizonaBenjamin Baker MoeurDemocraticRe-elected, 59.65%Thomas Maddock (Republican) 38.15%
Lawrence McGivern (Socialist) 1.83%
Clay Naff (Communist) 0.36%
[2]
ArkansasJunius Marion FutrellDemocraticRe-elected, 89.19%G. C. Ledbetter (Republican) 9.44%
J. Russell Butler (Socialist) 1.37%
[3]
CaliforniaFrank F. MerriamRepublicanRe-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]
ColoradoEdwin Carl JohnsonDemocraticRe-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]
ConnecticutWilbur L. CrossDemocraticRe-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]
GeorgiaEugene TalmadgeDemocraticRe-elected, 100.00%
[7]
(Democratic primary results)
Eugene Talmadge 65.95%
Claude Pittman 32.18%
Ed Gilliam 1.88%
[8]
IdahoC. Ben RossDemocraticRe-elected, 54.58%Frank L. Stephan (Republican) 44.26%
Allen F. Adams (Socialist) 0.68%
T. H. Darrow (Commonwealth Prohibition) 0.48%
[9]
IowaClyde L. HerringDemocraticRe-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]
KansasAlfred M. LandonRepublicanRe-elected, 53.51%Omar B. Ketchum (Democratic) 45.63%
George M. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.86%
[11]
Maine
(held, 10 September 1934)
Louis J. BrannDemocraticRe-elected, 53.99%Alfred K. Ames (Republican) 45.90%
Harry Warsaw (Communist) 0.11%
[12]
MarylandAlbert C. RitchieDemocraticDefeated, 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]
MassachusettsJoseph B. ElyDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryJames 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]
MichiganWilliam ComstockDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victoryFrank 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]
MinnesotaFloyd B. OlsonFarmer-LaborRe-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%
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[16]
NebraskaCharles W. BryanDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryRobert L. Cochran (Democratic) 50.84%
Dwight P. Griswold (Republican) 47.73%
Ralph W. Madison (Independent) 0.83%
John J. Schefcik (Independent) 0.60%
[17]
NevadaMorley GriswoldRepublicanDefeated, 34.52%Richard Kirman (Democratic) 53.94%
Lindley C. Branson (Independent) 11.54%
[18]
New HampshireJohn Gilbert WinantRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryH. Styles Bridges (Republican) 50.55%
John L. Sullivan (Democratic) 49.16%
Eli Bourdon (Socialist) 0.16%
Elba K. Chase (Communist) 0.14%
[19]
New JerseyA. Harry MooreDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victoryHarold 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 MexicoAndrew W. HockenhullDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryClyde Tingley (Democratic) 51.90%
Jaffa Miller (Republican) 47.60%
E. E. Frost (Socialist) 0.42%
Philip Howe (Communist) 0.09%
[21]
New YorkHerbert H. LehmanDemocraticRe-elected, 57.77%Robert Moses (Republican) 36.57%
Charles Solomon (Socialist) 3.32%
Israel Amter (Communist) 1.20%
William Frederick Varney (Law Preservation) 0.54%
John F. Hylan (Recovery) (write-in) 0.41%
Aaron M. Orange (Socialist Labor) 0.19%
[22]
North DakotaOle H. OlsonRepublicanRetired to run for Lieutenant Governor, Democratic victoryThomas H. Moodie (Democratic) 52.98%
Lydia Cady Langer (Republican) 46.61%
Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 0.41%
[23]
OhioGeorge WhiteDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryMartin L. Davey (Democratic) 51.13%
Clarence J. Brown (Republican) 48.14%
I. O. Ford (Communist) 0.73%
[24]
OklahomaWilliam H. MurrayDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryErnest 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]
OregonJulius L. MeierIndependentRetired, Democratic victoryCharles 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]
PennsylvaniaGifford PinchotRepublicanRetired, Democratic victoryGeorge 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 IslandTheodore F. GreenDemocraticRe-elected, 56.62%Luke H. Callan (Republican) 42.44%
Joseph M. Coldwell (Socialist) 0.94%
[28]
South CarolinaIbra Charles BlackwoodDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryOlin Johnston (Democratic) 100.00%
[29]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Olin Johnston 56.20%
Coleman L. Blease 43.80%
[30]
South DakotaTom BerryDemocraticRe-elected, 58.60%William C. Allen (Republican) 40.65%
Knute Walstad (Independent) 0.75%
[31]
TennesseeHill McAlisterDemocraticRe-elected, 61.78%Lewis S. Pope (Independent) 38.22%
[32]
TexasMiriam A. FergusonDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryJames V. Allred (Democratic) 96.44%
D. E. W aggoner (Republican) 3.08%
George C. Edwards (Socialist) 0.42%
Enoch Hardaway (Communist) 0.06%
[33]
VermontStanley C. WilsonRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryCharles Manley Smith (Republican) 57.26%
James Patrick Leamy (Democratic) 42.13%
John G. Hutton (Socialist) 0.47%
Thomas Alexander Boyd (Communist) 0.14%
[34]
WisconsinAlbert George SchmedemanDemocraticDefeated, 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]
WyomingLeslie A. MillerDemocraticRe-elected, 57.91%Alonzo M. Clark (Republican) 41.37%
Louis Sky (Socialist) 0.56%
Merton Willer (Communist) 0.17%
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