1924 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1924, in 36 states (including 1 special election), concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 4, 1924. Elections took place on October 7, 1924, in Arkansas, and September 8, 1924, in Maine.
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November 4, 1924;
October 7, 1924 (AR) September 8, 1924 (ME) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 governorships[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the last time South Carolina elected its governors to two-year terms. It switched to four-years-terms from the 1926 election.
Results
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | George W. P. Hunt | Democratic | Re-elected, 50.53% | Dwight B. Heard (Republican) 49.47% [1] |
| Arkansas (held, 7 October 1924)[2][3][4] | Thomas Chipman McRae | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Thomas J. Terral (Democratic) 79.84% John W. Grabiel (Republican) 20.16% [5] |
| Colorado | William E. Sweet | Democratic | Defeated, 44.04% | Clarence J. Morley (Republican) 51.92% Frank Cass (Farmer Labor) 3.16% William R. Dietrich (Workers) 0.46% Louis E. Leeder (Liberal) 0.41% [6] |
| Connecticut | Charles A. Templeton | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Hiram Bingham (Republican) 66.18% Charles G. Morris (Democratic) 31.88% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.39% Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.35% William Mackenzie (Workers) 0.20% [7] |
| Delaware | William D. Denney | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Robert P. Robinson (Republican) 59.64% Joseph Bancroft (Democratic) 39.16% Frank A. Houck (Progressive) 0.72% Kenneth A. Horner (Independent) 0.47% [8] |
| Florida | Cary A. Hardee | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | John W. Martin (Democratic) 82.79% William R. O'Neal (Republican) 17.21% [9] |
| Georgia | Clifford M. Walker | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00% [10] | (Democratic primary results) Clifford M. Walker 100.00% [11] |
| Idaho | Charles C. Moore | Republican | Re-elected, 43.94% | H. F. Samuels (Progressive) 39.02% A. L. Freehafer (Democratic) 16.82% Dennis J. O'Mahoney (Socialist) 0.22% [12] |
| Illinois | Len Small | Republican | Re-elected, 56.72% | Norman L. Jones (Democratic) 42.40% Andrew Lafin (Socialist) 0.63% William F. Dunne (Workers) 0.10% Fred Koch (Socialist Labor) 0.10% James A. Logan (Independent Republican) 0.04% Morris Lynchenheim (Commonwealth Land) 0.02% [13] |
| Indiana | Emmett Forest Branch | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Edward L. Jackson (Republican) 52.92% Carleton B. McCulloch (Democratic) 46.29% Francis M. Wampler (Socialist) 0.48% Basil L. Allen (Prohibition) 0.31% [14] |
| Iowa | Nathan E. Kendall | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John Hammill (Republican) 72.72% James C. Murtagh (Democratic) 27.28% [15] |
| Kansas | Jonathan M. Davis | Democratic | Defeated, 27.72% | Ben S. Paulen (Republican) 49.02% William Allen White (Independent) 22.71% M. L. Phillips (Socialist) 0.55% [16] |
| Maine (held, 8 September 1924) | Percival Proctor Baxter | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Ralph Owen Brewster (Republican) 57.22% William R. Pattangall (Democratic) 42.78% [17] |
| Massachusetts | Channing H. Cox | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Alvan Tufts Fuller (Republican) 56.03% James Michael Curley (Democratic) 42.19% John J. Ballam (Workers) 0.82% Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 0.54% James Hayes (Socialist Labor) 0.42% [18] |
| Michigan | Alex J. Groesbeck | Republican | Re-elected, 68.84% | Edward Frensdorf (Democratic) 29.60% Faith Johnston (Prohibition) 0.96% Paul Dinger (Socialist Labor) 0.35% William L. Krieghoff (Socialist) 0.24% Scattering 0.02% [19] |
| Minnesota | J. A. O. Preus | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Theodore Christianson (Republican) 48.71% Floyd B. Olson (Farmer-Labor) 43.84% Carlos Avery (Democratic) 5.91% Michael Ferch (Independent Progressive) 1.08% Oscar Anderson (Socialist Industrial) 0.46% [20] |
| Missouri | Arthur M. Hyde | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Samuel A. Baker (Republican) 49.39% Arthur W. Nelson (Democratic) 48.94% William M. Brandt (Socialist) 1.62% William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.05% [21] |
| Montana | Joseph M. Dixon | Republican | Defeated, 42.61% | John E. Erickson (Democratic) 51.04% Frank J. Edwards (Farmer Labor) 6.08% J. H. Matheson (Socialist) 0.27% [22] |
| Nebraska | Charles W. Bryan | Democratic | Won primary but retired to run for U.S. Vice President, Republican victory | Adam McMullen (Republican) 51.09% John N. Norton (Democratic) 40.97% Dan Butler (Progressive) 7.94% [23] |
| New Hampshire | Fred H. Brown | Democratic | Defeated, 46.06% | John Gilbert Winant (Republican) 53.94% [24] |
| New Mexico | James F. Hinkle | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Arthur T. Hannett (Democratic) 48.82% Manuel B. Otero (Republican) 48.64% Green B. Patterson (Progressive) 2.54% [25] |
| New York | Alfred E. Smith | Democratic | Re-elected, 49.96% | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (Republican) 46.63% Norman M. Thomas (Socialist) 3.07% James P. Cannon (Workers) 0.20% Frank E. Passonno (Socialist Labor) 0.15% [26] |
| North Carolina | Cameron A. Morrison | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Angus W. McLean (Democratic) 61.33% Isaac M. Meekins (Republican) 38.67% [27] |
| North Dakota | Ragnvald Nestos | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Arthur G. Sorlie (Republican) 53.93% Halvor L. Halvorson (Democratic) 46.07% [28] |
| Ohio | A. Victor Donahey | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.97% | Harry L. Davis (Republican) 45.01% Virgil D. Allen (Commonwealth Land) 0.60% Franklin J. Catlin (Socialist Labor) 0.43% [29] |
| Rhode Island | William S. Flynn | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Aram J. Pothier (Republican) 58.56% Felix A. Toupin (Democratic) 41.00% Edward W. Theinert (Workers) 0.18% Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.15% Frederick W. Hurst (Socialist) 0.10% [30] |
| South Carolina | Thomas Gordon McLeod | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00% [31] | (Democratic primary results) Thomas Gordon McLeod 61.45% John T. Duncan 38.55% [32] |
| South Dakota | William H. McMaster | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Carl Gunderson (Republican) 53.90% William J. Bulow (Democratic) 22.86% A. L. Putnam (Farmer Labor) 13.25% Richard Olsen Richards (Independent) 9.98% [33] |
| Tennessee | Austin Peay | Democratic | Re-elected, 57.20% | T. F. Peck (Republican) 42.80% [34] |
| Texas | Pat Morris Neff | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Miriam A. Ferguson (Democratic) 58.89% George C. Butte (Republican) 41.11% [35] |
| Utah | Charles Rendell Mabey | Republican | Defeated, 47.01% | George H. Dern (Democratic) 52.99% [36] |
| Vermont | Redfield Proctor Jr. | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Franklin Swift Billings (Republican) 79.25% Fred C. Martin (Democratic) 19.17% George S. Wood (Prohibition) 1.57% Scattering 0.02% [37] |
| Washington | Louis F. Hart | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Roland Hill Hartley (Republican) 56.41% Ben F. Hill (Democratic) 32.40% J. R. Oman (Progressive) 10.27% William A. Gilmore (State) 0.50% Emil Herman (Socialist) 0.23% David Burgess (Socialist Labor) 0.20% [38] |
| West Virginia | Ephraim F. Morgan | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Howard Mason Gore (Republican) 52.97% Jake Fisher (Democratic) 45.77% A. S. Bosworth (Socialist) 1.26% [39] |
| Wisconsin | John J. Blaine | Republican | Re-elected, 51.76% | Martin L. Lueck (Democratic) 39.87% William F. Quick (Socialist) 5.68% Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibition) 1.45% Severi Alanne (Workers) 0.52% Farrand K. Shuttleworth (Independent) 0.51% Jose Snover (Socialist Labor) 0.18% [40] |
| Wyoming (special election) | Frank E. Lucas | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Nellie Tayloe Ross (Democratic) 55.12% E. J. Sullivan (Republican) 44.88% [41] |