1930 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
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The 1930 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat William H. 'Alfalfa Bill' Murray defeated Republican Ira A. Hill. Also on the ballot were Independent candidates B. G. Bingham and John Franing.[1]
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November 4, 1930
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 County results Murray: 50â60% 60â70% 70â80% 80â90% >90% Hill: 50â60% 60â70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Primary election
Democratic party
Nine candidates vied for the Democratic nomination, including former governor Martin E. Trapp. Former Congressman and Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives 'Alfalfa Bill' Murray and Frank Buttram advanced to the runoff where Murray defeated Buttram by a wide margin.
Candidates
- Frank M. Bailey, former justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
- Frank Buttram
- E. B. Howard, former representative from Oklahoma's 1st congressional district
- William H. Murray, former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and former representative from Oklahoma's 4th congressional district
- L. M. Overton
- E. R. Powers
- Jess L. Pullen
- A. S. J. Shaw, Oklahoma State Auditor
- M. E. Trapp, former governor of Oklahoma
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William H. Murray | 134,243 | 39.42% | |
| Democratic | Frank Buttram | 69,501 | 20.41% | |
| Democratic | E. B. Howard | 50,671 | 14.88% | |
| Democratic | M. E. Trapp | 38,641 | 11.35% | |
| Democratic | A. S. J. Shaw | 25,572 | 7.51% | |
| Democratic | Frank M. Bailey | 15,832 | 4.65% | |
| Democratic | Jess L. Pullen | 3,480 | 1.02% | |
| Democratic | E. R. Powers | 1,438 | 0.42% | |
| Democratic | L. M. Overton | 1,191 | 0.35% | |
| Total votes | 340,569 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William H. Murray | 220,250 | 63.64% | |
| Democratic | Frank Buttram | 125,838 | 36.36% | |
| Total votes | 346,088 | 100.00% | ||
Republican party
Ira A. Hill received more than 50% of the vote in defeating his two challengers, thus avoiding a runoff.
Candidates
- Rexford B. Cragg
- Jim Harris
- Ira A. Hill
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ira A. Hill | 41,341 | 54.30% | |
| Republican | Jim Harris | 27,908 | 36.65% | |
| Republican | Rexford B. Cragg | 6,888 | 9.05% | |
| Total votes | 76,137 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William H. Murray | 301,921 | 59.05% | +4.01% | |
| Republican | Ira A. Hill | 208,575 | 40.79% | â3.29% | |
| Independent | B. G. Bingham | 537 | 0.11% | ||
| Independent | John Franing | 287 | 0.06% | â0.37% | |
| Total votes | 511,320 | 100.00% | |||
| Majority | 93,346 | 18.26% | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | +7.29% | |||
Results by county
| County[5] | William H. Murray Democratic |
Ira A. Hill Republican |
B. G. Bingham Independent |
John Franing Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 2,658 | 53.97% | 2,263 | 45.95% | 3 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 395 | 8.02% | 4,925 |
| Alfalfa | 2,341 | 49.02% | 2,428 | 50.84% | 7 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -87 | -1.82% | 4,776 |
| Atoka | 2,544 | 81.12% | 592 | 18.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,952 | 62.24% | 3,136 |
| Beaver | 1,754 | 58.66% | 1,226 | 41.00% | 7 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.10% | 528 | 17.66% | 2,990 |
| Beckham | 3,349 | 77.15% | 985 | 22.69% | 6 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,364 | 54.46% | 4,341 |
| Blaine | 2,426 | 47.36% | 2,680 | 52.32% | 8 | 0.16% | 8 | 0.16% | -254 | -4.96% | 5,122 |
| Bryan | 5,355 | 82.93% | 1,099 | 17.02% | 3 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,256 | 65.91% | 6,457 |
| Caddo | 6,647 | 61.36% | 4,177 | 38.56% | 7 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,470 | 22.80% | 10,833 |
| Canadian | 3,879 | 56.08% | 3,029 | 43.79% | 6 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.04% | 850 | 12.29% | 6,917 |
| Carter | 6,467 | 77.51% | 1,865 | 22.35% | 6 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.06% | 4,602 | 55.16% | 8,343 |
| Cherokee | 2,984 | 56.59% | 2,279 | 43.22% | 6 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.08% | 705 | 13.37% | 5,273 |
| Choctaw | 3,597 | 72.16% | 1,344 | 26.96% | 35 | 0.70% | 9 | 0.18% | 2,253 | 45.20% | 4,985 |
| Cimarron | 1,077 | 60.17% | 707 | 39.50% | 4 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.11% | 370 | 20.67% | 1,790 |
| Cleveland | 3,501 | 61.69% | 2,157 | 38.01% | 4 | 0.07% | 13 | 0.23% | 1,344 | 23.68% | 5,675 |
| Coal | 2,239 | 81.42% | 510 | 18.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,729 | 62.87% | 2,750 |
| Comanche | 4,605 | 60.96% | 2,938 | 38.89% | 5 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.08% | 1,667 | 22.07% | 7,554 |
| Cotton | 3,298 | 76.80% | 990 | 23.06% | 3 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.07% | 2,308 | 53.75% | 4,294 |
| Craig | 3,413 | 60.00% | 2,270 | 39.91% | 3 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,143 | 20.09% | 5,688 |
| Creek | 6,931 | 46.61% | 7,933 | 53.35% | 5 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,002 | -6.74% | 14,870 |
| Custer | 3,434 | 57.98% | 2,484 | 41.94% | 4 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 950 | 16.04% | 5,923 |
| Delaware | 2,415 | 61.80% | 1,488 | 38.08% | 4 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.03% | 927 | 23.72% | 3,908 |
| Dewey | 2,373 | 62.60% | 1,412 | 37.25% | 3 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.08% | 961 | 25.35% | 3,791 |
| Ellis | 1,681 | 53.57% | 1,455 | 46.37% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 226 | 7.20% | 3,138 |
| Garfield | 5,582 | 44.85% | 6,839 | 54.95% | 20 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.04% | -1,257 | -10.10% | 12,446 |
| Garvin | 5,525 | 78.86% | 1,474 | 21.04% | 7 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,051 | 57.82% | 7,006 |
| Grady | 5,160 | 68.40% | 2,375 | 31.48% | 9 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,785 | 36.92% | 7,544 |
| Grant | 2,920 | 57.13% | 2,174 | 42.54% | 11 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.12% | 746 | 14.60% | 5,111 |
| Greer | 2,529 | 77.41% | 735 | 22.50% | 3 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,794 | 54.91% | 3,267 |
| Harmon | 1,828 | 83.70% | 354 | 16.21% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,474 | 67.49% | 2,184 |
| Harper | 1,368 | 52.84% | 1,215 | 46.93% | 4 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.08% | 153 | 5.91% | 2,589 |
| Haskell | 3,069 | 63.87% | 1,735 | 36.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,334 | 27.76% | 4,805 |
| Hughes | 4,792 | 69.67% | 2,075 | 30.17% | 6 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.07% | 2,717 | 39.50% | 6,878 |
| Jackson | 3,070 | 79.89% | 771 | 20.06% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,299 | 59.82% | 3,843 |
| Jefferson | 2,830 | 81.74% | 627 | 18.11% | 3 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.06% | 2,203 | 63.63% | 3,462 |
| Johnston | 3,368 | 88.84% | 418 | 11.03% | 2 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.08% | 2,950 | 77.82% | 3,791 |
| Kay | 5,250 | 42.49% | 7,080 | 57.30% | 21 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.04% | -1,830 | -14.81% | 12,356 |
| Kingfisher | 2,151 | 44.77% | 2,648 | 55.11% | 3 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.06% | -497 | -10.34% | 4,805 |
| Kiowa | 3,692 | 70.19% | 1,565 | 29.75% | 1 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,127 | 40.44% | 5,260 |
| Latimer | 1,979 | 65.46% | 1,038 | 34.34% | 1 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.17% | 941 | 31.13% | 3,023 |
| Le Flore | 5,403 | 66.84% | 2,665 | 32.97% | 8 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.09% | 2,738 | 33.87% | 8,083 |
| Lincoln | 4,286 | 52.50% | 3,868 | 47.38% | 7 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.04% | 418 | 5.12% | 8,164 |
| Logan | 2,527 | 35.35% | 4,600 | 64.35% | 15 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.08% | -2,073 | -29.00% | 7,148 |
| Love | 1,778 | 89.98% | 195 | 9.87% | 1 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,583 | 80.11% | 1,976 |
| Major | 1,427 | 50.26% | 1,405 | 49.49% | 5 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.07% | 22 | 0.77% | 2,839 |
| Marshall | 1,829 | 86.44% | 287 | 13.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,542 | 72.87% | 2,116 |
| Mayes | 3,098 | 62.07% | 1,889 | 37.85% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,209 | 24.22% | 4,991 |
| McClain | 3,098 | 73.64% | 1,102 | 26.19% | 6 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,996 | 47.44% | 4,207 |
| McCurtain | 3,253 | 81.02% | 760 | 18.93% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,493 | 62.09% | 4,015 |
| McIntosh | 3,081 | 63.04% | 1,797 | 36.77% | 7 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,284 | 26.27% | 4,887 |
| Murray | 2,920 | 80.71% | 697 | 19.26% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,223 | 61.44% | 3,618 |
| Muskogee | 6,690 | 53.70% | 5,752 | 46.17% | 11 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.04% | 938 | 7.53% | 12,458 |
| Noble | 2,529 | 51.59% | 2,360 | 48.14% | 7 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.12% | 169 | 3.45% | 4,902 |
| Nowata | 2,104 | 48.61% | 2,216 | 51.20% | 5 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.07% | -112 | -2.59% | 4,328 |
| Okfuskee | 3,788 | 68.18% | 1,764 | 31.75% | 3 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,024 | 36.43% | 5,556 |
| Oklahoma | 15,569 | 45.03% | 18,965 | 54.85% | 25 | 0.07% | 19 | 0.05% | -3,396 | -9.82% | 34,578 |
| Okmulgee | 7,405 | 59.04% | 5,128 | 40.88% | 7 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.02% | 2,277 | 18.15% | 12,543 |
| Osage | 6,324 | 53.59% | 5,461 | 46.28% | 10 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.04% | 863 | 7.31% | 11,800 |
| Ottawa | 5,904 | 58.57% | 4,156 | 41.23% | 17 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,748 | 17.34% | 10,080 |
| Pawnee | 2,804 | 48.22% | 3,002 | 51.63% | 4 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.09% | -198 | -3.40% | 5,815 |
| Payne | 4,388 | 46.54% | 5,025 | 53.29% | 11 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.05% | -637 | -6.76% | 9,429 |
| Pittsburg | 7,054 | 71.91% | 2,751 | 28.05% | 3 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 4,303 | 43.87% | 9,809 |
| Pontotoc | 4,619 | 78.85% | 1,235 | 21.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.05% | 3,384 | 57.77% | 5,858 |
| Pottawatomie | 7,782 | 60.85% | 4,993 | 39.04% | 6 | 0.05% | 8 | 0.06% | 2,789 | 21.81% | 12,789 |
| Pushmataha | 2,834 | 74.93% | 895 | 23.66% | 38 | 1.00% | 15 | 0.40% | 1,939 | 51.27% | 3,782 |
| Roger Mills | 2,637 | 75.84% | 835 | 24.01% | 1 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,802 | 51.83% | 3,477 |
| Rogers | 3,072 | 60.62% | 1,995 | 39.36% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,077 | 21.25% | 5,068 |
| Seminole | 7,721 | 68.02% | 3,616 | 31.86% | 9 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.04% | 4,105 | 36.16% | 11,351 |
| Sequoyah | 3,207 | 57.68% | 2,344 | 42.16% | 6 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.05% | 863 | 15.52% | 5,560 |
| Stephens | 5,635 | 76.59% | 1,703 | 23.15% | 8 | 0.11% | 11 | 0.15% | 3,932 | 53.45% | 7,357 |
| Texas | 2,326 | 57.88% | 1,686 | 41.95% | 4 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.07% | 640 | 15.92% | 4,019 |
| Tillman | 2,746 | 80.13% | 681 | 19.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,065 | 60.26% | 3,427 |
| Tulsa | 14,528 | 42.64% | 19,468 | 57.13% | 56 | 0.16% | 23 | 0.07% | -4,940 | -14.50% | 34,075 |
| Wagoner | 2,644 | 59.10% | 1,826 | 40.81% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 818 | 18.28% | 4,474 |
| Washington | 2,536 | 39.48% | 3,869 | 60.24% | 9 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.14% | -1,333 | -20.75% | 6,423 |
| Washita | 3,512 | 70.45% | 1,469 | 29.47% | 3 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,043 | 40.98% | 4,985 |
| Woods | 2,679 | 52.62% | 2,405 | 47.24% | 4 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.06% | 274 | 5.38% | 5,091 |
| Woodward | 2,103 | 47.87% | 2,276 | 51.81% | 10 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.09% | -173 | -3.94% | 4,393 |
| Totals | 301,921 | 59.05% | 208,575 | 40.79% | 537 | 0.11% | 287 | 0.06% | 93,346 | 18.26% | 511,320 |
