1934 United States gubernatorial elections

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1934 United States gubernatorial elections
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←  1933 November 6, 1934;
September 10, 1934 (ME)		 1935  →
34 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before379 [lower-alpha 1]
Seats after388
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Seats up248
Seats won257
 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Farmer–Labor Progressive
Seats before10
Seats after11
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg1
Seats up10
Seats won11
 Fifth party
 
Party Independent
Seats before1
Seats after0
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1
Seats up1
Seats won0
1934 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     Republican hold
     Farmer–Labor hold
     Progressive gain

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

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Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Alabama Benjamin M. Miller DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Bibb Graves (Democratic) 86.93%
Edmund H. Dryer (Republican) 12.67%
Arlie Barber (Socialist) 0.25%
J. M. Davis (Communist) 0.15%
[1]
Arizona Benjamin Baker Moeur DemocraticRe-elected, 59.65% Thomas Maddock (Republican) 38.15%
Lawrence McGivern (Socialist) 1.83%
Clay Naff (Communist) 0.36%
[2]
Arkansas Junius Marion Futrell DemocraticRe-elected, 89.19% G. C. Ledbetter (Republican) 9.44%
J. Russell Butler (Socialist) 1.37%
[3]
California Frank F. Merriam RepublicanRe-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]
Colorado Edwin Carl Johnson DemocraticRe-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]
Connecticut Wilbur L. Cross DemocraticRe-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]
Georgia Eugene Talmadge DemocraticRe-elected, 100.00%
[7] 		(Democratic primary results)
Eugene Talmadge 65.95%
Claude Pittman 32.18%
Ed Gilliam 1.88%
[8]
Idaho C. Ben Ross DemocraticRe-elected, 54.58% Frank L. Stephan (Republican) 44.26%
Allen F. Adams (Socialist) 0.68%
T. H. Darrow (Commonwealth Prohibition) 0.48%
[9]
Iowa Clyde L. Herring DemocraticRe-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]
Kansas Alfred M. Landon RepublicanRe-elected, 53.51% Omar B. Ketchum (Democratic) 45.63%
George M. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.86%
[11]
Maine
(held, 10 September 1934)		 Louis J. Brann DemocraticRe-elected, 53.99% Alfred K. Ames (Republican) 45.90%
Harry Warsaw (Communist) 0.11%
[12]
Maryland Albert C. Ritchie DemocraticDefeated, 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]
Massachusetts Joseph B. Ely DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory James 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]
Michigan William Comstock DemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory Frank 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]
Minnesota Floyd B. Olson Farmer-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%
()
[16]
Nebraska Charles W. Bryan DemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Robert L. Cochran (Democratic) 50.84%
Dwight P. Griswold (Republican) 47.73%
Ralph W. Madison (Independent) 0.83%
John J. Schefcik (Independent) 0.60%
[17]
Nevada Morley Griswold RepublicanDefeated, 34.52% Richard Kirman (Democratic) 53.94%
Lindley C. Branson (Independent) 11.54%
[18]
New Hampshire John Gilbert Winant RepublicanRetired, Republican victory H. Styles Bridges (Republican) 50.55%
John L. Sullivan (Democratic) 49.16%
Eli Bourdon (Socialist) 0.16%
Elba K. Chase (Communist) 0.14%
[19]
New Jersey A. Harry Moore DemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victory Harold 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 Mexico Andrew W. Hockenhull DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory Clyde Tingley (Democratic) 51.90%
Jaffa Miller (Republican) 47.60%
E. E. Frost (Socialist) 0.42%
Philip Howe (Communist) 0.09%
[21]
New York Herbert H. Lehman DemocraticRe-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 Dakota Ole H. Olson RepublicanRetired to run for Lieutenant Governor, Democratic victory Thomas H. Moodie (Democratic) 52.98%
Lydia Cady Langer (Republican) 46.61%
Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 0.41%
[23]
Ohio George White DemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Martin L. Davey (Democratic) 51.13%
Clarence J. Brown (Republican) 48.14%
I. O. Ford (Communist) 0.73%
[24]
Oklahoma William H. Murray DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Ernest 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]
Oregon Julius L. Meier Independent Retired, Democratic victory Charles 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]
Pennsylvania Gifford Pinchot RepublicanRetired, Democratic victory George 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 Island Theodore F. Green DemocraticRe-elected, 56.62% Luke H. Callan (Republican) 42.44%
Joseph M. Coldwell (Socialist) 0.94%
[28]
South Carolina Ibra Charles Blackwood DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Olin Johnston (Democratic) 100.00%
[29]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Olin Johnston 56.20%
Coleman L. Blease 43.80%
[30]
South Dakota Tom Berry DemocraticRe-elected, 58.60% William C. Allen (Republican) 40.65%
Knute Walstad (Independent) 0.75%
[31]
Tennessee Hill McAlister DemocraticRe-elected, 61.78% Lewis S. Pope (Independent) 38.22%
[32]
Texas Miriam A. Ferguson DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory James V. Allred (Democratic) 96.44%
D. E. W aggoner (Republican) 3.08%
George C. Edwards (Socialist) 0.42%
Enoch Hardaway (Communist) 0.06%
[33]
Vermont Stanley C. Wilson RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Charles Manley Smith (Republican) 57.26%
James Patrick Leamy (Democratic) 42.13%
John G. Hutton (Socialist) 0.47%
Thomas Alexander Boyd (Communist) 0.14%
[34]
Wisconsin Albert George Schmedeman DemocraticDefeated, 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]
Wyoming Leslie A. Miller DemocraticRe-elected, 57.91% Alonzo M. Clark (Republican) 41.37%
Louis Sky (Socialist) 0.56%
Merton Willer (Communist) 0.17%
[36]

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  2. ↑ "AZ Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "AR Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "CA Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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  8. ↑ "GA Governor, 1934 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "ID Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "IA Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "KS Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "ME Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  13. ↑ "MD Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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  25. ↑ "OK Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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  27. ↑ "PA Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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  32. ↑ "TN Governor, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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Notes

  1. ↑ Horace Griggs Prall (R) succeeded New Jersey Governor A. Harry Moore (D) who resigned to take a seat in the U.S. Senate in January 1935.
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