1920 United States gubernatorial elections

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1920 United States gubernatorial elections
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  1919 November 2, 1920;
September 13, 1920 (ME)
1921  

35 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before2720
Seats after3414
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg6
Seats up2212
Seats won296

 Third party
 
Party Prohibition
Seats before1
Seats after0
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1
Seats up1
Seats won0

1920 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1920, in 35 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 2, 1920. Elections took place on September 13 in Maine.

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In Massachusetts, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a one-year term. Every governorship mirrored the presidential results in their state.

This is the most recent year in which all gubernatorial elections were won by the same party that won the state in the year's presidential election.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Arizona Thomas Edward Campbell RepublicanRe-elected, 54.15% Mit Simms (Democratic) 45.85%
[1]
Arkansas Charles Hillman Brough DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory Thomas C. McRae (Democratic) 65.02%
Wallace Townsend (Republican) 24.38%
J. H. Blount ("Black-and-Tan" Republican) 8.22%
Sam Butler (Socialist) 2.38%
[2]
Colorado Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup RepublicanRe-elected, 59.55% James M. Collins (Democratic) 37.11%
William Penn Collins (Farmer Labor) 3.35%
[3]
Connecticut Marcus H. Holcomb RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Everett J. Lake (Republican) 63.04%
Rollin U. Tyler (Democratic) 33.25%
Charles T. Peach (Socialist) 2.77%
Edward Pryor (Socialist Labor) 0,52%
Albert P. Krone (Farmer Labor) 0.41%
[4]
Delaware John G. Townsend Jr. RepublicanRetired, Republican victory William Denney (Republican) 55.23%
Andrew J. Lynch (Democratic) 43.68%
William H. Conner (Socialist) 1.09%
[5]
Florida Sidney Johnston Catts ProhibitionTerm-limited, Democratic victory Cary A. Hardee (Democratic) 77.94%
George E. Gay (Republican) 17.93%
F. C. Whitaker (Socialist) 2.13%
W. L. Van Duzer (White Republican) 2.00%
[6]
Georgia Hugh Dorsey DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Thomas W. Hardwick (Democratic) 100.00%
[7]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Thomas W. Hardwick 55.25%
Clifford M. Walker 44.75%
[8]
Idaho David W. Davis RepublicanRe-elected, 52.97% Ted A. Walters (Democratic) 26.93%
Sherman D. Fairchild (Independent) 20.11%
[9]
Illinois Frank Orren Lowden RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Len Small (Republican) 58.87%
James Hamilton Lewis (Democratic) 34.64%
Andrew Lafin (Socialist) 2.79%
John H. Walker (Farmer Labor) 2.68%
James H. Woertendyke (Prohibition) 0.47%
Scattering 0.55%
[10]
Indiana James P. Goodrich RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory Warren T. McCray (Republican) 54.63%
Carleton B. McCulloch (Democratic) 41.20%
Andrew J. Hart (Socialist) 1.86%
James M. Zion (Farmer Labor) 1.33%
Charles M. Kroft (Prohibition) 0.98%
[11]
Iowa William L. Harding RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory Nathan E. Kendall (Republican) 58.66%
Clyde L. Herring (Democratic) 38.65%
George J. Peck (Socialist) 1.56%
Mathis Faber (Farmer Labor) 1.05%
J. Jay Hisel (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
[12]
Kansas Henry Justin Allen RepublicanRe-elected, 58.44% Jonathan M. Davis (Democratic) 39.27%
Roy Stanton (Socialist) 2.29%
[13]
Maine
(held, 13 September 1920)
Carl Milliken RepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Frederic H. Parkhurst (Republican) 65.90%
Bertrand G. McIntire (Democratic) 34.10%
[14]
Massachusetts Calvin Coolidge RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Vice President, Republican victory Channing H. Cox (Republican) 67.02%
John Jackson Walsh (Democratic) 30.22%
Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 2.09%
Patrick Mulligan (Socialist Labor) 0.66%
[15]
Michigan Albert Sleeper RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Alex J. Groesbeck (Republican) 66.43%
Woodbridge N. Ferris (Democratic) 29.34%
Benjamin Blumenberg (Socialist) 2.22%
J. Jeffries (Farmer Labor) 1.12%
Faith Johnston (Prohibition) 0.66%
E. R. Markley (Socialist Labor) 0.20%
Scattering 0.03%
[16]
Minnesota J. A. A. Burnquist RepublicanRetired, Republican victory J. A. O. Preus (Republican) 53.06%
Henrik Shipstead (Independent) 35.91%
Laurence C. Hodgson (Democratic) 10.37%
Peter J. Sampson (Socialist) 0.65%
[17]
Missouri Frederick D. Gardner DemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victory Arthur M. Hyde (Republican) 54.25%
John M. Atkinson (Democratic) 43.64%
Marvin M. Aldrich (Socialist) 1.46%
Herman P. Faris (Prohibition) 0.30%
Vaughn Hickman (Farmer Labor) 0.23%
Edward G. Middlecoff (Socialist Labor) 0.12%
[18]
Montana Sam V. Stewart DemocraticRetired, Republican victory Joseph M. Dixon (Republican) 59.74%
Burton K. Wheeler (Democratic) 40.26%
[19]
Nebraska Samuel R. McKelvie RepublicanRe-elected, 40.41% John H. Morehead (Democratic) 34.48%
Arthur G. Wray (Non-Partisan League) 23.51%
Julian D. Graves (Prohibition) 1.60%
[20] [21]
New Hampshire John H. Bartlett RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Albert O. Brown (Republican) 59.59%
Charles E. Tilton (Democratic) 39.72%
Frank T. Butler (Socialist) 0.69%
[22]
New Mexico Octaviano Larrazolo RepublicanDefeated for renomination, [23] Republican victory Merritt C. Mechem (Republican) 51.26%
Richard H. Hanna (Democratic) 47.80%
W. E. McGrath (Farmer Labor) 0.95%
[24]
New York Alfred E. Smith DemocraticDefeated, 44.00% Nathan L. Miller (Republican) 46.58%
Joseph D. Cannon (Socialist) 5.57%
Dudley Field Malone (Farmer Labor) 2.44%
George F. Thompson (Prohibition) 1.24%
John P. Quinn (Socialist Labor) 0.18%
[25]
North Carolina Thomas Walter Bickett DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Cameron A. Morrison (Democratic) 57.22%
John J. Parker (Republican) 42.74%
W. B. Taylor (Socialist) 0.04%
[26]
North Dakota Lynn J. Frazier RepublicanRe-elected, 51.01% J. F. T. O'Connor (Democratic) 48.99%
[27]
Ohio James M. Cox DemocraticRetired to run for U.S. President, Republican victory Harry L. Davis (Republican) 51.91%
A. Victor Donahey (Democratic) 45.88%
Frank B. Hamilton (Socialist) 2.14%
Earl H. Foote (Single Tax) 0.08%
[28]
Rhode Island R. Livingston Beeckman RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Emery J. San Souci (Republican) 64.64%
Edward M. Sullivan (Democratic) 33.15%
Ernest Sherwood (Socialist) 1.95%
Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 0.27%
[29]
South Carolina Robert Archer Cooper DemocraticRe-elected, 100.00%
[30]
(Democratic primary results)
Robert Archer Cooper 100.00%
[31]
South Dakota Peter Norbeck RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory William H. McMaster (Republican) 56.33%
Mark P. Bates (Non-Partisan League) 26.34%
W. W. Howes (Democratic) 17.33%
[32] [33]
Tennessee Albert H. Roberts DemocraticDefeated, 44.56% Alfred A. Taylor (Republican) 54.93%
J. M. Lindsley (Socialist) 0.51%
[34]
Texas William P. Hobby DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory Pat Morris Neff (Democratic) 60.03%
J. G. Culbertson (Republican) 18.73%
T. H. McGregor (American) 14.40%
H. Capers (Black and Tan Republican) 5.42%
L. L. Rhodes (Socialist) 1.41%
Scattering 0.01%
[35]
Utah Simon Bamberger DemocraticRetired, Republican victory Charles Rendell Mabey (Republican) 57.59%
Thomas N. Taylor (Democratic) 38.78%
E. B. Locke (Socialist) 2.01%
George Crosby (Farmer Labor) 1.62%
[36]
Vermont Percival W. Clement RepublicanRetired, Republican victory James Hartness (Republican) 78.00%
Fred C. Martin (Democratic) 21.80%
Scattering 0.20%
[37]
Washington Louis Folwell Hart RepublicanRe-elected, 52.25% Robert Bridges (Farmer Labor) 30.10%
William Wilson Black (Democratic) 16.39%
David Burgess (Socialist Labor) 1.26%
[38]
West Virginia John J. Cornwell DemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victory Ephraim F. Morgan (Republican) 47.32%
Arthur B. Koontz (Democratic) 36.27%
S. B. Montgomery (Independent) 15.89%
D. M. S. Holt (Socialist) 0.53%
[39] [40]
Wisconsin Emanuel L. Philipp RepublicanRetired, Republican victory John J. Blaine (Republican) 52.98%
Robert Bruce McCoy (Democratic) 35.84%
William Coleman (Socialist) 10.29%
Henry H. Tubbs (Prohibition) 0.88%
Scattering 0.02%
[41]

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