 | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
 County results Pinchot: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Contents
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| Elections in Pennsylvania |
|---|
 |
 Government |
The 1922 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 1922. Incumbent Republican governor William Sproul was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate Gifford Pinchot defeated Democratic candidate John A. McSparran to become Governor of Pennsylvania. John Stuchell Fisher unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John A. McSparran | 151,087 | 67.60 | |
| Democratic | Robert E. Pattison Jr. | 72,423 | 32.40 | |
| Total votes | 223,510 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Gifford Pinchot | 511,377 | 48.79 | |
| Republican | George E. Alter | 502,118 | 47.91 | |
| Republican | Frank P. Croft | 16,484 | 1.57 | |
| Republican | John Stuchell Fisher | 9,431 | 0.90 | |
| Republican | John Clinton Parker | 8,702 | 0.83 | |
| Total votes | 1,048,112 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | William Repp | 4,931 | 68.77 | |
| Prohibition | Gifford Pinchot | 1,807 | 25.20 | |
| Write-in | 432 | 6.03 | ||
| Total votes | 7,170 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Lilith Martin Wilson | 601 | 38.75 | |
| Socialist | Gifford Pinchot | 581 | 37.46 | |
| Write-in | 369 | 23.79 | ||
| Total votes | 1,551 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Gifford Pinchot | 831,696 | 56.79 | |
| Democratic | John A. McSparran | 581,625 | 39.71 | |
| Socialist | Lilith Martin Wilson | 31,748 | 2.17 | |
| Prohibition | William Repp | 14,151 | 0.97 | |
| Industrialist | William H. Thomas | 3,137 | 0.21 | |
| Single Tax | John W. Dix | 2,246 | 0.15 | |
| N/A | Others | 69 | 0.00 | |
| Totals | 1,464,603 | 100.00% | ||
Gifford Pinchot was an American forester and politician. He served as the fourth chief of the U.S. Division of Forestry, as the first head of the United States Forest Service, and as the 28th governor of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Republican Party for most of his life, though he joined the Progressive Party for a brief period.
The 1835 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was among three candidates. Incumbent Governor George Wolf ran as an Independent Democrat. In the end Joseph Ritner won the election and became Pennsylvania's only Anti-Masonic governor.
The 1799 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was between two candidates. Incumbent governor Thomas Mifflin was not running. The race was between Federalist U.S. Senator James Ross and Democratic-Republican Thomas McKean. The retired Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, McKean was a Federalist and a Mifflin ally, as both supported strong state executive power but rejected the domestic policies of the national government.
The 1841 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was between two candidates. Incumbent Governor David R. Porter ran for the Democratic Party, and defeated John Banks.
The 1962 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 6. Republican Bill Scranton and Democrat Richardson Dilworth, each a member of a powerful political family, faced off in a bitter campaign.
The 1950 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 7. For the twenty-second time in twenty-five elections, the Republican candidate was victorious, but by a much smaller than usual margin. Superior Court Judge John S. Fine defeated Democrat Richardson Dilworth, the City Controller of Philadelphia. This election marked the last time until 2022 that a political party would win three consecutive gubernatorial elections in Pennsylvania.
The 1920 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election. Voters chose 38 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
John Aldus McSparran was an American prominent landholder and politician from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The 1926 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican George W. Pepper, who was appointed following the death of Boies Penrose, was defeated for re-nomination by William Scott Vare. Vare won the election, defeating Democratic opponent William Bauchop Wilson. He was not permitted to assume office, however, until an investigation was conducted into possible election fraud and corruption. Vare was ultimately unseated in December 1929 by the Senate, following charges of corruption.
The 1922 United States Senate elections in Pennsylvania were held on November 7. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator David A. Reed, who was appointed in August 1922 to fill the vacancy created by the death of William E. Crow, was elected both to complete the remainder of Crow's term, ending in March 1923, and to a full six-year term in his own right, beginning upon the expiration of Crow's term.
The 1922 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania was held on November 7, 1922. Incumbent Republican Senator George Pepper, who had been appointed to the seat by Governor William Sproul following the death of Boies Penrose, was elected to fill the remaining four years on the term to which Penrose had been elected in 1920. Pepper comfortably defeated five other candidates, including Democratic nominee Fred Kerr of Clearfield County.
The 1918 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 5, 1918. Incumbent Republican governor Martin Brumbaugh was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate William Sproul defeated Democratic candidate Eugene C. Bonniwell to become Governor of Pennsylvania.
The 1926 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican governor Gifford Pinchot was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate John Fisher defeated Democratic candidate Eugene C. Bonniwell to become Governor of Pennsylvania. Edward E. Beidleman, Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr., and John K. Tener unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination.
The 1930 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 4, 1930. Incumbent Republican governor John Stuchell Fisher was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate and former governor Gifford Pinchot defeated Democratic candidate John M. Hemphill to win a second, non-consecutive term as Governor of Pennsylvania.
The 1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican governor Gifford Pinchot was not a candidate for re-election.
The 1938 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic governor George Howard Earle III was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate Arthur James defeated Democratic candidate Charles Alvin Jones to become Governor of Pennsylvania. Gifford Pinchot unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination, while Thomas Kennedy unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.
Francis Shunk Brown was an American lawyer from Pennsylvania who served one term as Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1915 to 1919 and ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for Governor in 1930.
William Irwin Schaffer was an American lawyer and judge from Pennsylvania. He served briefly as the state's Attorney General, resigning to serve on the state's Supreme Court for over twenty years, including three years as chief justice.
George Elias Alter was an American lawyer and politician, who served one term as attorney general of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
  | This Pennsylvania elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
