1928 United States gubernatorial elections

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1928 United States gubernatorial elections
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←  1927 November 6, 1928;
September 10, 1928 (ME)		 1929  →
35 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before2721
Seats after3018
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg3
Seats up2114
Seats won2411
1928 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1928, in 35 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 6, 1928. Elections took place on September 10 in Maine.

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Among the most notable results was in New York where 1932 Democratic nominee and future president Franklin D. Roosevelt narrowly won in New York. Current Governor Al Smith contested the presidential election.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Arizona George W. P. Hunt DemocraticDefeated, 48.16% John C. Phillips (Republican) 51.71%
William O'Brien (Workers) 0.13%
[1]
Arkansas Harvey J. Parnell DemocraticRe-elected, 77.31% Drew Bowers (Republican) 22.69%
[2]
Colorado William H. Adams DemocraticRe-elected, 67.05% William Louis Boatright (Republican) 31.85%
Samuel A. Garth (Socialist) 0.52%
Vera Jane Pease (Farmer Labor) 0.34%
George J. Saul (Workers) 0.24%
[3]
Connecticut John H. Trumbull RepublicanRe-elected, 53.57% Charles G. Morris (Democratic) 45.61%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 0.58%
William Mackenzie (Farmer Labor) 0.14%
Michael P. O'Lean (Socialist Labor) 0.11%
[4]
Delaware Robert P. Robinson RepublicanRetired, Republican victory C. Douglass Buck (Republican) 61.23%
Charles M. Wharton (Democratic) 38.77%
[5]
Florida John W. Martin DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Doyle E. Carlton (Democratic) 60.97%
W. J. Howey (Republican) 39.03%
[6]
Georgia Lamartine G. Hardman DemocraticRe-elected, 100.00%
[7] 		(Democratic primary results)
Lamartine G. Hardman 58.54%
Eurith D. Rivers 41.46%
[8]
Idaho H. C. Baldridge RepublicanRe-elected, 57.82% C. Ben Ross (Democratic) 41.58%
Thomas J. Coonrod (Socialist) 0.60%
[9]
Illinois Len Small RepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Louis L. Emmerson (Republican) 56.76%
Floyd E. Thompson (Democratic) 42.66%
George Koop (Socialist) 0.43%
William F. Kruse (Communist) 0.11%
J. E. Procum (Socialist Labor) 0.05%
[10]
Indiana Edward L. Jackson RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory Harry G. Leslie (Republican) 51.25%
Frank C. Dailey (Democratic) 48.10%
Albert Stanley (Prohibition) 0.36%
Clarence E. Bond (Socialist) 0.23%
Cassimer Benward (Socialist Labor) 0.03%
Harry W. Garner (Workers) 0.02%
Henry O. Shaw (National) 0.01%
[11]
Iowa John Hammill RepublicanRe-elected, 62.79% L. W. Housel (Democratic) 37.21%
[12]
Kansas Benjamin S. Paulen RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Clyde M. Reed (Republican) 65.60%
Chauncey B. Little (Democratic) 33.20%
Henry L. Peterson (Socialist) 1.20%
[13]
Maine
(held, 10 September 1928)		 Owen Brewster RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory William T. Gardiner (Republican) 69.31%
Edward C. Moran Jr. (Democratic) 30.70%
[14]
Massachusetts Alvan T. Fuller RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Frank G. Allen (Republican) 50.06%
Charles H. Cole (Democratic) 48.81%
Mary Donovan Hapgood (Socialist) 0.49%
Chester W. Bixby (Workers) 0.29%
Washington Cook (Prohibition) 0.20%
Stephen Surridge (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
Edith Hamilton MacFadden (Independent) 0.06%
[15]
Michigan Fred W. Green RepublicanRe-elected, 69.94% William A. Comstock (Democratic) 29.44%
Guy H. Lockwood (Socialist) 0.21%
Ervin D. Brooks (Prohibition) 0.19%
William Reynolds (Communist) 0.19%
Paul Dinger (Socialist Labor) 0.05%
[16]
Minnesota Theodore Christianson RepublicanRe-elected, 55.00% Ernest Lundeen (Farmer-Labor) 22.72%
Andrew Nelson (Democratic) 21.38%
J. O. Bentall (Communist) 0.58%
Harris A. Brandborg (Industrial) 0.33%
[17]
Missouri Samuel Aaron Baker RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory Henry S. Caulfield (Republican) 51.63%
Francis M. Wilson (Democratic) 48.17%
Joseph G. Hodges (Socialist) 0.16%
W. G. Brandenburg (Prohibition) 0.03%
Edward G. Middlecoff (Socialist Labor) 0.02%
[18]
Montana John E. Erickson DemocraticRe-elected, 58.65% Wellington D. Rankin (Republican) 40.95%
W. R. Duncan (Socialist) 0.40%
[19]
Nebraska Adam McMullen RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Arthur J. Weaver (Republican) 56.98%
Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 42.63%
F. Phillip Haffner (Socialist) 0.39%
[20]
New Hampshire Huntley N. Spaulding RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Charles W. Tobey (Republican) 57.50%
Eaton D. Sargent (Democratic) 42.32%
Frank T. Butler (Socialist) 0.11%
Henry C. Iram (Workers) 0.07%
[21]
New Jersey A. Harry Moore DemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victory Morgan F. Larson (Republican) 54.88%
William L. Dill (Democratic) 44.74%
Eugene A. Smith (National Prohibition) 0.14%
W. K. Tallman (Socialist) 0.14%
Scott Nearing (Workers) 0.08%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.02%
[22]
New Mexico Richard C. Dillon RepublicanRe-elected, 55.61% Robert C. Dow (Democratic) 44.30%
John W. Blackburn (Independent) 0.08%
[23]
New York Alfred E. Smith DemocraticRetired to run for U.S. President, Democratic hold Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) 48.96%
Albert Ottinger (Republican) 48.36%
Louis Waldman (Socialist) 2.34%
William F. Dunne (Workers) 0.25%
Charles Hunter Corregan (Socialist Labor) 0.10%
[24]
North Carolina Angus Wilton McLean DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory O. Max Gardner (Democratic) 55.57%
Herbert F. Seawell (Republican) 44.43%
[25]
North Dakota Walter Jeremiah Maddock RepublicanRan for re-election as a Democrat, defeated, 43.15% George F. Shafer (Republican) 56.50%
K. P. Loesch (Farmer Labor) 0.36%
[26]
Ohio A. Victor Donahey DemocraticRetired, Republican victory Myers Y. Cooper (Republican) 54.79%
Martin L. Davey (Democratic) 44.74%
Joseph W. Sharts (Socialist) 0.29%
William Patterson (Communist) 0.09%
John D. Goerke (Socialist Labor) 0.05%
Frank W. Stanton (Prohibition) 0.04%
[27]
Rhode Island Norman S. Case RepublicanRe-elected, 51.59% Alberic A. Archambault (Democratic) 48.13%
Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.16%
Edward W. Theinert (Workers) 0.12%
[28]
South Dakota William J. Bulow DemocraticRe-elected, 52.48% Buell F. Jones (Republican) 46.94%
John G. Sumption (Farmer Labor) 0.58%
[29]
Tennessee Henry H. Horton DemocraticRe-elected, 61.06% Raleigh Hopkins (Republican) 38.95%
[30]
Texas Daniel Moody DemocraticRe-elected, 82.43%W. H. Holmes (Republican) 17.44%
L. L. Rhodes (Socialist) 0.11%
J. Stedham (Communist) 0.02%
[31]
Utah George H. Dern DemocraticRe-elected, 58.50% William Henry Wattis (Republican) 41.08%
D. C. Dora (Socialist) 0.42%
[32]
Vermont John Eliakim Weeks RepublicanRe-elected, 73.53% Harry C. Shurtleff (Democratic) 25.98%
Frank M. Post (Prohibition) 0.47%
Scattering 0.02%
[33]
Washington Roland Hill Hartley RepublicanRe-elected, 56.22% A. Scott Bullitt (Democratic) 42.73%
James F. Stark (Socialist Labor) 0.67%
Walter Price (Socialist) 0.25%
Aaron Fislerman (Communist) 0.14%
[34]
West Virginia Howard M. Gore RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory William Gustavus Conley (Republican) 53.73%
J. Alfred Taylor (Democratic) 46.10%
J. H. Snider (Socialist) 0.18%
[35]
Wisconsin Fred R. Zimmerman RepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Walter J. Kohler Sr. (Republican) 55.38%
Albert George Schmedeman (Democratic) 39.87%
Otto R. Hauser (Socialist) 3.73%
Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibition) 0.66%
Joseph Ehrhardt (Socialist Labor) 0.20%
Alvar J. Hayes (Communist) 0.14%
Scattering 0.03%
[36]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AZ Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ "AR Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ "CO Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ "CT Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  5. ↑ "DE Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  6. ↑ "FL Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  7. ↑ "GA Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  8. ↑ "GA Governor, 1928 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  9. ↑ "ID Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  10. ↑ "IL Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  11. ↑ "IN Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  12. ↑ "IA Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  13. ↑ "KS Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  14. ↑ "ME Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  15. ↑ "MA Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  16. ↑ "MI Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  17. ↑ "MN Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  18. ↑ "MO Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  19. ↑ "MT Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  20. ↑ "NE Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  21. ↑ "NH Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  22. ↑ "NJ Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  23. ↑ "NM Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  24. ↑ "NY Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  25. ↑ "NC Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  26. ↑ "ND Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  27. ↑ "OH Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  28. ↑ "RI Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  29. ↑ "SD Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  30. ↑ "TN Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  31. ↑ "TX Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  32. ↑ "UT Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  33. ↑ "VT Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  34. ↑ "WA Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  35. ↑ "WV Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  36. ↑ "WI Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
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