1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

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1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
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Nominee George Earle William A. Schnader
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,476,3771,410,138
Percentage50.04%47.80%
1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Earle:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Schnader:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Governor before election

Gifford Pinchot
Republican

Elected Governor

George Earle
Democratic

The 1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican governor Gifford Pinchot was not a candidate for re-election.

Contents

The Democratic candidate, George Howard Earle III, defeated Republican candidate William A. Schnader to become Governor of Pennsylvania.

This was the first Pennsylvania gubernatorial election won by the Democratic Party since 1890.

Background

Election eve was marred by the Kelayres massacre, in which a local, small-town, Republican boss and his family fired pistols, rifles and shotguns during a Democratic rally and parade, killing three, and leaving at least a dozen more seriously wounded. News of the attack was reported across the nation with front-page headlines.

In Pennsylvania, the attack was strongly politicized in Democratic newspapers and on the radio. There were numerous reports of Republicans voting Democratic due to the attack. Schnader, as incumbent Attorney General, was forced to comment on the attack in strong terms, and to the end of his life, believed the attack cost him the election. [1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

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Democratic primary results
  Earle
  •   30%-40%
  •   40%-50%
  •   50%-60%
  •   60%-70%
  •   70%-80%
  •   80%-90%
  Copeland
  •   30%-40%
  •   50%-60%
  •   60%-70%
Pennsylvania gubernatorial Democratic primary election, 1934 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic George Howard Earle III 346,495 60.68
Democratic Charles D. Copeland93,35516.35
Democratic Eugene C. Bonniwell59,52410.42
Democratic William N. McNair 39,4516.91
Democratic John A. McSparran 30,9195.41
Write-in 1,3230.23
Total votes571,067 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results Schnader 20%-30% 30%-40% 40%-50% 50%-60% 60%-70% 70%-80% Shannon 20%-30% 30%-40% 40%-50% 50%-60% Margiotti 20%-30% 30%-40% 50%-60% Phillips 40%-50% 50%-60% McSparran 20%-30% 1934 Pennsylvania governor Republican primary by county.svg
Republican primary results
  Schnader
  •   20%-30%
  •   30%-40%
  •   40%-50%
  •   50%-60%
  •   60%-70%
  •   70%-80%
  Shannon
  •   20%-30%
  •   30%-40%
  •   40%-50%
  •   50%-60%
  Margiotti
  •   20%-30%
  •   30%-40%
  •   50%-60%
  Phillips
  •   40%-50%
  •   50%-60%
  McSparran
  •   20%-30%
Pennsylvania gubernatorial Republican primary election, 1934 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican William A. Schnader 564,547 46.21
Republican Edward C. Shannon 225,03018.42
Republican Charles J. Margiotti 198,32316.23
Republican Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr. 62,4225.11
Republican John A. McSparran 58,6044.80
Republican Benjamin G. Eynon26,0562.13
Republican Harry S. McDevitt17,3861.42
Republican Jay Williams Sechler14,7571.21
Republican Louis G. Karzis10,9210.89
Republican George Austin Welsh 10,1140.83
Republican Marion D. Patterson9,0960.74
Republican Robert E. Lamberton8,6550.71
Republican Albert S. C. Millar6,9040.57
Republican Edward L. Stokes 3,5770.29
Republican Tilghman E. Hauseman2,6120.21
Republican Charles Avery Dravo1,9590.16
Write-in 6270.05
Total votes1,221,590 100.00

General election

Candidates

Results

Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1934 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic George Howard Earle III 1,476,377 50.04
Republican William A. Schnader 1,410,13847.80
Socialist Jesse H. Holmes42,3571.44
Prohibition Herbert T. Ames 13,5210.46
Communist Emmett Patrick Cush5,5840.19
Industrial Labor Bess Gyekis2,2720.08
Write-in 470.00
Total votes2,950,249 100.00%

Notes

  1. ↑ Ran for the Republican Party nomination simultaneously
  2. ↑ Ran for the Democratic Party nomination simultaneously

References

  1. ↑ Bronner, Edwin B. (January 1960). "The New Deal Comes to Pennsylvania: The Gubernatorial Election of 1934". Pennsylvania History. XXVII (1): 44–68. JSTOR   27769931.
  2. 1 2 The Pennsylvania Manual. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Bureau of Publications. 1935. pp. 414–415.
  3. ↑ "Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1934". Wilkes University. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
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