1944 United States gubernatorial elections

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1944 United States gubernatorial elections
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  1943 November 7, 1944;
September 11, 1944 (ME)
1945  

32 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before2226
Seats after2523
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg3
Seats up1220
Seats won1517

1944 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1944, in 32 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 7, 1944. Elections took place on September 11 in Maine.

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This was the last time Idaho elected its governors to 2-year terms, switching to 4-years from the 1946 election.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Arizona Sidney Preston Osborn DemocraticRe-elected, 77.91% Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 21.19%
Charles R. Osburn (Prohibition) 0.90%
[1]
Arkansas Homer Martin Adkins DemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Benjamin Travis Laney (Democratic) 85.96%
Harley C. Stump (Republican) 14.04%
[2]
Colorado John Charles Vivian RepublicanRe-elected, 52.40% Roy Phelix Best (Democratic) 47.60%
[3]
Connecticut Raymond E. Baldwin RepublicanRe-elected, 50.48% Robert A. Hurley (Democratic) 47.36%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.99%
Joseph C. Borden Jr. (Socialist Labor) 0.17%
[4]
Delaware Walter W. Bacon RepublicanRe-elected, 50.52% Isaac J. MacCollum (Democratic) 49.19%
Thomas W. Jakes (Prohibition) 0.29%
[5]
Florida Spessard Holland DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Millard Caldwell (Democratic) 78.94%
Bert L. Acker (Republican) 21.06%
[6]
Idaho C. A. Bottolfsen RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Charles C. Gossett (Democratic) 52.64%
W. H. Detweiler (Republican) 47.36%
[7]
Illinois Dwight H. Green RepublicanRe-elected, 50.75% Thomas J. Courtney (Democratic) 48.93%
Charles Storm (Socialist Labor) 0.17%
Willis R. Wilson (Prohibition) 0.14%
[8]
Indiana Henry F. Schricker DemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victory Ralph F. Gates (Republican) 50.97%
Samuel D. Jackson (Democratic) 48.18%
Waldo E. Yeater (Prohibition) 0.74%
William Rabe (Socialist) 0.11%
[9]
Iowa Bourke B. Hickenlooper RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Robert D. Blue (Republican) 56.01%
R. F. Mitchell (Democratic) 43.63%
Glen Williamson (Prohibition) 0.28%
Hugh Bockewitz (Socialist) 0.08%
[10]
Kansas Andrew Frank Schoeppel RepublicanRe-elected, 65.73% Robert S. Lemon (Democratic) 32.84%
David C. White (Prohibition) 1.11%
W. W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.32%
[11]
Maine
(held, September 11, 1944)
Sumner Sewall RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Horace Hildreth (Republican) 70.27%
Paul Julien (Democratic) 29.73%
[12]
Massachusetts Leverett Saltonstall RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Maurice J. Tobin (Democratic) 53.64%
Horace T. Cahill (Republican) 0.27%
Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.27%
Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.15%
Scattering 0.01%
[13]
Michigan Harry Kelly RepublicanRe-elected, 54.69% Edward J. Fry (Democratic) 44.76%
Seth A. Davey (Prohibition) 0.26%
Forest Odell (Socialist) 0.13%
Leland Marion (America First) 0.10%
Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor) 0.06%
[14]
Minnesota Edward John Thye RepublicanRe-elected, 61.59% Byron G. Allen (DFL) 37.78%
Gerald M. York (Industrial Government) 0.63%
[15]
Missouri Forrest C. Donnell RepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victory Phil M. Donnelly (Democratic) 50.94%
Jean Paul Bradshaw (Republican) 48.97%
W. F. Rinck (Socialist) 0.08%
Stephen Tendler (Socialist Labor) 0.01%
[16]
Montana Sam C. Ford RepublicanRe-elected, 56.36% Leif Erickson (Democratic) 43.18%
Charles R. Miller (Prohibition) 0.47%
[17]
Nebraska Dwight Griswold RepublicanRe-elected, 76.11% George W. Olsen (Democratic) 23.89%
[18]
New Hampshire Robert O. Blood RepublicanLost Republican primary, Republican victory Charles M. Dale (Republican) 53.11%
James J. Powers (Democratic) 46.89%
[19]
New Mexico John J. Dempsey DemocraticRe-elected, 51.81% Carroll G. Gunderson (Republican) 48.19%
[20]
North Carolina J. Melville Broughton DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory R. Gregg Cherry (Democratic) 69.61%
Frank C. Patton (Republican) 30.40%
[21]
North Dakota John Moses DemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Fred G. Aandahl (Republican) 52.02%
William T. Depuy (Democratic) 28.92%
Alvin C. Strutz (Independent) 18.81%
A. M. Wiley (Prohibition) 0.26%
[22]
Ohio John W. Bricker RepublicanRetired to run for Vice President of the United States, Democratic victory Frank Lausche (Democratic) 51.82%
James Garfield Stewart (Republican) 48.19%
[23]
Rhode Island J. Howard McGrath DemocraticRe-elected, 60.65% Norman D. MacLeod (Republican) 39.35%
[24]
South Dakota Merrell Q. Sharpe RepublicanRe-elected, 65.51% Lynn Fellows (Democratic) 34.50%
[25]
Tennessee Prentice Cooper DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory Jim Nance McCord (Democratic) 62.50%
John W. Kilgo (Republican) 35.98%
John Randolph Neal Jr. (Independent) 1.52%
[26]
Texas Coke R. Stevenson DemocraticRe-elected, 90.95% B. J. Peasley (Republican) 9.05%
[27]
Utah Herbert B. Maw DemocraticRe-elected, 50.21% J. Bracken Lee (Republican) 49.79%
[28]
Vermont William Henry Wills RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Mortimer R. Proctor (Republican) 65.90%
Ernest H. Bailey (Democratic) 34.10%
[29]
Washington Arthur B. Langlie RepublicanDefeated, 48.12% Monrad Wallgren (Democratic) 51.51%
Allen Emerson (Prohibition) 0.20%
Henry E. O. Gusey (Socialist Labor) 0.16%
[30]
West Virginia Matthew M. Neely DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Clarence W. Meadows (Democratic) 54.44%
Daniel Boone Dawson (Republican) 45.56%
[31]
Wisconsin Walter Samuel Goodland RepublicanRe-elected, 52.84% Daniel Hoan (Democratic) 40.62%
Alexander O. Benz (Progressive) 5.76%
George A. Nelson (Socialist) 0.70%
Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
[32]

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