1954 United States gubernatorial elections

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1954 United States gubernatorial elections
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←  1953 November 2, 1954;
September 13, 1954 (ME)		 1955  →
34 governorships [a]
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before1929
Seats after2721
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Seats up1123
Seats won1915
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United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2, 1954, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections. Elections also took place on September 13 in Maine. The special election in Florida was due to the death of incumbent governor Daniel T. McCarty on September 28, 1953.

Contents

In Tennessee, the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term. [1]

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Alabama Gordon Persons DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Jim Folsom (Democratic) 73.37%
Tom Abernathy (Republican) 26.63%
[2]
Arizona John Howard Pyle RepublicanDefeated, 47.49% Ernest McFarland (Democratic) 52.51%
[3]
Arkansas Francis Cherry DemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Orval Faubus (Democratic) 62.09%
Pratt C. Remmel (Republican) 37.89%
Scattering 0.02%
[4]
California Goodwin Knight RepublicanRe-elected, 56.83% Richard P. Graves (Democratic) 43.16%
Scattering 0.01%
[5]
Colorado Daniel I. J. Thornton RepublicanRetired, Democratic victory Edwin C. Johnson (Democratic) 53.56%
Donald G. Brotzman (Republican) 46.44%
[6]
Connecticut John Davis Lodge RepublicanDefeated, 49.16% Abraham Ribicoff (Democratic) 49.50%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.19%
Vivien Kellems (Independent Republican) (write-in) 0.15%
[7]
Florida (special) Charley Eugene Johns DemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory LeRoy Collins (Democratic) 80.43%
J. Thomas Watson [8] (Republican) 19.52%
Scattering 0.05%
[9]
Georgia Herman Talmadge DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Marvin Griffin (Democratic) 99.98%
Scattering 0.02%
[10]
(Democratic primary results)
Marvin Griffin 36.32% (302)
Melvin E. Thompson 25.07% (56)
Tom Linder 13.50% (26)
Fred Hand 12.09% (22)
Charlie Gowen 11.42% (4)
Grace Wilkey Thomas 0.97%
Ben Garland 0.44%
[11]
Idaho Leonard B. Jordan RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory Robert E. Smylie (Republican) 54.24%
Clark Hamilton (Democratic) 45.76%
[12]
Iowa William S. Beardsley RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Leo Hoegh (Republican) 51.37%
Clyde E. Herring (Democratic) 48.35%
Howard H. Tyler (Independent) 0.28%
[13]
Kansas Edward F. Arn RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Fred Hall (Republican) 52.98%
George Docking (Democratic) 45.97%
Chester A. Roberts (Prohibition) 0.89%
W. W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.16%
[14]
Maine
(held, September 13, 1954)		 Burton M. Cross RepublicanDefeated, 45.51% Edmund Muskie (Democratic) 54.49%
[15]
Maryland Theodore McKeldin RepublicanRe-elected, 54.46% Curley Byrd (Democratic) 45.55%
[16]
Massachusetts Christian Herter RepublicanRe-elected, 51.76% Robert F. Murphy (Democratic) 47.80%
Lawrence Gilfedder (Socialist Labor) 0.30%
Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.14%
[17]
Michigan G. Mennen Williams DemocraticRe-elected, 55.62% Donald S. Leonard (Republican) 44.05%
E. Harold Munn (Prohibition) 0.27%
Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor) 0.05%
Frank Lovell (Socialist Workers) 0.03%
[18]
Minnesota C. Elmer Anderson RepublicanDefeated, 46.80% Orville Freeman (Democratic Farmer-Labor) 52.73%
Ross P. Schelin (Industrial Government) 0.47%
[19]
Nebraska Robert B. Crosby RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Victor E. Anderson (Republican) 60.28%
William Ritchie (Democratic) 39.72%
[20]
Nevada Charles H. Russell RepublicanRe-elected, 53.10% Vail M. Pittman (Democratic) 46.90%
[21]
New Hampshire Hugh Gregg RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Lane Dwinell (Republican) 55.12%
John Shaw (Democratic) 44.88%
[22]
New Mexico Edwin L. Mechem RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory John F. Simms (Democratic) 57.01%
Alvin Stockton (Republican) 42.99%
[23]
New York Thomas E. Dewey RepublicanRetired, Democratic victory W. Averell Harriman (Democratic) 49.61%
Irving Ives (Republican) 49.40%
John T. McManus (American Labor) 0.91%
David L. Weiss (Socialist Workers) 0.05%
Nathan Karp (Industrial Government) 0.03%
[24]
North Dakota Norman Brunsdale RepublicanRe-elected, 64.21% Cornelius Bymers (Democratic) 35.79%
[25]
Ohio Frank Lausche DemocraticRe-elected, 54.10% Jim Rhodes (Republican) 45.91%
[26]
Oklahoma Johnston Murray DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Raymond Gary (Democratic) 58.67%
Reuben K. Sparks (Republican) 41.34%
[27]
Oregon Paul L. Patterson RepublicanRe-elected, 56.91% Joseph K. Carson (Democratic) 43.09%
[28]
Pennsylvania John S. Fine RepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victory George M. Leader (Democratic) 53.66%
Lloyd H. Wood (Republican) 46.15%
Henry Beitscher (Progressive) 0.12%
Louis Dirle (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
[29]
Rhode Island Dennis J. Roberts DemocraticRe-elected, 57.69% Dean J. Lewis (Republican) 41.72%
Arthur E. Marley (Independent) 0.59%
[30]
South Carolina James F. Byrnes DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory George Bell Timmerman Jr. (Democratic) unopposed
[31]
(Democratic primary results)
George Bell Timmerman Jr. 61.34%
Lester L. Bates 38.66%
[32]
South Dakota Sigurd Anderson RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory Joe Foss (Republican) 56.67%
Ed C. Martin (Democratic) 43.33%
[33]
Tennessee Frank G. Clement DemocraticRe-elected, 87.20% John Randolph Neal Jr. (Independent) 12.27%
W. E. Michel (Republican) 0.53%
Scattering 0.01%
[34]
(Democratic primary results)
Frank G. Clement 68.17%
Gordon W. Browning 27.61%
Raulston Schoolfield 4.23%
[35]
Texas Allan Shivers DemocraticRe-elected, 89.42% Tod R. Adams (Republican) 10.39%
Scattering 0.19%
[36]
Vermont Lee E. Emerson RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Joseph B. Johnson (Republican) 52.27%
E. Frank Branon (Democratic) 47.70%
Scattering 0.02%
[37]
Wisconsin Walter J. Kohler Jr. RepublicanRe-elected, 51.45% William Proxmire (Democratic) 48.40%
Arthur Wepfer (Socialist Labor) 0.15%
[38]
Wyoming Clifford Joy Rogers RepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Milward Simpson (Republican) 50.50%
William M. Jack (Democratic) 49.50%
[39]

Notes

  1. ↑ Including a special election in Florida.

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References

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  2. ↑ "AL Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ "AZ Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  4. ↑ "AR Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  5. ↑ "CA Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  6. ↑ "CO Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  7. ↑ "CT Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  8. ↑ Watson died on August 25, 1954 but remained on the ballot paper
  9. ↑ "FL Governor - Special Election Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  10. ↑ "GA Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  11. ↑ "GA Governor, 1954 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  12. ↑ "ID Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  13. ↑ "IA Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  14. ↑ "KS Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  15. ↑ "ME Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  16. ↑ "MD Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  17. ↑ "MA Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  18. ↑ "MI Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  19. ↑ "MN Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  20. ↑ "NE Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  21. ↑ "NV Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  22. ↑ "NH Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  23. ↑ "NM Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
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  25. ↑ "ND Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  26. ↑ "OH Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  27. ↑ "OK Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  28. ↑ "OR Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  29. ↑ "PA Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  30. ↑ "RI Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  31. ↑ "SC Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  32. ↑ "SC Governor, 1954 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  33. ↑ "SD Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  34. ↑ "TN Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  35. ↑ "TN Governor, 1954 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  36. ↑ "TX Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  37. ↑ "VT Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  38. ↑ "WI Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  39. ↑ "WY Governor, 1954". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
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