Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1934

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Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1934
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  1930 November 6, 1934 (1934-11-06) 1938  

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Nominee George Earle William A. Schnader
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,476,377 1,410,138
Percentage50.04% 47.80%

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Results by county

Governor before election

Gifford Pinchot
Republican

Elected Governor

George Earle
Democratic

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

Gifford Pinchot American forester and politician

Gifford Pinchot was an American forester and politician. Pinchot served as the first Chief of the United States Forest Service from 1905 until his firing in 1910, and was the 28th Governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1923 to 1927, and again from 1931 to 1935. He was a member of the Republican Party for most of his life, though he also joined the Progressive Party for a brief period.

George Howard Earle III American diplomat

George Howard Earle III was an American politician and diplomat. He was a member of the prominent Earle family and the 30th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1935 to 1939. Earle was one of just two Democrats that served as Governor of Pennsylvania between the Civil War and World War II.

William A. Schnader American politician

William A. Schnader was Attorney General of Pennsylvania and co-founder of the law firm Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis.

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

Kelayres massacre

The Kelayres massacre was a shooting attack that took place the evening of November 5, 1934, in the coal-mining village of Kelayres, Pennsylvania. An election-eve parade and rally by Democrats was fired on by multiple shooters as it passed the home of Joseph James Bruno, known as "Big Joe", the local Republican boss. Three victims died almost immediately and two others died over the next two days.

Results

Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1934 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic George Howard Earle III 1,476,377 50.04
Republican William A. Schnader 1,410,138 47.80
Socialist Jesse H. Holmes 42,357 1.44
Prohibition Herbert T. Ames 13,521 0.46
Communist Emmett Patrick Cush 5,584 0.19
Industrial Labor Bess Gyekis 2,272 0.08
N/A Others 47 0.00
Totals2,950,249100.00%

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References

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  2. "Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1934". Wilkes University. Retrieved 20 December 2012.