1952 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1952 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1951 United States gubernatorial elections 1951 1953 United States gubernatorial elections 1953 Seats up Seats won 30 governorships November 4, 1952;September 8, 1952 (ME) Republican Party (United States) 25 30 5 15 20 Democratic Party (United States) 23 18 5 15 10 324px #94C6DF Democratic hold#F48984 Republican hold #CB001A Republican gain#D3D3D3 No election United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1952, in 30 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and the presidential election, on November 4, 1952. Elections took place on September 8 in Maine. This was the last 2-year gubernatorial election Tennessee held, as they would switch from 2-year to 4-year terms in 1954. Race summary StateGovernorPartyFirstelectedStatusCandidates ArizonaJ. Howard Pyle 1950Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) J. Howard Pyle (Republican) 60.2% Democratic Party (US) Joe C. Haldiman (Democratic) 39.8%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=110226 AZ Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 ArkansasSid McMath 1948Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Francis Cherry (Democratic) 87.4% Republican Party (US) Jefferson W. Speck (Republican) 12.6%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=189740 AR Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 ColoradoDaniel I. J. Thornton 1950Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Daniel I. J. Thornton (Republican) 57.1% Democratic Party (US) John W. Metzger (Democratic) 42.4% Socialist Labor Party (US) Louis K. Stephens (Socialist Labor) 0.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173712 CO Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 DelawareElbert N. Carvel 1948Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) J. Caleb Boggs (Republican) 52.1% Democratic Party (US)Elbert N. Carvel (Democratic) 47.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=171170 DE Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 FloridaFuller Warren 1948 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Daniel T. McCarty (Democratic) 74.8% Republican Party (US) Harry S. Swan (Republican) 25.2%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131882 FL Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 IllinoisAdlai Stevenson II 1948Incumbent retired after winning primary.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) William Stratton (Republican) 52.5% Democratic Party (US) Sherwood Dixon (Democratic) 47.3% Socialist Labor Party (US) Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) 0.2%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=121509 IL Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 IndianaHenry F. Schricker1948 Incumbent term-limited.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) George N. Craig (Republican) 55.7% Democratic Party (US) John A. Watkins (Democratic) 43.6% Prohibition Party (US) Lester N. Abel (Prohibition) 0.65% Progressive Party (US) Samuel Boorda (Progressive) 0.05% Socialist Labor Party (US) Charles Ginsberg (Socialist Labor) 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=171411 IN Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 IowaWilliam S. Beardsley1948Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) William S. Beardsley (Republican) 51.9% Democratic Party (US) Herschel C. Loveless (Democratic) 47.8% Prohibition Party (US)Z. Everett Kellum (Prohibition) 0.23% Independent Ernest J. Seemann (Republican Vigilantes) 0.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174236 IA Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 KansasEdward F. Arn1950Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Edward F. Arn (Republican) 56.3% Democratic Party (US) Charles Rooney (Democratic) 41.7% Prohibition Party (US) David C. White (Prohibition) 1.8% Socialist Party (US) W.W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.22%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173455 KS Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 MaineFrederick G. Payne 1948Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Burton M. Cross (Republican) 51.7% Democratic Party (US) James C. Oliver (Democratic) 33.2% Independent Republican (US) Neil S. Bishop (Ind. Rep.) 14.4% Independent Henry W. Boyker (Independent) 0.66%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174307 ME Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 MassachusettsPaul A. Dever 1948Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Christian Herter (Republican) 49.91% Democratic Party (US) Paul A. Dever (Democratic) 49.29% Independent Florence H. Luscomb (Peace Progressive) 0.32% Socialist Labor Party (US)Larence Gilfedder (Socialist Labor) 0.26% Prohibition Party (US)Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.22%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174320 MA Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 MichiganG. Mennen Williams 1948Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) G. Mennen Williams (Democratic) 49.96% Republican Party (US) Frederick M. Alger Jr. (Republican) 49.66% Prohibition Party (US)E. Harold Munn (Prohibition) 0.31% Socialist Labor Party (US)Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor) 0.04% Socialist Workers Party (US)Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers) 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=111101 MI Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 MinnesotaC. Elmer Anderson 1951Anderson became governor in 1951 when predecessor (Luther Youngdahl) resigned.Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) C. Elmer Anderson (Republican) 55.3% Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Orville Freeman (DFL) 44.0% Progressive Party (US) Martin Frederickson (Progressive) 0.4% Socialist Labor Party (US) Eldrid H. Bauers (Socialist Labor) 0.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55835 MN Governor, 1950 Our Campaigns 27 February 2019 MissouriForrest Smith 1948 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Phil M. Donnelly (Democratic) 52.6% Republican Party (US) Howard Elliott (Republican) 47.4% Progressive Party (US) Howard Edsell (Progressive) 0.05% Socialist Party (US) Maurice R. Wheeler (Socialist) 0.02% Christian Nationalist Party (US) Don Lohbeck (Christian Nationalist) 0.01% Socialist Labor Party (US) Clara Hayes (Socialist Labor) 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174330 MO Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 MontanaJohn W. Bonner 1948Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) J. Hugo Aronson (Republican) 51.0% Democratic Party (US) John W. Bonner (Democratic) 49.0%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173714 MT Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 NebraskaVal Peterson 1946Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Robert B. Crosby (Republican) 61.4% Democratic Party (US) Walter R. Raecke (Democratic) 38.6%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173687 NE Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 New HampshireSherman Adams 1948Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Hugh Gregg (Republican) 63.2% Democratic Party (US) William H. Craig (Democratic) 36.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174344 NH Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 New MexicoEdwin L. Mechem1950Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Edwin L. Mechem (Republican) 53.8% Democratic Party (US) Everett Grantham (Democratic) 46.2%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173705 NM Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 North CarolinaW. Kerr Scott 1948 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) William B. Umstead (Democratic) 67.5% Republican Party (US) Herbert F. Seawell Jr. (Republican) 32.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=133635 NC Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 North DakotaNorman Brunsdale 1950Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Norman Brunsdale (Republican) 78.7% Democratic Party (US) Ole C. Johnson (Democratic) 21.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173567 ND Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 OhioFrank Lausche 19441946 (lost)1948Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Frank Lausche (Democratic) 55.9% Republican Party (US) Charles Phelps Taft II (Republican) 44.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27757 OH Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 Rhode IslandDennis J. Roberts 1950Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Dennis J. Roberts (Democratic) 52.6% Republican Party (US) Raoul Archambault Jr. (Republican) 47.4%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261854 RI Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 South DakotaSigurd Anderson 1950Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Sigurd Anderson (Republican) 70.2% Democratic Party (US) Sherman A. Iverson (Democratic) 29.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173680 SD Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 TennesseeGordon Browning 1948Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Frank G. Clement (Democratic) 79.4% Republican Party (US) R. Beecher Witt (Republican) 20.6%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261859 TN Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 TexasAllan Shivers 1949Shivers became governor in 1949 when predecessor (Beauford H. Jester) died.Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Allan Shivers (Democratic) 98.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173698 TX Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 UtahJ. Bracken Lee 1948Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) J. Bracken Lee (Republican) 55.1% Democratic Party (US) Earl J. Glade (Democratic) 44.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=171533 UT Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 VermontLee E. Emerson 1950Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Lee E. Emerson (Republican) 52.0% Democratic Party (US) Robert W. Larrow (Democratic) 39.8% Independent Henry D. Vail (write-in) (Independent) 8.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144184 VT Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 WashingtonArthur B. Langlie 1948Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Arthur B. Langlie (Republican) 52.7% Democratic Party (US) Hugh Mitchell (Democratic) 47.4%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58862 WA Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 West VirginiaOkey Patteson 1948 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) William C. Marland (Democratic) 51.5% Republican Party (US) Rush Holt Sr. (Republican) 48.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=171666 WV Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 WisconsinWalter J. Kohler Jr. 1950Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Walter J. Kohler Jr. (Republican) 62.5% Democratic Party (US)William Proxmire (Democratic) 37.3% Independent Michael Essin (Independent Progressive) 0.2%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=171654 WI Governor, 1952 Our Campaigns 14 February 2019 Closest races States where the margin of victory was under 1%: Michigan, 0.30% Massachusetts, 0.62% States where the margin of victory was under 5%: Montana, 1.92% West Virginia, 3.09% Iowa, 4.12% Delaware, 4.22% Illinois, 4.96% States where the margin of victory was under 10%: Missouri, 5.18% Rhode Island, 5.24% Washington, 5.30% New Mexico, 7.52% Red denotes states won by Republicans. Blue denotes states won by Democrats. Notes See also 1952 United States elections 1952 United States presidential election 1952 United States Senate elections 1952 United States House of Representatives elections References 30emcollapsed Category:September 1952 in the United States Category:November 1952 in the United States