1930 Georgia gubernatorial election

none related races 1930 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1930 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff Georgia (U.S. state) 1920 Presidential no 1928 Georgia gubernatorial election 1928 1932 Georgia gubernatorial election 1932 October 1, 1930 x150px Richard Russell Jr. 330 Democratic Party (United States) 99,505 67.85% x120px George H. Carswell 84 Democratic Party (United States) 47,157 32.15% File:1930 Georgia gubernatorial Democratic primary election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsRussell: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d056c >90%Carswell: #d3bc5f 50–60% #c8ab37 60–70% #a0892c 70–80% #786721 80–90% Governor Lamartine Griffin Hardman Democratic Party (United States) Richard Russell Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 410 county unit votes 206 unit The 1930 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1930, in order to elect the governor of Georgia. Incumbent Democratic governor Lamartine Griffin Hardman was term-limited, and ineligible to run for a third term. As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran unopposed in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election. Democratic primary The Democratic primary election was held on September 9, 1930. As no candidate won a majority of county unit votes, a run-off was held between the top two candidates on October 1, 1930. County unit system From 1917 until 1962, the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Georgia used a voting system called the county unit system to determine victors in statewide primary elections.http://www.georgiacca.com/unit.cfm County Unit System Georgia County Clerks Association 8 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20080531162547/http://www.georgiacca.com/unit.cfm 31 May 2008 dead The system was ostensibly designed to function similarly to the Electoral College, but in practice the large ratio of unit votes for small, rural counties to unit votes for more populous urban areas provided outsized political influence to the smaller counties.http://testaae.greenwood.com/doc_print.aspx?fileID=GR4181&chapterID=GR4181-6373&path=encyclopedias/greenwood Eugene Talmadge The Jim Crow Encyclopedia The African American Experience 12 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150123030046/http://testaae.greenwood.com/doc_print.aspx?fileID=GR4181&chapterID=GR4181-6373&path=encyclopedias%2Fgreenwood 23 January 2015 dead http://rbrl.blogspot.com/2011/10/county-unit-system-eh.html County Unit System, eh? 6 October 2011 Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies 8 June 2020 Under the county unit system, the 159 counties in Georgia were divided by population into three categories. The largest eight counties were classified as "Urban", the next-largest 30 counties were classified as "Town", and the remaining 121 counties were classified as "Rural". Urban counties were given 6 unit votes, Town counties were given 4 unit votes, and Rural counties were given 2 unit votes, for a total of 410 available unit votes. Each county's unit votes were awarded on a winner-take-all basis. Candidates were required to obtain a majority of unit votes (not necessarily a majority of the popular vote), or 206 total unit votes, to win the election. If no candidate received a majority in the initial primary, a runoff election was held between the top two candidates to determine a winner.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/county-unit-system County Unit System Buchanan Scott 13 June 2017 New Georgia Encyclopedia 8 June 2020 Candidates George H. Carswell, incumbent Secretary of State of GeorgiaFite Gilbert C. Gilbert Fite Richard B. Russell Jr, Senator from Georgia https://books.google.com/books?id=zMI1O290OtQC&pg=PA65 Chapel Hill, NC University of North Carolina Press 65–66 1991 0-8078-5465-4 Harris named for third term https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1930-09-11/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1930&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Carswell+Perry+River+Rivers+Russell&proxdistance=5&date2=1930&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=russell+rivers+carswell+perry&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Evening Star Washington, D.C. 11 September 1930 A-4 12 June 2020 John N. Holder, former chairman of the State Highway Commission History of Highway Construction in the State of Georgia and of the State Highway Board, 1916-1939 http://www.dot.ga.gov/AboutGeorgia/CentennialHome/Documents/Historical%20Documents/History%20of%20Highway%20Construction%20in%20the%20State%20of%20Georgia%20and%20of%20the%20State%20Highway%20Board%201916-1939.pdf Prepared by Division of Highway Planning of the State Highway Board of Georgia 16 1939 James A. Perry, chairman of the Georgia Public Service Commission Eurith D. Rivers, former state senator and unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination in the 1928 Georgia gubernatorial election Richard Russell Jr., Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives Results Democratic primary Popular vote County unit vote Richard Russell Jr. 56177 132 George H. Carswell 51851 126 Eurith D. Rivers 47121 88 John N. Holder 44318 68 James A. Perry 6594 Congressional Quarterly 1998 107https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=385413 GA Governor, 1930 - D Primary Our Campaigns 12 June 2020Georgia Register 1931 642-647 Democratic primary runoff Popular vote County unit vote Richard Russell Jr. 99505 330 George H. Carswell 47157 84 Congressional Quarterly 1998 107https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=385414 GA Governor, 1930 - D Runoff Our Campaigns 12 June 2020Georgia Register 1931 696-698 General election In the general election, Russell ran unopposed. Results 1930 Georgia gubernatorial electionCongressional Quarterly 1998 48https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262941 GA Governor, 1930 Our Campaigns 12 June 2020Glashan 1979 68-69Dubin 2013 14 Democratic Party (United States) Richard Russell Jr. 56,462 100.00% 56,462 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) References Bibliography Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books 1979 0-930466-17-9 Dubin Michael J. Annual Summary United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1912-1931: The Official Results by State and County 2013 McFarland & Company, Inc. Jefferson, NC 9781476601007 https://books.google.com/books?id=8DfgSd-GipkC&pg=PP1 Compiled by Ruth Blair, State Historian and Director 1931 Georgia's Official Register, 1931 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1931.pdf Atlanta, GA State of Georgia, Department of Archives and History Georgia Register 1931 1930 Georgia Gubernatorial Category:November 1930 in the United States Category:Single-candidate gubernatorial elections in Georgia