1940 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 March 2019 1940 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1939 United States gubernatorial elections 1939 1941 United States gubernatorial elections 1941 Seats up Seats won 34 governorships November 5, 1940;September 9, 1940 (ME) Democratic Party (United States) 30 28 2 19 17 Republican Party (United States) 18 20 2 15 17 324px #94C6DF Democratic hold #0272B1 Democratic gain#F48984 Republican hold #CB001A Republican gain#D3D3D3 No election United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1940, in 34 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 5, 1940. Elections took place on September 9 in Maine. This was the last time Georgia elected its governors to 2-year terms, as it switched to 4-years terms from the 1942 election. Race summary StateGovernorPartyFirstelectedStatusCandidates ArizonaRobert Taylor Jones 1938 Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Sidney Preston Osborn (Democratic) 65.5% Republican Party (US)Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 33.8% Prohibition Party (US)Charles R. Osburn (Prohibition) 0.7%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261760 AZ Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 ArkansasCarl E. Bailey 1936 Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Homer Adkins (Democratic) 91.4% Republican Party (US)H.C. Stump (Republican) 8.2% IndependentWalter S. McNutt (Independent) 0.4%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261896 AR Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 ColoradoRalph Lawrence Carr 1938Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Ralph Lawrence Carr (Republican) 54.4% Democratic Party (US)George E. Saunders (Democratic) 45.0% Socialist Party (US)Carle Whitehead (Socialist) 0.4% Prohibition Party (US)Laurence W. Cofman (Prohibition) 0.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261900 CO Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 ConnecticutRaymond E. Baldwin 1938 Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) Robert A. Hurley (Democratic) 49.5% Republican Party (US)Raymond E. Baldwin (Republican) 47.8% Socialist Party (US)Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 2.3% Socialist Labor Party (US)Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.2% Communist Party (US)Michael A. Russo (Communist) 0.2%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=123339 CT Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 DelawareRichard McMullen 1936 Incumbent won renomination, then retired.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Walter W. Bacon (Republican) 52.4% Democratic Party (US)Josiah Marvel Jr. (Democratic) 45.4% IndependentIvan Culbertson (Liberal Democrat) 2.2%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261999 DE Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 FloridaFred P. Cone 1936 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Primary runoff: Democratic Party (US) Spessard Holland (Democratic) 56.95% Democratic Party (US) Francis P. Whitehair (Democratic) 43.05% https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=384805 FL Governor, 1940 – D Runoff Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 General election: Democratic Party (US) Spessard Holland (Democratic) 100.0%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131885 FL Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 GeorgiaEurith D. Rivers 1936 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Primary election: Democratic Party (US) Eugene Talmadge (Democratic) 51.58% Democratic Party (US) Columbus Roberts (Democratic) 35.95% Democratic Party (US) Hosea Abit Nix (Democratic) 12.47%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=377398 GA Governor, 1940 – D Primary Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 General election: Democratic Party (US) Eugene Talmadge (Democratic) 99.6% Prohibition Party (US) J. L. R. Boyd (Prohibition) 0.3% IndependentJoe Wallace (Independent) 0.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261913 GA Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 IdahoC. A. Bottolfsen 1938 Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) Chase A. Clark (Democratic) 50.48% Republican Party (US) C. A. Bottolfsen (Republican) 49.52%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261918 ID Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 IllinoisJohn Henry Stelle 1940Stelle became governor on October 6, 1940, after predecessor (Henry Horner) died. Incumbent retired.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Dwight H. Green (Republican) 53.0% Democratic Party (US) Harry Hershey (Democratic) 46.7% Socialist Party (US)Arthur McDowell (Socialist) 0.18% Prohibition Party (US)Clay Freeman Gaumer (Prohibition) 0.16%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=121512 IL Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 IndianaM. Clifford Townsend 1936 Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Henry F. Schricker (Democratic) 49.92% Republican Party (US) Glenn R. Hillis (Republican) 49.69% Socialist Party (US) Mary Donovan Hapgood (Socialist) 0.27% Prohibition Party (US) Omer S. Whiteman (Prohibition) 0.08% Socialist Labor Party (US)Herman Barcus Barefield (Socialist Labor) 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262001 IN Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 IowaGeorge A. Wilson 1938Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) George A. Wilson (Republican) 52.7% Democratic Party (US) John Valentine (Democratic) 47.1% Prohibition Party (US)M. M. Heptonstall (Prohibition) 0.1% Communist Party (US) Charles Speck (Communist) 0.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262003 IA Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 KansasPayne Ratner 1938Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Payne Ratner (Republican) 49.63% Democratic Party (US) William H. Burke (Democratic) 49.58% Prohibition Party (US) David C. White (Prohibition) 0.61% Socialist Party (US)Ida A. Beloof (Socialist) 0.19%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262006 KS Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 MaineLewis O. Barrows 1936 Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Sumner Sewall (Republican) 63.8% Democratic Party (US) Fulton J. Redman (Democratic) 36.1% Communist Party (US)Helen Knudsen (Communist) 0.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262013 ME Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 MassachusettsLeverett Saltonstall 1938Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Leverett Saltonstall (Republican) 49.74% Democratic Party (US) Paul A. Dever (Democratic) 49.46% Communist Party (US)Otis Archer Hood (Communist) 0.28% Socialist Party (US)Jeffrey W. Campbell (Socialist) 0.23% Socialist Labor Party (US)Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.17% Prohibition Party (US)E. Tallmadge Root (Prohibition) 0.12%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262019 MA Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 MichiganLuren Dickinson 1938 Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) Murray Van Wagoner (Democratic) 53.1% Republican Party (US) Luren Dickinson (Republican) 46.6% Socialist Party (US)Seth Whitmore (Socialist) 0.2% Communist Party (US)Philip Raymond (Communist) 0.12% Socialist Labor Party (US)Ralph Naylor (Socialist Labor) 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=114901 MI Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 MinnesotaHarold Stassen 1938Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Harold Stassen (Republican) 52.1% Farmer-Labor Party Hjalmar Petersen (Farmer-Labor) 36.6% Democratic Party (US) Edward Murphy (Democratic) 11.1% Industrial Party (US)John William Castle (Industrial) 0.25%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=46778 MN Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 MissouriLloyd C. Stark 1936 Incumbent term-limited.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Forrest C. Donnell (Republican) 50.05% Democratic Party (US) Larry McDaniel (Democratic) 49.85% Socialist Party (US)Jed A. High (Socialist) 0.09% Socialist Labor Party (US)William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262031 MO Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 MontanaRoy E. Ayers 1936 Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Sam C. Ford (Republican) 50.67% Democratic Party (US) Roy E. Ayers (Democratic) 48.64% Communist Party (US)Arvo Fredrickson (Communist) 0.7%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262036 MT Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 NebraskaRobert Leroy Cochran 1934 Incumbent retired.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Dwight Griswold (Republican) 60.9% Democratic Party (US) Terry Carpenter (Democratic) 39.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262041 NE Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 New HampshireFrancis P. Murphy 1936 Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Robert O. Blood (Republican) 50.7% Democratic Party (US) F. Clyde Keefe (Democratic) 49.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262046 NH Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 New JerseyA. Harry Moore 19251928 (term-limited)19311934 (term-limited)1937 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Charles Edison (Democratic) 51.4% Republican Party (US) Robert C. Hendrickson (Republican) 48.0% Socialist Party (US)Marion Douglas (Socialist) 0.4% Communist Party (US)Manuel Cantor (Communist) 0.1% Socialist Labor Party (US)John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.1% Prohibition Party (US)Elmo L. Bateman (Prohibition) 0.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262044 NJ Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 New MexicoJohn E. Miles 1938Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) John E. Miles (Democratic) 55.6% Republican Party (US) Maurice Miera (Republican) 44.4%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262038 NM Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 North CarolinaClyde R. Hoey 1936 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) J. Melville Broughton (Democratic) 75.7% Republican Party (US) Robert H. McNeill (Republican) 24.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=133638 NC Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 North DakotaJohn Moses North Dakota politician 1938Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) John Moses (Democratic) 63.1% Republican Party (US) Jack A. Patterson (Republican) 36.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262033 ND Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 OhioJohn W. Bricker 1938Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) John W. Bricker (Republican) 55.6% Democratic Party (US) Martin L. Davey (Democratic) 45.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27767 OH Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 Rhode IslandWilliam Henry Vanderbilt III 1938 Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) J. Howard McGrath (Democratic) 55.8% Republican Party (US) William Henry Vanderbilt III (Republican) 44.1% Communist Party (US)Wilfred J. Boissy (Communist) 0.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261926 RI Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 South DakotaHarlan J. Bushfield 1938Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Harlan J. Bushfield (Republican) 55.1% Democratic Party (US) Lewis W. Bicknell (Democratic) 44.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262016 SD Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 TennesseePrentice Cooper 1938Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Prentice Cooper (Democratic) 72.1% Republican Party (US) C. Arthur Bruce (Republican) 27.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261903 TN Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 TexasW. Lee O'Daniel 1938Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) W. Lee O'Daniel (Democratic) 94.4% Republican Party (US) George C. Hopkins (Republican) 5.6% Communist Party (US)Ben H. Lauderdale (Communist) 0.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261907 TX Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 UtahHenry H. Blood 1932 Incumbent retired.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) Herbert B. Maw (Democratic) 52.1% Republican Party (US) Don B. Colton (Republican) 47.7% IndependentAda Williams Quinn (Independent) 0.24%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222984 UT Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 VermontGeorge Aiken 1936 Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) William Henry Wills (Republican) 64.0% Democratic Party (US) John McGrath (Democratic) 36.0%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144178 VT Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 WashingtonClarence D. Martin 1932 Incumbent lost renomination.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Arthur B. Langlie (Republican) 50.24% Democratic Party (US) Clarence Dill (Democratic) 49.49% Communist Party (US)John Brockway (Communist) 0.21% Socialist Labor Party (US)P. J. Ater (Socialist Labor) 0.06%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58911 WA Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 West VirginiaHomer A. Holt 1936 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Matthew M. Neely (Democratic) 56.4% Republican Party (US) Daniel Boone Dawson (Republican) 43.6%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261908 WV Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 WisconsinJulius P. Heil 1938Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Julius P. Heil (Republican) 40.67% Progressive Party (US) Orland Steen Loomis (Progressive) 39.78% Democratic Party (US)Francis E. McGovern (Democratic) 19.29% Communist Party (US)Fred B. Blair (Communist) 0.17% Socialist Labor Party (US)Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) 0.08%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261912 WI Governor, 1940 Our Campaigns 14 March 2019 Closest races States where the margin of victory was under 1%: Kansas, 0.05% Missouri, 0.20% Indiana, 0.23% Massachusetts, 0.28% Washington, 0.75% Wisconsin, 0.89% Idaho, 0.96% States where the margin of victory was under 5%: New Hampshire, 1.48% Connecticut, 1.76% Montana, 2.03% New Jersey, 3.34% Utah, 4.38% States where the margin of victory was under 10%: Iowa, 5.6% Illinois, 6.3% Michigan, 6.5% Delaware, 7.0% Colorado, 9.4% Red denotes states won by Republicans. Blue denotes states won by Democrats. Notes See also 1940 United States elections 1940 United States presidential election 1940 United States Senate elections 1940 United States House of Representatives elections References 30em Category:September 1940 in the United States Category:November 1940 in the United States