1948 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1948 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1947 United States gubernatorial elections 1947 1949 United States gubernatorial elections 1949 Seats up Seats won 33 governorshipsIncluding special elections in Georgia and Oregon. November 2, 1948;September 13, 1948 (ME) Democratic Party (United States) 24 30 6 14 20 Republican Party (United States) 24 18 6 19 13 324px #94C6DF Democratic hold #0272B1 Democratic gain#F48984 Republican hold #CB001A Republican gain#D3D3D3 No election United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1948, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 2, 1948. Elections took place on September 13 in Maine. This was the last time Connecticut elected its governors to 2-year terms, switching to 4-year terms from the 1950 election. Race summary StateGovernorPartyFirstelectedStatusCandidates ArizonaDan Edward Garvey 1948Garvey became governor on May 25, 1948, after predecessor (Sidney Preston Osborn died.)Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Dan Edward Garvey (Democratic) 59.2% Republican Party (US) Bruce Brockett (Republican) 40.1% Prohibition Party (US) Ernest Fohle (Prohibition) 0.8%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173720 AZ Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 ArkansasBenjamin T. Laney 1944Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Sid McMath (Democratic) 89.4% Republican Party (US) Charles R. Black (Republican) 10.7%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=189737 AR Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 ColoradoWilliam Lee Knous 1946Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) William Lee Knous (Democratic) 66.3% Republican Party (US) David A. Hamil (Republican) 33.7%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173710 CO Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 ConnecticutJames C. Shannon 1948Shannon became governor on March 7, 1948, after predecessor (James L. McConaughy) died. Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) Chester Bowles (Democratic) 49.31% Republican Party (US) James C. Shannon (Republican) 49.00% Socialist Party (US) Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.45% Socialist Labor Party (US) Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.16% Socialist Workers Party (US) Morris Chertov (Socialist Workers) 0.09%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=123336 CT Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 DelawareWalter W. Bacon 1940Incumbent term-limited.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) Elbert N. Carvel (Democratic) 53.7% Republican Party (US)Hyland P. George (Republican) 46.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174214 DE Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 FloridaMillard Caldwell 1944 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Fuller Warren (Democratic) 83.4% Republican Party (US) Bert L. Acker (Republican) 16.6%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131883 FL Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 Georgia(special election)Melvin E. Thompson 1947Thompson became governor in 1947 after the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that as the newly elected lieutenant governor, Thompson was the legitimate successor following the death of governor-elect Eugene Talmadge. Due to vagueness in the Georgia State Constitution, outgoing governor Ellis Arnall continued to be governor until the Supreme Court ruled him invalid. Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Herman Talmadge (Democratic) 97.5% Independent Morgan Blake (Independent) 2.2% Independent James Barfoot (Independent) 0.18% Independent Melvin E. Thompson (Independent) 0.09%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261917 GA Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 IllinoisDwight H. Green 1940Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) Adlai Stevenson II (Democratic) 57.1% Republican Party (US) Dwight H. Green (Republican) 42.6% Prohibition Party (US) Willis R. Wilson (Prohibition) 0.24% Socialist Labor Party (US) Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) 0.07%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=121510 IL Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 IndianaRalph F. Gates 1944 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) Henry F. Schricker (Democratic) 53.6% Republican Party (US) Hobart Creighton (Republican) 45.1% Prohibition Party (US) Clinton W. Speicher (Prohibition) 0.8% Progressive Party (US) Walter Frisbie (Progressive) 0.4% Socialist Party (US) William Rabe (Socialist) 0.1% Socialist Labor Party (US) Martin Ginsberg (Socialist Labor) 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174231 IN Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 IowaRobert D. Blue1944Incumbent lost renomination.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) William S. Beardsley (Republican) 55.7% Democratic Party (US) Carroll O. Switzer (Democratic) 43.7% Progressive Party (US) C.E. Bierderman (Progressive) 0.36% Prohibition Party (US)Marvin Galbreath (Prohibition) 0.25% Socialist Party (US) William F. Leonard (Socialist) 0.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174234 IA Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 KansasFrank Carlson 1946Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Frank Carlson (Republican) 57.0% Democratic Party (US) Randolph Carpenter (Democratic) 40.4% Prohibition Party (US) N.W. Nice (Prohibition) 2.2% Socialist Party (US) W.W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173457 KS Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 MaineHorace Hildreth 1944Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Frederick G. Payne (Republican) 65.6% Democratic Party (US) Louis Lausier (Democratic) 34.4%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174305 ME Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 MassachusettsRobert F. Bradford 1946Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) Paul A. Dever (Democratic) 59.0% Republican Party (US) Robert F. Bradford (Republican) 40.5% Socialist Labor Party (US)Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.4% Prohibition Party (US)Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition) 0.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174318 MA Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 MichiganKim Sigler 1946 Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) G. Mennen Williams (Democratic) 53.4% Republican Party (US) Kim Sigler (Republican) 45.7% Prohibition Party (US)Gordon Phillips (Prohibition) 0.7% Socialist Party (US)Emanuel Seidler (Socialist) 0.1% Socialist Labor Party (US)Arthur Chenoweth (Socialist Labor) 0.07% Socialist Workers Party (US)Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers) 0.04https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=114347 MI Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 MinnesotaLuther Youngdahl 1946Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Luther Youngdahl (Republican) 53.2% Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Charles Halsted (DFL) 45.1% Prohibition Party (US)Orville E. Olson (Prohibition) 1.2% Socialist Labor Party (US)Rudolph Gustafson (Socialist Labor) 0.6%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55834 MN Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 MissouriPhil M. Donnelly 1944 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Forrest Smith (Democratic) 57.0% Republican Party (US) Murray Thompson (Republican) 42.8% Progressive Party (US) Robert B. Logsdon (Progressive) 0.18% Socialist Party (US) Ralph E. Gipe (Socialist) 0.07% Socialist Labor Party (US) Henry W. Genck (Socialist Labor) 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174329 MO Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 MontanaSam C. Ford 1940Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) John W. Bonner (Democratic) 55.7% Republican Party (US) Sam C. Ford (Republican) 43.9% Socialist Party (US)Leverne Hamilton (Socialist) 0.4%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173713 MT Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 NebraskaVal Peterson 1946Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Val Peterson (Republican) 60.1% Democratic Party (US) Frank Sorrell (Democratic) 39.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173685 NE Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 New HampshireCharles M. Dale 1944Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Sherman Adams (Republican) 52.2% Democratic Party (US) Herbert W. Hill (Democratic) 47.3% Progressive Party (US) Irma J. Otto (Progressive) 0.5% New MexicoThomas J. Mabry1946Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Thomas J. Mabry (Democratic) 54.7% Republican Party (US) Manuel Lujan Sr. (Republican) 45.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173703 NM Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 North CarolinaR. Gregg Cherry 1944 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) W. Kerr Scott (Democratic) 73.2% Republican Party (US) George M. Pritchard (Republican) 26.4% Progressive Party (US) Mary Price (Progressive) 0.4%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=133636 NC Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 North DakotaFred G. Aandahl 1944Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Fred G. Aandahl (Republican) 61.3% Democratic Party (US) Howard I. Henry (Democratic) 37.5% Progressive Party (US) H.A. Porter (Progressive) 0.9% Socialist Party (US) George Lund (Socialist) 0.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173565 ND Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 OhioThomas J. Herbert 1946Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) Frank Lausche (Democratic) 53.7% Republican Party (US) Thomas J. Herbert (Republican) 46.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27760 OH Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 Oregon(special election)John Hubert Hall 1947Hall became governor after predecessor (Earl Snell), Senate president Marshall E. Cornett, and secretary of state Robert S. Farrell Jr. were all killed in a plane crash.Incumbent lost renomination.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Douglas McKay (Republican) 53.2% Democratic Party (US) Lew Wallace (Democratic) 44.5% Independent Wendell E. Barnett (Independent) 2.2%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=48760 OR Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 Rhode IslandJohn Pastore 1945Pastore became governor in 1945 after predecessor (J. Howard McGrath) resigned.Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) John Pastore (Democratic) 61.2% Republican Party (US) Albert P. Ruerat (Republican) 38.4% Progressive Party (US) Clemens J. France (Progressive) 0.4%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261930 RI Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 South DakotaGeorge T. Mickelson 1946Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) George T. Mickelson (Republican) 61.1% Democratic Party (US) Harold J. Volz (Democratic) 38.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173678 SD Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 TennesseeJim Nance McCord 1944Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Gordon Browning (Democratic) 66.9% Republican Party (US) Roy Acuff (Republican) 33.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=52532 TN Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 TexasBeauford H. Jester 1946Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Beauford H. Jester (Democratic) 84.7% Republican Party (US) Alvin H. Lane (Republican) 14.7% Progressive Party (US) Herman Wright (Progressive) 0.3% Prohibition Party (US) Gerard Overholt (Prohibition) 0.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173696 TX Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 UtahHerbert B. Maw 1940Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) J. Bracken Lee (Republican) 55.0% Democratic Party (US)Herbert B. Maw (Democratic) 45.0%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=171532 UT Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 VermontErnest W. Gibson Jr. 1946Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (Republican) 71.9% Democratic Party (US) Charles F. Ryan (Democratic) 28.0%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144182 VT Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 WashingtonMonrad Wallgren 1944 Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Arthur B. Langlie (Republican) 50.5% Democratic Party (US) Monrad Wallgren (Democratic) 47.2% Progressive Party (US) Russell H. Fluent (Progressive) 2.2% Socialist Labor Party (US)Henry Killman (Socialist Labor) 0.09% Socialist Workers Party (US)Daniel Roberts (Socialist Workers) 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58869 WA Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 West VirginiaClarence W. Meadows 1944 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Okey Patteson (Democratic) 57.1% Republican Party (US) Herbert Stephenson Boreman (Republican) 42.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=171663 WV Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 WisconsinOscar Rennebohm 1947Rennebohm became governor in 1947 after predecessor (Walter Samuel Goodland died.Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Oscar Rennebohm (Republican) 54.1% Democratic Party (US)Carl W. Thompson (Democratic) 44.1% Progressive Party (US)Henry J. Berquist (Progressive) 1.0% Socialist Party (US)Walter H. Uphoff (Socialist) 0.7% Socialist Workers Party (US)James E. Boulton (Socialist Workers) 0.03% Socialist Labor Party (US)Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor) 0.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=171639 WI Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 28 February 2019 Closest races States where the margin of victory was under 5%: Connecticut, 0.31% Washington, 3.28% New Hampshire, 4.94% States where the margin of victory was under 10%: Ohio, 7.33% Delaware, 7.38% Michigan, 7.75% Minnesota, 8.08% Indiana, 8.42% Oregon, 8.70% New Mexico, 9.44% Utah, 9.98% Wisconsin, 9.98% Red denotes states won by Republicans. Blue denotes states won by Democrats. See also 1948 United States elections 1948 United States presidential election 1948 United States Senate elections 1948 United States House of Representatives elections Notes References 30em Category:September 1948 in the United States Category:November 1948 in the United States