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1932 Indiana gubernatorial election Indiana presidential no 1928 Indiana gubernatorial election 1928 1936 Indiana gubernatorial election 1936 November 8, 1932 Mcnutt.jpg Paul V. McNutt Democratic Party (United States) 862,127 55.02% RaymondSpringer.jpg Raymond S. Springer Republican Party (United States) 669,797 42.75% 1932 Indiana gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County resultsMcNutt: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Springer: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% Governor Harry G. Leslie Republican Party (United States) Paul V. McNutt Democratic Party (United States)
The 1932 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932, to elect the Governor of Indiana. Democratic nominee Paul V. McNutt defeated Republican nominee Raymond S. Springer, receiving 55.02% of the vote to Springer's 42.75%.Dubin Michael J. https://books.google.com/books?id=PCUXAwAAQBAJ United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1932-1952: The Official Results by State and County 2014-03-31 McFarland 978-0-7864-7034-1 en
McNutt won by 192,330 votes, a margin of 12.27 percentage points, and the election resulted in a Democratic gain from the Republicans. He took office on January 9, 1933, succeeding Republican governor Harry G. Leslie, and became the first Democratic governor of Indiana since Samuel M. Ralston.Paul Vories McNutt
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Indiana Governor History
Indiana Historical Bureau
October 5, 2026
General election
Candidates
Major-party candidates
Paul V. McNutt, Democratic, chairman of the Indiana Democratic Party
Raymond S. Springer, Republican, former judge of Indiana's 37th Judicial Circuit Court
Other candidates
Powers Hapgood, Socialist
F. W. Lough, Prohibition
Ward B. Hiner, National
Theodore Luesse, Communist
Charley Lynch, Socialist Labor
Results
1932 Indiana gubernatorial election
Democratic Party (United States) Paul V. McNutt 862,127 55.02%
Republican Party (United States) Raymond S. Springer 669,797 42.75%
Socialist Party of America Powers Hapgood 18,735 1.20%
Prohibition Party F. W. Lough 9,273 0.59%
National Greenback Party Ward B. Hiner 3,052 0.20%
Communist Party USA Theodore Luesse 2,129 0.14%
Socialist Labor Party of America Charley Lynch 1,796 0.12%
1,566,909 100.00%
192,330 12.27%
Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States)
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