1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election Pennsylvania presidential 1934 11 6 no 1930 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1930 1938 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1938 File:GeorgeHEarle.jpg 150x150px George Earle Democratic Party (United States) 1,476,377 50.04% File:William A. Schnader, 1886-1968.jpg Republican Party (United States) William A. Schnader 1,410,138 47.80% 1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 260px County results Earle: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Schnader: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Governor Gifford Pinchot Republican Party (United States) George Earle Democratic Party (United States) The 1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican governor Gifford Pinchot was not a candidate for re-election. The Democratic candidate, George Howard Earle III, defeated Republican candidate William A. Schnader to become Governor of Pennsylvania. This was the first Pennsylvania gubernatorial election won by the Democratic Party since 1890. Background Election eve was marred by the Kelayres massacre, in which a local, small-town, Republican boss and his family fired pistols, rifles and shotguns during a Democratic rally and parade, killing three, and leaving at least a dozen more seriously wounded. News of the attack was reported across the nation with front-page headlines. In Pennsylvania, the attack was strongly politicized in Democratic newspapers and on the radio. There were numerous reports of Republicans voting Democratic due to the attack. Schnader, as incumbent Attorney General, was forced to comment on the attack in strong terms, and to the end of his life, believed the attack cost him the election.The New Deal Comes to Pennsylvania: The Gubernatorial Election of 1934 Pennsylvania History Edwin B. Bronner January 1960 XXVII 1 44–68 27769931 Democratic primary Candidates Eugene C. Bonniwell, nominee for governor in 1926 and 1918 Charles D. Copeland, judge of Westmoreland County, PennsylvaniaCharles D. Copeland; Pennsylvania Jurist Opponent of Earle for Nomination https://www.nytimes.com/1937/10/28/archives/charles-d-copeland-pennsylvania-jurist-opponent-of-earle-for.html 25 October 2025 The New York Times October 28, 1937 George Howard Earle III, U.S. Minister to Austria William N. McNair, Mayor of Pittsburgh John A. McSparran, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture and nominee for governor in 1922Ran for the Republican Party nomination simultaneously Results thumb|Democratic primary results #7996E2 Earle #BDD3FF 30%–40% #A5B0FF 40%–50% #7996E2 50%–60% #6674DE 60%–70% #584CDE 70%–80% #3933E5 80%–90% #51C2C2 Copeland #ACF2F2 30%–40% #51C2C2 50%–60% #2AACAC 60%–70% |center Pennsylvania gubernatorial Democratic primary election, 1934The Pennsylvania Manual Pennsylvania Bureau of Publications 1935 Harrisburg 414–415 en Democratic Party (United States) George Howard Earle III 346,495 60.68 Democratic Party (United States) Charles D. Copeland 93,355 16.35 Democratic Party (United States) Eugene C. Bonniwell 59,524 10.42 Democratic Party (United States) William N. McNair 39,451 6.91 Democratic Party (United States) John A. McSparran 30,919 5.41 1,323 0.23 571,067 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Charles Avery Dravo Benjamin G. Eynon Tilghman E. Hauseman Louis G. Karzis Robert E. Lamberton Charles J. Margiotti, lawyer from Punxsutawney Harry S. McDevitt, judge of the court of common pleas of Philadelphia John A. McSparran, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture and Democratic nominee for governor in 1922Ran for the Democratic Party nomination simultaneously Albert S. C. Millar Marion D. Patterson, judge of the court of common pleas of Blair County (withdrew on April 25 and endorsed Shannon)Townley John B. Patterson Quits Governor Race, Backs Shannon https://books.google.com/books?id=zEwbAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA44&dq 3 November 2025 The Pittsburgh Press April 25, 1934 Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr., former U.S. Representative from Butler County and candidate for governor in 1926 and 1930 William A. Schnader, Pennsylvania Attorney General Jay Williams Sechler Edward C. Shannon, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Edward L. Stokes, U.S. Representative from Philadelphia George Austin Welsh, U.S. District Court judge and former U.S. Representative from Philadelphia Results thumb|Republican primary results #E27F7F Schnader #FFE0EA 20%–30% #FFC8CD 30%–40% #FFB2B2 40%–50% #E27F7F 50%–60% #D75D5D 60%–70% #D72F30 70%–80% #FFB380 Shannon #FEEFDF 20%–30% #FEE5D5 30%–40% #FFCCAA 40%–50% #FFB380 50%–60% #51C2C2 Margiotti #D0F9F9 20%–30% #ACF2F2 30%–40% #51C2C2 50%–60% #C88FE4 Phillips #DCB7EF 40%–50% #C88FE4 50%–60% #7996E2 McSparran #DFEEFF 20%–30% |center Pennsylvania gubernatorial Republican primary election, 1934 Republican Party (United States) William A. Schnader 564,547 46.21 Republican Party (United States) Edward C. Shannon 225,030 18.42 Republican Party (United States) Charles J. Margiotti 198,323 16.23 Republican Party (United States) Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr. 62,422 5.11 Republican Party (United States) John A. McSparran 58,604 4.80 Republican Party (United States) Benjamin G. Eynon 26,056 2.13 Republican Party (United States) Harry S. McDevitt 17,386 1.42 Republican Party (United States) Jay Williams Sechler 14,757 1.21 Republican Party (United States) Louis G. Karzis 10,921 0.89 Republican Party (United States) George Austin Welsh 10,114 0.83 Republican Party (United States) Marion D. Patterson 9,096 0.74 Republican Party (United States) Robert E. Lamberton 8,655 0.71 Republican Party (United States) Albert S. C. Millar 6,904 0.57 Republican Party (United States) Edward L. Stokes 3,577 0.29 Republican Party (United States) Tilghman E. Hauseman 2,612 0.21 Republican Party (United States) Charles Avery Dravo 1,959 0.16 627 0.05 1,221,590 100.00 General election Candidates Herbert T. Ames, former mayor of Williamsport (Prohibition) Emmett Patrick Cush (Communist) Bess Gyekis (Industrial Labor) George Howard Earle III, U.S. Minister to Austria (Democratic) Jesse H. Holmes (Socialist) William A. Schnader, Pennsylvania Attorney General (Republican) Results Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1934Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1934 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/gov/PaGov1934.html Wilkes University 20 December 2012 Democratic Party (United States) George Howard Earle III 1,476,377 50.04 Republican Party (United States) William A. Schnader 1,410,138 47.80 Socialist Party of America Jesse H. Holmes 42,357 1.44 Prohibition Party Herbert T. Ames 13,521 0.46 Communist Party Emmett Patrick Cush 5,584 0.19 Industrial Labor Bess Gyekis 2,272 0.08 N/A Others 47 0.00 2,950,249 100.00% Notes References 1934 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Category:November 1934 in the United States