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1924 United States gubernatorial elections
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1924 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1923 United States gubernatorial elections 1923 1925 United States gubernatorial elections 1925 Seats up Seats won 36 governorshipsIncluding a special election in Wyoming. November 4, 1924;October 7, 1924 (AR)September 8, 1924 (ME) Democratic Party (United States) 26 24 2 16 14 Republican Party (United States) 22Frank E. Lucas (R) succeeded Wyoming Governor William B. Ross (D) upon his death in office in October 1924. 24 2 20 22 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1924, in 36 states (including 1 special election), concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 4, 1924. Elections took place on October 7, 1924, in Arkansas, and September 8, 1924, in Maine.
This was the last time South Carolina elected its governors to two-year terms. It switched to four-years-terms from the 1926 election.
Results
State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Arizona George W. P. Hunt Democratic Re-elected, 50.53% Dwight B. Heard (Republican) 49.47%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=123356 AZ Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Arkansas(held, 7 October 1924) October 8, 1924 Democrats carry in state and county: defeat of all three amendments likely https://newspaperarchive.com/seov2/fayetteville-daily-democrat-oct-08-1924-p-1/ Fayetteville Daily Democrat Fayetteville, Arkansas 1 19 September 2021 October 9, 1924 Democrats win Arkansas race https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/397757191/ The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia 27 19 September 2021 Donavan Timothy P. Gatewood Willard B. Jr. 1981 The Governors of Arkansas https://books.google.com/books?id=bQLvBQEFnZYC&pg=PA161 Fayetteville The University of Arkansas Press 161 0-938626-00-0 Thomas Chipman McRae Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Thomas J. Terral (Democratic) 79.84%John W. Grabiel (Republican) 20.16%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265314 AR Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Colorado William E. Sweet Democratic Defeated, 44.04% Clarence J. Morley (Republican) 51.92%Frank Cass (Farmer Labor) 3.16%William R. Dietrich (Workers) 0.46%Louis E. Leeder (Liberal) 0.41%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264810 CO Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Connecticut Charles A. Templeton Republican Retired, Republican victory Hiram Bingham (Republican) 66.18%Charles G. Morris (Democratic) 31.88%Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.39%Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.35%William Mackenzie (Workers) 0.20%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=123345 CT Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Delaware William D. Denney Republican Retired, Republican victory Robert P. Robinson (Republican) 59.64%Joseph Bancroft (Democratic) 39.16%Frank A. Houck (Progressive) 0.72%Kenneth A. Horner (Independent) 0.47%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266283 DE Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Florida Cary A. Hardee Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory John W. Martin (Democratic) 82.79%William R. O'Neal (Republican) 17.21%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131889 FL Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Georgia Clifford M. Walker Democratic Re-elected, 100.00%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264470 GA Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 (Democratic primary results)Clifford M. Walker 100.00%Primary Election Returns, 1919-1997: Georgia Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 107 1568023960 Idaho Charles C. Moore Republican Re-elected, 43.94% H. F. Samuels (Progressive) 39.02%A. L. Freehafer (Democratic) 16.82%Dennis J. O'Mahoney (Socialist) 0.22%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266208 ID Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Illinois Len Small Republican Re-elected, 56.72% Norman L. Jones (Democratic) 42.40%Andrew Lafin (Socialist) 0.63%William F. Dunne (Workers) 0.10%Fred Koch (Socialist Labor) 0.10%James A. Logan (Independent Republican) 0.04%Morris Lynchenheim (Commonwealth Land) 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263307 IL Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Indiana Emmett Forest Branch Republican Retired, Republican victory Edward L. Jackson (Republican) 52.92%Carleton B. McCulloch (Democratic) 46.29%Francis M. Wampler (Socialist) 0.48%Basil L. Allen (Prohibition) 0.31%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263326 IN Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Iowa Nathan E. Kendall Republican Retired, Republican victory John Hammill (Republican) 72.72%James C. Murtagh (Democratic) 27.28%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=180692 IA Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Kansas Jonathan M. Davis Democratic Defeated, 27.72% Ben S. Paulen (Republican) 49.02%William Allen White (Independent) 22.71%M. L. Phillips (Socialist) 0.55%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265567 KS Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Maine(held, 8 September 1924) Percival Proctor Baxter Republican Retired, Republican victory Ralph Owen Brewster (Republican) 57.22%William R. Pattangall (Democratic) 42.78%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266644 ME Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Massachusetts Channing H. Cox Republican Retired, Republican victory Alvan Tufts Fuller (Republican) 56.03%James Michael Curley (Democratic) 42.19%John J. Ballam (Workers) 0.82%Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 0.54%James Hayes (Socialist Labor) 0.42%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266563 MA Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Michigan Alex J. Groesbeck Republican Re-elected, 68.84% Edward Frensdorf (Democratic) 29.60%Faith Johnston (Prohibition) 0.96%Paul Dinger (Socialist Labor) 0.35%William L. Krieghoff (Socialist) 0.24%Scattering 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=116509 MI Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Minnesota J. A. O. Preus Republican Retired, Republican victory Theodore Christianson (Republican) 48.71%Floyd B. Olson (Farmer-Labor) 43.84%Carlos Avery (Democratic) 5.91%Michael Ferch (Independent Progressive) 1.08%Oscar Anderson (Socialist Industrial) 0.46%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=57770 MN Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Missouri Arthur M. Hyde Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Samuel A. Baker (Republican) 49.39%Arthur W. Nelson (Democratic) 48.94%William M. Brandt (Socialist) 1.62%William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263380 MO Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Montana Joseph M. Dixon Republican Defeated, 42.61% John E. Erickson (Democratic) 51.04%Frank J. Edwards (Farmer Labor) 6.08%J. H. Matheson (Socialist) 0.27%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262082 MT Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Nebraska Charles W. Bryan Democratic Won primary but retired to run for U.S. Vice President, Republican victory Adam McMullen (Republican) 51.09%John N. Norton (Democratic) 40.97%Dan Butler (Progressive) 7.94%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265727 NE Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 New Hampshire Fred H. Brown Democratic Defeated, 46.06% John Gilbert Winant (Republican) 53.94%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266685 NH Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 New Mexico James F. Hinkle Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Arthur T. Hannett (Democratic) 48.82%Manuel B. Otero (Republican) 48.64%Green B. Patterson (Progressive) 2.54%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262114 NM Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 New York Alfred E. Smith Democratic Re-elected, 49.96% Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (Republican) 46.63%Norman M. Thomas (Socialist) 3.07%James P. Cannon (Workers) 0.20%Frank E. Passonno (Socialist Labor) 0.15%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=94432 NY Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 North Carolina Cameron A. Morrison Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Angus W. McLean (Democratic) 61.33%Isaac M. Meekins (Republican) 38.67%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=133648 NC Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 North Dakota Ragnvald Nestos Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Arthur G. Sorlie (Republican) 53.93%Halvor L. Halvorson (Democratic) 46.07%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266491 ND Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Ohio A. Victor Donahey Democratic Re-elected, 53.97% Harry L. Davis (Republican) 45.01%Virgil D. Allen (Commonwealth Land) 0.60%Franklin J. Catlin (Socialist Labor) 0.43%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=89417 OH Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Rhode Island William S. Flynn Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Aram J. Pothier (Republican) 58.56%Felix A. Toupin (Democratic) 41.00%Edward W. Theinert (Workers) 0.18%Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.15%Frederick W. Hurst (Socialist) 0.10%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266756 RI Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 South Carolina Thomas Gordon McLeod Democratic Re-elected, 100.00%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40476 SC Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 (Democratic primary results)Thomas Gordon McLeod 61.45%John T. Duncan 38.55%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40477 SC Governor, 1924 – D Primary Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 South Dakota William H. McMaster Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Carl Gunderson (Republican) 53.90%William J. Bulow (Democratic) 22.86%A. L. Putnam (Farmer Labor) 13.25%Richard Olsen Richards (Independent) 9.98%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266460 SD Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Tennessee Austin Peay Democratic Re-elected, 57.20% T. F. Peck (Republican) 42.80%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264767 TN Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Texas Pat Morris Neff Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Miriam A. Ferguson (Democratic) 58.89%George C. Butte (Republican) 41.11%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264412 TX Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Utah Charles Rendell Mabey Republican Defeated, 47.01% George H. Dern (Democratic) 52.99%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222980 UT Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Vermont Redfield Proctor Jr. Republican Retired, Republican victory Franklin Swift Billings (Republican) 79.25%Fred C. Martin (Democratic) 19.17%George S. Wood (Prohibition) 1.57%Scattering 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144170 VT Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Washington Louis F. Hart Republican Retired, Republican victory Roland Hill Hartley (Republican) 56.41%Ben F. Hill (Democratic) 32.40%J. R. Oman (Progressive) 10.27%William A. Gilmore (State) 0.50%Emil Herman (Socialist) 0.23%David Burgess (Socialist Labor) 0.20%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59087 WA Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 West Virginia Ephraim F. Morgan Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Howard Mason Gore (Republican) 52.97%Jake Fisher (Democratic) 45.77%A. S. Bosworth (Socialist) 1.26%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265676 WV Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Wisconsin John J. Blaine Republican Re-elected, 51.76% Martin L. Lueck (Democratic) 39.87%William F. Quick (Socialist) 5.68%Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibition) 1.45%Severi Alanne (Workers) 0.52%Farrand K. Shuttleworth (Independent) 0.51%Jose Snover (Socialist Labor) 0.18%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262322 WI Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019 Wyoming(special election) Frank E. Lucas Republican Retired, Democratic victory Nellie Tayloe Ross (Democratic) 55.12%E. J. Sullivan (Republican) 44.88%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263441 WY Governor, 1924 Our Campaigns 24 March 2019
See also
1924 United States elections
1924 United States presidential election
1924 United States Senate elections
1924 United States House of Representatives elections
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