1940 Montana gubernatorial election

none related races 1940 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1940 Montana gubernatorial election Montana 1905 presidential no 1936 Montana gubernatorial election 1936 1944 Montana gubernatorial election 1944 November 5, 1940 File:Sam C. Ford.jpg 150x150px Sam C. Ford Republican Party (United States) 124,435 50.67% File:Roy E. Ayers.jpg Roy E. Ayers Democratic Party (United States) 119,453 48.64% 1940 Montana gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsFord: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Ayers: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% Governor Roy E. Ayers Democratic Party (United States) Sam C. Ford Republican Party (United States) 81.50%1.70https://sosmt.gov/elections/voter-turnout/ Montana Voter Turnout Montana Secretary of State 2022-05-26 The 1940 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent governor of Montana Roy E. Ayers, who was first elected governor in 1936, ran for re-election. He narrowly won the Democratic primary by just over a thousand votes to win renomination, and advanced to the general election, where he was opposed by Sam C. Ford, a former Associate Justice of the Montana Supreme Court and the Republican nominee. Ultimately, in spite of the fact that then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt comfortably won the state in that year's presidential election, Ford narrowly defeated Ayers to win his first of two terms as governor. Democratic primary Candidates Roy E. Ayers, incumbent governor of Montana Arthur F. Lamey, former chairman of the Montana Democratic Party, former Hill County Attorney A. E. Kathan Results Democratic Party primary resultshttp://sos.mt.gov/Elections/archives/1940s/1940/1940_Primary_Statewide.pdf Report of the Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Primary Election Held in the State of Montana, July 16, 1940 Montana Secretary of State July 5, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20131228155340/http://sos.mt.gov/Elections/Archives/1940s/1940/1940_Primary_Statewide.pdf 2013-12-28 dead Roy E. Ayers (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 40,268 38.23 Arthur F. Lamey Democratic Party (United States) 39,010 37.04 A. E. Kathan Democratic Party (United States) 26,041 24.73 105,319 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Sam C. Ford, former Associate Justice of the Montana Supreme Court Charles A. Hauswirth, Mayor of Butte Julius J. Wuerthner, former Mayor of Great Falls T. S. Stockdahl Martin P. Moe, former Secretary of the Montana Education Association John H. Leuthold Results Republican Primary results Sam C. Ford Republican Party (United States) 16,335 32.90 Charles A. Hauswirth Republican Party (United States) 14,397 29.00 Julius J. Wuerthner Republican Party (United States) 8,685 17.49 T. S. Stockdahl Republican Party (United States) 5,439 10.95 Martin P. Moe Republican Party (United States) 3,994 8.04 John H. Leuthold Republican Party (United States) 802 1.62 49,652 100.00 General election Results Montana gubernatorial election, 1940http://sos.mt.gov/Elections/archives/1940s/1944/1944_General_Statewide.pdf Official Montana General Election Returns, November 5, 1940 Montana Secretary of State July 6, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130528184048/http://sos.mt.gov/Elections/Archives/1940s/1944/1944_General_Statewide.pdf May 28, 2013 dead Republican Party (United States) Sam C. Ford 124,435 50.67% +2.55% Democratic Party (United States) Roy E. Ayers (incumbent) 119,453 48.64% -2.31% Communist Party (United States) Arvo Fredrickson 1,713 0.70% +0.53% 4,982 2.03% -0.80% 245,601 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References Montana Gubernatorial 1940 Category:November 1940 in the United States