1944 Montana gubernatorial election

none related races 1944 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1944 Montana gubernatorial election Montana 1905 presidential no 1940 Montana gubernatorial election 1940 1948 Montana gubernatorial election 1948 November 7, 1944 Sam C. Ford.jpg Sam C. Ford Republican Party (United States) 116,461 56.36% Leif Erickson 1948 Edit.jpg Leif Erickson Democratic Party (United States) 89,224 43.18% 1944 Montana gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsFord: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Erickson: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Sam C. Ford Republican Party (United States) Sam C. Ford Republican Party (United States) 79.40%2.10https://sosmt.gov/elections/voter-turnout/ Montana Voter Turnout Montana Secretary of State 2022-05-26 The 1944 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Governor of Montana Sam C. Ford, who was first elected Governor in 1940, ran for re-election. He won the Republican primary and moved on to the general election, where he was opposed by Leif Erickson, a former Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court and the Democratic nominee. Although then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt comfortably won the state in that year's presidential election, Ford defeated Erickson by a wide margin to win his second and final term as governor. This election is the first time that an incumbent Republican Governor of Montana was re-elected or won re-election. Democratic primary Candidates Leif Erickson, former Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court Austin B. Middleton, chairman of the Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission Roy E. Ayers, former Governor of Montana Results Democratic Party primary resultshttp://sos.mt.gov/Elections/archives/1940s/1944/1944_Primary_Statewide.pdf Report of the Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Primary Election Held in the State of Montana, July 18, 1944 Montana Secretary of State July 5, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130528184044/http://sos.mt.gov/Elections/Archives/1940s/1944/1944_Primary_Statewide.pdf May 28, 2013 dead Leif Erickson Democratic Party (United States) 28,292 47.05 Austin B. Middleton Democratic Party (United States) 17,756 29.53 Roy E. Ayers Democratic Party (United States) 14,082 23.42 60,130 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Sam C. Ford, incumbent Governor of Montana Jacob Thorkelson, former United States Congressman from Montana's 1st congressional district Results Republican Primary results Sam C. Ford (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 39,826 88.24 Jacob Thorkelson Republican Party (United States) 5,306 11.76 45,132 100.00 General election Results Montana gubernatorial election, 1944http://sos.mt.gov/Elections/archives/1940s/1944/1944_General_Statewide.pdf Official Montana General Election Returns, November 7, 1944 Montana Secretary of State July 5, 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 (incumbent) 116,461 56.36% +5.69% Democratic Party (United States) Leif Erickson 89,224 43.18% -5.46% Prohibition Party (United States) Charles R. Miller 960 0.46% 27,237 13.18% +11.15% 222,964 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References Montana Gubernatorial 1944 Category:November 1944 in the United States