1934 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1934 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1933 United States gubernatorial elections 1933 1935 United States gubernatorial elections 1935 Seats up Seats won 34 governorships November 6, 1934;September 10, 1934 (ME) Democratic Party (United States) 37 38 1 24 25 Republican Party (United States) 9Horace Griggs Prall (R) succeeded New Jersey Governor A. Harry Moore (D) who resigned to take a seat in the U.S. Senate in January 1935. 8 1 8 7 Farmer–Labor Party (United States) 1 1 1 1 Wisconsin Progressive Party 0 1 1 0 1 Independent (United States) 1 0 1 1 0 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold#B3DE8A Farmer–Labor hold#288B37 Progressive gain United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1934, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 6, 1934. Elections took place on September 10 in Maine. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Alabama Benjamin M. Miller Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Bibb Graves (Democratic) 86.93%Edmund H. Dryer (Republican) 12.67%Arlie Barber (Socialist) 0.25%J. M. Davis (Communist) 0.15%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=93469 AL Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Arizona Benjamin Baker Moeur Democratic Re-elected, 59.65% Thomas Maddock (Republican) 38.15%Lawrence McGivern (Socialist) 1.83%Clay Naff (Communist) 0.36%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261763 AZ Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Arkansas Junius Marion Futrell Democratic Re-elected, 89.19% G. C. Ledbetter (Republican) 9.44%J. Russell Butler (Socialist) 1.37%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262930 AR Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 California Frank F. Merriam Republican Re-elected, 48.87% Upton Sinclair (Democratic) 37.75%Raymond L. Haight (Progressive) 12.99%Sam Darcy (Communist) 0.25%Milen C. Dempster (Socialist) 0.13%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=46882 CA Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Colorado Edwin Carl Johnson Democratic Re-elected, 58.11% Nate C. Warren (Republican) 39.91%Paul S. McCormick (Socialist) 1.31%Paul W. Hipp (Prohibition) 0.35%P. C. Feste (Communist) 0.32%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262935 CO Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Connecticut Wilbur L. Cross Democratic Re-elected, 46.71% Hugh Meade Alcorn (Republican) 45.16%Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 6.96%Alvin M. Gully (Socialist Labor) 0.68%William E. Hogan (Independent Citizens) 0.26%Isadore Wofsy (Communist) 0.23%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=114066 CT Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Georgia Eugene Talmadge Democratic Re-elected, 100.00%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262943 GA Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 (Democratic primary results)Eugene Talmadge 65.95%Claude Pittman 32.18%Ed Gilliam 1.88% https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=378444 GA Governor, 1934 – D Primary Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Idaho C. Ben Ross Democratic Re-elected, 54.58% Frank L. Stephan (Republican) 44.26%Allen F. Adams (Socialist) 0.68%T. H. Darrow (Commonwealth Prohibition) 0.48%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262948 ID Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Iowa Clyde L. Herring Democratic Re-elected, 51.75% Dan W. Turner (Republican) 43.55%Wallace M. Short (Farmer Labor) 4.09%L. J. U. Smay (Prohibition) 0.24%Arthur W. Saarman (Socialist) 0.21%Ira R. Meade (Communist) 0.17%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262958 IA Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Kansas Alfred M. Landon Republican Re-elected, 53.51% Omar B. Ketchum (Democratic) 45.63%George M. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.86%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=247011 KS Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Maine(held, 10 September 1934) Louis J. Brann Democratic Re-elected, 53.99% Alfred K. Ames (Republican) 45.90%Harry Warsaw (Communist) 0.11%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262975 ME Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Maryland Albert C. Ritchie Democratic Defeated, 48.32% Harry Whinna Nice (Republican) 49.52%Broadus Mitchell (Socialist) 1.32%William A. Gillespe (Independent) 0.55%Bernard Ades (Communist) 0.15%Harry B. Galantian (Labor) 0.14%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27764 MD Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Massachusetts Joseph B. Ely Democratic Retired, Democratic victory James Michael Curley (Democratic) 49.65%Gaspar G. Bacon (Republican) 42.30%Frank A. Goodwin (Equal Tax) 6.35%Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 0.83%John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor) 0.39%Edward Rand Stevens (Communist) 0.28%Freeman W. Follett (Prohibition) 0.20%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262980 MA Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Michigan William Comstock Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory Frank D. Fitzgerald (Republican) 52.41%Arthur J. Lacy (Democratic) 45.84%Arthur E. Larsen (Socialist) 0.95%Raymond Anderson (Communist) 0.46%Donald D. Alderdyce (Farmer Labor) 0.17%Scattering 0.17%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=115333 MI Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Minnesota Floyd B. Olson Farmer-Labor Re-elected, 44.61% Martin A. Nelson (Republican) 37.72%John E. Regan (Democratic) 16.84%Arthur C. Townley (Independent) 0.42%Samuel K. Davis (Communist) 0.41% () https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55652 MN Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Nebraska Charles W. Bryan Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Roy Cochran (Democratic) 50.84%Dwight P. Griswold (Republican) 47.73%Ralph W. Madison (Independent) 0.83%John J. Schefcik (Independent) 0.60%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262996 NE Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Nevada Morley Griswold Republican Defeated, 34.52% Richard Kirman (Democratic) 53.94%Lindley C. Branson (Independent) 11.54%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=85546 NV Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 New Hampshire John Gilbert Winant Republican Retired, Republican victory H. Styles Bridges (Republican) 50.55%John L. Sullivan (Democratic) 49.16%Eli Bourdon (Socialist) 0.16%Elba K. Chase (Communist) 0.14%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263001 NH Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 New Jersey A. Harry Moore Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory Harold Giles Hoffman (Republican) 49.90%William L. Dill (Democratic) 49.00%Herman F. Niessner (Socialist) 0.64%Morris M. Brown (Communist) 0.21%Leslie E. Molineaux (Prohibition) 0.11%George E. Bopp (Socialist Labor) 0.08%Charles H. Ingersoll (Independent) 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263005 NJ Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 New Mexico Andrew W. Hockenhull Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Clyde Tingley (Democratic) 51.90%Jaffa Miller (Republican) 47.60%E. E. Frost (Socialist) 0.42%Philip Howe (Communist) 0.09%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262121 NM Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 New York Herbert H. Lehman Democratic Re-elected, 57.77% Robert Moses (Republican) 36.57%Charles Solomon (Socialist) 3.32%Israel Amter (Communist) 1.20%William Frederick Varney (Law Preservation) 0.54%John F. Hylan (Recovery) (write-in) 0.41%Aaron M. Orange (Socialist Labor) 0.19%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=94437 NY Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 North Dakota Ole H. Olson Republican Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor, Democratic victory Thomas H. Moodie (Democratic) 52.98%Lydia Cady Langer (Republican) 46.61%Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 0.41%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263011 ND Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Ohio George White Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Martin L. Davey (Democratic) 51.13%Clarence J. Brown (Republican) 48.14%I. O. Ford (Communist) 0.73%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27775 OH Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Oklahoma William H. Murray Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Ernest W. Marland (Democratic) 58.25%William B. Pine (Republican) 38.81%S. P. Green (Socialist) 2.66%Francis M. Simpson (Independent) 0.23%Scattering 0.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131630 OK Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Oregon Julius L. Meier Independent Retired, Democratic victory Charles H. Martin (Democratic) 38.57%Peter C. Zimmerman (Independent) 31.57%Joe E. Dunne (Republican) 28.73%Harry J. Correll (Independent) 0.49%Abraham M. Silverman (Independent) 0.46%Hank E. Wirth (Independent) 0.18%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263017 OR Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Pennsylvania Gifford Pinchot Republican Retired, Democratic victory George H. Earle (Democratic) 50.04%William A. Schnader (Republican) 47.79%Jesse H. Holmes (Socialist) 1.44%Herbert T. Ames (Prohibition) 0.46%Emmett Patrick Cush (Communist) 0.19%Bess Gyekis (Industrial Labor) 0.08%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=41287 PA Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Rhode Island Theodore F. Green Democratic Re-elected, 56.62% Luke H. Callan (Republican) 42.44%Joseph M. Coldwell (Socialist) 0.94%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263021 RI Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 South Carolina Ibra Charles Blackwood Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Olin Johnston (Democratic) 100.00%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40464 SC Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019(Democratic primary run-off results)Olin Johnston 56.20%Coleman L. Blease 43.80%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40466 SC Governor, 1934 – D Runoff Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 South Dakota Tom Berry Democratic Re-elected, 58.60% William C. Allen (Republican) 40.65%Knute Walstad (Independent) 0.75%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263026 SD Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Tennessee Hill McAlister Democratic Re-elected, 61.78% Lewis S. Pope (Independent) 38.22%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263031 TN Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Texas Miriam A. Ferguson Democratic Retired, Democratic victory James V. Allred (Democratic) 96.44%D. E. W aggoner (Republican) 3.08%George C. Edwards (Socialist) 0.42%Enoch Hardaway (Communist) 0.06%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263036 TX Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Vermont Stanley C. Wilson Republican Retired, Republican victory Charles Manley Smith (Republican) 57.26%James Patrick Leamy (Democratic) 42.13%John G. Hutton (Socialist) 0.47%Thomas Alexander Boyd (Communist) 0.14%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144175 VT Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Wisconsin Albert George Schmedeman Democratic Defeated, 37.69% Philip La Follette (Progressive) 39.12%Howard T. Greene (Republican) 18.14%George A. Nelson (Socialist) 4.68%Morris Childs (Ind. Communist) 0.26%Thomas W. North (Ind. Prohibition) 0.09%Joseph Ehrhardt (Ind. Socialist Labor) 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262379 WI Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 Wyoming Leslie A. Miller Democratic Re-elected, 57.91% Alonzo M. Clark (Republican) 41.37%Louis Sky (Socialist) 0.56%Merton Willer (Communist) 0.17%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263043 WY Governor, 1934 Our Campaigns 17 March 2019 See also 1934 United States elections 1934 United States Senate elections 1934 United States House of Representatives elections References 30em Notes collapsed Category:September 1934 in the United States Category:November 1934 in the United States