1932 Delaware gubernatorial election

none related races 1932 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1932 Delaware gubernatorial election Delaware 1916 Presidential no 1928 Delaware gubernatorial election 1928 1936 Delaware gubernatorial election 1936 November 8, 1932 File:C. Douglass Buck.jpg 150x150px C. Douglass Buck Republican Party (United States) 60,903 54.23% 3x4.svg Landreth L. Layton Democratic Party (United States) 50,401 44.88% 1932 Delaware gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 110px County resultsBuck: #D75D5D 60–70%Layton: #7996E2 50–60% Governor C. Douglass Buck Republican Party (United States) C. Douglass Buck Republican Party (United States) The 1932 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican Governor C. Douglass Buck ran for re-election to a second term. He unanimously won renomination at the Republican state convention.September 15, 1932 Buck, Layton Named with Satterthwaite Without Opposition Morning News Wilmington, Del. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79886610/the-morning-news/ June 19, 2021 In the general election, Buck faced the Democratic nominee, Landreth L. Layton, the scion of a prominent family in Delaware politics.September 28, 1932 Adams is Nominated for Congress After Contest on Floor Morning News Wilmington, Del. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79886737/the-morning-news/ June 19, 2021 Despite the nationwide Democratic landslide, Republicans performed well in Delaware; Herbert Hoover narrowly won Delaware over Franklin D. Roosevelt. Accordingly, Buck was able to win re-election, and significantly outpaced Hoover's slim margin; he received 54% of the vote to Layton's 45%. General election 1932 Delaware gubernatorial election1933 House Journal, p. 40 Republican Party (United States) C. Douglass Buck (inc.) 60,903 54.23% -6.33% Democratic Party (United States) Landreth L. Layton 50,401 44.88% +5.43% Socialist Party (United States) Fred W. Whiteside 889 0.79% — Communist Party (United States) Harold Thomas 121 0.11% — 10,502 9.35% -11.77% 112,314 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References Bibliography Delaware House Journal, 104th General Assembly, 1st Reg. Sess. (1933). 1932 Delaware Gubernatorial Category:November 1932 in the United States