1930 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1930 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election Pennsylvania presidential 1930 11 4 no 1926 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1926 1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1934 Gifford Pinchot, 3-13-29 (cropped).jpg Gifford Pinchot Republican Party (United States) Prohibition Party (United States) 1,068,874 50.77% John M. Hemphill.jpg Democratic Party (United States) Liberal John M. Hemphill 1,010,204 47.98% 1930 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 260px County results Pinchot: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% Hemphill: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor John Fisher Republican Party (United States) Gifford Pinchot Republican Party (United States) The 1930 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 4, 1930. Incumbent Republican governor John Stuchell Fisher was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate and former governor Gifford Pinchot defeated Democratic candidate John M. Hemphill to win a second, non-consecutive term as Governor of Pennsylvania. This was the only election from 1863 until 1950 in which the Democratic candidate carried the city and county of Philadelphia, which was controlled by a powerful Republican political machine during that time. Hemphill won the city in a landslide with the support of Philadelphia Republican boss William Scott Vare, who abandoned Pinchot over his refusal to certify Vare's election as United States Senator in 1926.U.S. Senate: The Election Case of William B. Wilson vs. William S. Vare of Pennsylvania (1929) https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/contested_elections/109Wilson_Vare.htm www.senate.gov 3 January 2019 Hemphill won 226,811 votes on the Liberal Party line in Philadelphia, nearly twice the vote he received on the Democratic ticket.Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1930 https://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/gov/PaGov1930.html Wilkes University 20 December 2012 After Pinchot's election, Vare was ousted as party boss. Background 1926 United States Senate election 1926 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania In 1926, Gifford Pinchot (then Governor of Pennsylvania) and William Scott Vare (U.S. Representative and boss of the powerful Philadelphia political machine) both challenged incumbent United States Senator George W. Pepper in the Republican primary. Pepper carried nearly every county in the state, but Vare won the race narrowly, thanks to a 224,000 vote margin in Philadelphia County.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=817591 Our Campaigns - PA US Senate - R Primary Race - May 18, 1926 Vare went on to win the general election by a wider margin, again relying on a large margin from Philadelphia. Pinchot, acting in his role as governor, declined to certify the results of Vare's election. After a year-long review of the contested election, the Senate voted 58–22 not to seat Vare on the grounds that he had fraudulently and extravagantly financed his campaign against Pepper.Dudden Arthur P. The City Embraces 'Normalcy', 1919–1929 Philadelphia: A 300 Year History 1982 W. W. Norton New York 978-0-393-01610-9 Weigley Russell F. Russell Weigley Wainwright Nicholas B. Wolf Edwin II Edwin Wolf II https://archive.org/details/philadelphia300y00weig 584 During the lengthy investigation, Vare suffered a stroke brought on by stress.Keels Thomas H. Contractor Bosses (1880s to 1930s) https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/contractor-bosses-1880s-to-1930s/ www.philadelphiaencylopedia.org 3 January 2019 Republican primary Candidates Francis Shunk Brown, former Pennsylvania Attorney General (1915–19) Joseph D. Herben, Philadelphia resident1 Apr 1930 1400 Candidates File Petitions: Receive Papers of 552 Persons on Final Day; Many Contests 1 The Harrisburg Evening News https://www.newspapers.com/image/63208933/ subscription 9 Sep 2023 Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr., former U.S. Representative from Butler (1923–27) and candidate in 1926 Gifford Pinchot, former Governor (1923–27) Withdrew Samuel S. Lewis, former Treasurer and Auditor General J. Ambler Williams, Norristown judge Campaign To avenge his defeat in 1926, Vare and Philadelphia leaders were able to recruit Francis Shunk Brown, the former state Attorney General, to run in the primary against Pinchot. The dominant issue in the campaign was the prohibition of alcohol and Volstead Act, which set the terms of its enforcement, and a third candidate, former Representative Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr., ran the second of three campaigns for governor on an aggressive anti-prohibition platform. Brown, though privately opposed to the Volstead Act, could not openly support its repeal given his ties to the Philadelphia machine and President Herbert Hoover. Instead, he called for a state referendum on the modification of the Act, a lukewarm position in contrast to that of Pinchot, an ardent prohibitionist.McLarnon John Morrison https://books.google.com/books?id=uVQFw6j-sRQC Ruling Suburbia: John J. McClure and the Republican Machine in Delaware County, Pennsylvania 2003 University of Delaware Press 0-87413-814-0 Newark, Delaware 102 1 January 2019 However, Pinchot's previous term as Governor had been noted for a relatively permissive enforcement of prohibition laws, so some moderates were drawn to his campaign.Carlisle Bargeron 1930-10-30 Pennsylvania is in Turmoil over Pinchot 1 Washington Post 150054446 Republican National Committeeman W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and a Brown supporter, unsuccessfully worked to have Representative Phillips withdraw in an effort to unify the anti-prohibition campaign behind a single candidate.7 Apr 1930 WILLIAMS, DRY, QUITS PENNSYLVANIA RACE; Republican Who Sought Gubernatorial Nomination Leaves Field to Three Others. 3 The New York Times https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/04/08/96089896.html?pageNumber=3 9 Sep 2023 Shortly before the April 1 filing deadline, Samuel S. Lewis dropped out of the race. He had been running on an anti-machine ticket with interim Senator Joseph R. Grundy, who did not replace him. A second candidate, Norristown judge J. Ambler Williams, who had run on a "bone-dry" prohibitionist platform, dropped out on April 7. Race also came into the campaign in April. Joseph D. Herben, who filed a last-minute campaign to run on a "Negro ticket," was invited by the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters to an open discussion of Republican issues. Though Pinchot, Phillips, and Grundy agreed to participate, Brown declined, stating, "I refuse to discuss state politics on the same platform with a Negro."1930-04-19 Pa. Candidate Balks at Negro Opponent A1 Baltimore Afro-American 530886221 Results thumb|Republican primary results #E27F7F Pinchot #FFC8CD 30%–40% #FFB2B2 40%–50% #E27F7F 50%–60% #D75D5D 60%–70% #D72F30 70%–80% #C21B18 80%–90% #FF9955 Brown #FFB380 40%–50% #FF9955 50%–60% #51C2C2 Phillips #7DDDDD 40%–50% 1930 Republican Party gubernatorial primaryhttps://books.google.com/books?id=pRic-DUMMbQC&dq=%22joseph+d.+herben%22&pg=PA471 Senatorial Campaign Expenditures, 1930: New Jersey. North Carolina. Pennsylvania, PTS. 1-3. Tennessee United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Campaign Expenditures United States Government Printing Office 1931 Washington, D.C. September 27, 2023 Gifford Pinchot Republican Party (US) 632,719 41.23 Francis Shunk Brown Republican Party (US) 612,620 39.92 Thomas W. Phillips Jr. Republican Party (US) 281,399 18.34 Joseph D. Herben Republican Party (US) 7,896 0.51 23 0.00 1,534,657 100.00 Democratic nomination On February 25, 1930, the Democratic state executive committee selected Lawrence H. Rupp as their candidate for Governor.Democratic Chiefs Pick State Ticket https://books.google.com/books?id=Xr8aAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6&dq 22 October 2025 The Pittsburgh Press February 26, 1930 Rupp, who was being considered for the position of Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, chose to withdraw from the gubernatorial race in March to campaign for the Elks leadership instead.Elks Interested In Rupp's Announcement of Quitting State Gubernatorial Race https://books.google.com/books?id=rbIlAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq 22 October 2025 Gettysburg Times March 21, 1930 W. C. Bamrbrick who was the committee's choice for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, also declined the nomination. On March 24, 1930, the executive committee selected John M. Hemphill for Governor and Guy K. Bard for Lieutenant Governor.Ticker Filled By Democrats; Rupp Resigns https://books.google.com/books?id=HKciAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6&dq 22 October 2025 The Daily Times March 25, 1930 General election Candidates John M. Hemphill (Democratic and Liberal) James H. Maurer (Socialist) Frank Mozer (Communist) Gifford Pinchot, former Governor (Republican and Prohibition) Results 1930 Pennsylvania gubernatorial electionPennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1930 https://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/gov/PaGov1930.html Wilkes University 20 December 2012 Republican Party (United States) Gifford Pinchot 1,068,874 50.77 Democratic Party (United States) John M. Hemphill 1,010,204 47.98 Socialist Party of America James H. Maurer 21,036 1.00 Communist Party Frank Mozer 5,267 0.25 64 0.00 2,105,381 100.00 References 1930 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Category:November 1930 in the United States