1936 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1936 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1935 United States gubernatorial elections 1935 1937 United States gubernatorial elections 1937 Seats up Seats won 34 governorships November 3, 1936;September 14, 1936 (ME) Democratic Party (United States) 37 38 1 26 27 Republican Party (United States) 9 7 2 6 4 Farmer–Labor Party (United States) 1 1 1 1 Wisconsin Progressive Party 1 1 1 1 Non-Partisan League FCF5D9 0 1 1 0 1 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold#B3DE8A Farmer–Labor hold#5FD170 Progressive hold#614D00 Non-Partisan League gain United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1936, in 34 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 3, 1936. Elections took place on September 14 in Maine. This was the last time New York elected its governors to two-year terms. It switched to four-year terms from the 1938 election. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Arizona Benjamin Baker Moeur Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Rawghlie C. Stanford (Democratic) 70.68%Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) 29.11%D. J. Lindaman (Socialist) 0.21%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261762 AZ Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Arkansas Junius Marion Futrell Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Carl E. Bailey (Democratic) 84.89%Osro Cobb (Republican) 14.71%J. Russell Butler (Socialist) 0.40%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262931 AR Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Colorado Edwin C. Johnson Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Teller Ammons (Democratic) 54.57%Charles McBride Armstrong (Republican) 43.65%Huston Hugh Marrs (Farmer Labor) 1.07%Paul S. McCormick (Socialist) 0.31%James Allander (Communist) 0.20%Claude C. Buhrman (National Union) 0.17%Harvey L. Mayfield (Royal Way) 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262936 CO Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Connecticut Wilbur Lucius Cross Democratic Re-elected, 55.29% Arthur M. Brown (Republican) 41.10%Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 3.11%Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.32%Isadore Wofsy (Communist) 0.18%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=123340 CT Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Delaware C. Douglass Buck Republican Term-limited, Democratic victory Richard McMullen (Democratic) 51.57%Harry L. Cannon (Republican) 41.60%Isaac Dolphus Short (Independent Republican) 6.62%Fred W. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.16%John T. Wlodkoski (Communist) 0.06%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262940 DE Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Florida David Sholtz Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Fred P. Cone (Democratic) 80.91%E. E. Callaway (Republican) 19.09%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131886 FL Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Georgia Eugene Talmadge Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Eurith D. Rivers (Democratic) 99.67%L. P. Glass (Prohibition) 0.33%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262944 GA Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019(Democratic primary results)Eurith D. Rivers 59.98%Charles D. Redwine 31.62%Blanton Fortson 8.40% https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=378445 GA Governor, 1936 – D Primary Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Idaho C. Ben Ross Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Barzilla W. Clark (Democratic) 57.19%Frank L. Stephen (Republican) 41.46%V. A. Verhei (Union) 1.35%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262949 ID Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Illinois Henry Horner Democratic Re-elected, 53.13% Charles W. Brooks (Republican) 43.24%William Hale Thompson (Union Progressive) 3.31%John Fisher (Socialist) 0.18%Harmon W. Reed (Prohibition) 0.07%O. Alfred Olson (Socialist Labor) 0.07%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262952 IL Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Indiana Paul V. McNutt Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory M. Clifford Townsend (Democratic) 55.36%Raymond S. Springer (Republican) 44.33%Marie B. Tomsich (Socialist) 0.24%Wenzel Stocker (Communist) 0.07%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262955 IN Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Iowa Clyde L. Herring Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Nelson G. Kraschel (Democratic) 48.56%George A. Wilson (Republican) 48.33%Wallace M. Short (Farmer Labor) 2.91%Ted Fitch (Prohibition) 0.11%J. P. Russell (Socialist) 0.09%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262959 IA Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Kansas Alf Landon Republican Retired to run for U.S. President, Democratic victory Walter A. Huxman (Democratic) 51.09%Will G. West (Republican) 48.52%George M. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.39%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262962 KS Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Maine(held, 14 September 1936) Louis J. Brann Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Lewis O. Barrows (Republican) 56.03%F. Harold Dubord (Democratic) 42.08%Benjamin Calvin Bubar Sr. (Independent) 1.89%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262976 ME Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Massachusetts James Michael Curley Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Charles F. Hurley (Democratic) 47.62%John W. Haigis (Republican) 46.08%William McMasters (Union) 3.76%Fred G. Bushold (Townsend Party) 1.30%Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 0.52%Otis Archer Hood (Communist) 0.33%Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.21%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262981 MA Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Michigan Frank Fitzgerald Republican Defeated, 48.23% Frank Murphy (Democratic) 51.02%John Monarch (Socialist) 0.38%Simeon P. Martin (Farmer Labor) 0.19%Philip Raymond (Communist) 0.12%Clayton O'Donohue (Socialist Labor) 0.03%Ray T. Fuller (Commonwealth) 0.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=114902 MI Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Minnesota Hjalmar Petersen Farmer-Labor Retired, Farmer-Labor victory Elmer Austin Benson (Farmer-Labor) 60.74%Martin A. Nelson (Republican) 38.55%Earl Stewart (Industrial) 0.71%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55601 MN Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Missouri Guy Brasfield Park Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Lloyd C. Stark (Democratic) 57.06%Jesse W. Barrett (Republican) 42.53%Otto C. Botz (Independent) 0.23%George E. Duemler (Socialist) 0.15%Frank A. Williams (Communist) 0.02%William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262993 MO Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Montana Elmer Holt Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Roy E. Ayers (Democratic) 50.96%Frank A. Hazelbaker (Republican) 48.10%P. J. Cavanaugh (Socialist) 0.41%Daniel Ryan (Union) 0.37%Arvo Fredrickson (Communist) 0.17%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262087 MT Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Nebraska Robert Leroy Cochran Democratic Re-elected, 55.90% Dwight Griswold (Republican) 43.14%Peter Mehrens (Independent) 0.96%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262997 NE Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 New Hampshire Styles Bridges Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Francis P. Murphy (Republican) 56.60%Amos Blandin (Democratic) 42.63%Arthur J. Bergeron (Farmer Labor) 0.77%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263002 NH Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 New Mexico Clyde Tingley Democratic Re-elected, 57.21% Jaffa Miller (Republican) 42.75%H. G. Rauert (Farmer Labor) 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262122 NM Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 New York Herbert H. Lehman Democratic Re-elected, 53.45% William F. Bleakley (Republican) 44.09%Harry W. Laidler (Socialist) 1.73%Robert Minor (Communist) 0.73%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=95208 NY Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 North Carolina John C. B. Ehringhaus Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Clyde R. Hoey (Democratic) 66.69%Gilliam Grissom (Republican) 33.32%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=133639 NC Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 North Dakota Walter Welford Republican Defeated, 34.70% William Langer (Non-Partisan League) 35.80%John Moses (Democratic) 29.27%Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 0.12%L. J. Weh (Progressive) 0.11%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263012 ND Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Ohio Martin L. Davey Democratic Re-elected, 52.02% John W. Bricker (Republican) 47.74%Andrew R. Onda (Communist) 0.25%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27771 OH Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Rhode Island Theodore F. Green Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Robert E. Quinn (Democratic) 53.66%Charles P. Sisson (Republican) 45.85%Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.33%James P. Reid (Communist) 0.16%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263022 RI Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 South Dakota Tom Berry Democratic Defeated, 48.40% Leslie Jensen (Republican) 51.60%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263027 SD Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Tennessee Hill McAlister Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Gordon Browning (Democratic) 80.38%Pat H. Thach (Republican) 18.71%Kate Bradford Stockton (Independent) 0.92%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263032 TN Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Texas James V. Allred Democratic Re-elected, 92.87% C. O. Harris (Republican) 6.99%Carl Brannin (Socialist) 0.11%Homer Brooks (Communist) 0.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263037 TX Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Utah Henry H. Blood Democratic Re-elected, 64.59% Ray E. Dillman (Republican) 35.41%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222983 UT Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Vermont Charles Manley Smith Republican Retired, Republican victory George Aiken (Republican) 60.89%Alfred Harris Heininger (Democratic) 38.76%Fred Gardner (Communist) 0.34%Scattering 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144176 VT Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Washington Clarence D. Martin Democratic Re-elected, 69.36% Roland H. Hartley (Republican) 28.12%Ove M. Nelson (Union) 0.94%John F. McKay (Socialist) 0.63%William Morley Bouck (Farmer Labor) 0.30%Malcolm M. Moore (Christian) 0.29%Harold P. Brockway (Communist) 0.29%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59020 WA Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 West Virginia Herman G. Kump Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Homer A. Holt (Democratic) 59.16%Summers H. Sharp (Republican) 40.84%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263041 WV Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 Wisconsin Philip La Follette Progressive Re-elected, 46.38% Alexander Wiley (Republican) 29.42%Arthur W. Lueck (Democratic) 21.71%Joseph F. Walsh (Union) 2.26%Joseph Ehrhardt (Socialist Labor) 0.14%August F. Fehlandt (Prohibition) 0.08%Scattering 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262329 WI Governor, 1936 Our Campaigns 16 March 2019 See also 1936 United States elections 1936 United States presidential election 1936 United States Senate elections 1936 United States House of Representatives elections References 30emcollapsed Category:September 1936 in the United States Category:November 1936 in the United States