1928 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1928 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1927 United States gubernatorial elections 1927 1929 United States gubernatorial elections 1929 Seats up Seats won 35 governorships November 6, 1928;September 10, 1928 (ME) Republican Party (United States) 27 30 3 21 24 Democratic Party (United States) 21 18 3 14 11 324px #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1928, in 35 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 6, 1928. Elections took place on September 10 in Maine. Among the most notable results was in New York where 1932 Democratic nominee and future president Franklin D. Roosevelt narrowly won in New York. Current Governor Al Smith contested the presidential election. Results State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Arizona George W. P. Hunt Democratic Defeated, 48.16% John C. Phillips (Republican) 51.71%William O'Brien (Workers) 0.13%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=123358 AZ Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Arkansas Harvey J. Parnell Democratic Re-elected, 77.31% Drew Bowers (Republican) 22.69%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265316 AR Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Colorado William H. Adams Democratic Re-elected, 67.05% William Louis Boatright (Republican) 31.85%Samuel A. Garth (Socialist) 0.52%Vera Jane Pease (Farmer Labor) 0.34%George J. Saul (Workers) 0.24%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264812 CO Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Connecticut John H. Trumbull Republican Re-elected, 53.57% Charles G. Morris (Democratic) 45.61%Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 0.58%William Mackenzie (Farmer Labor) 0.14%Michael P. O'Lean (Socialist Labor) 0.11%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=123343 CT Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Delaware Robert P. Robinson Republican Retired, Republican victory C. Douglass Buck (Republican) 61.23%Charles M. Wharton (Democratic) 38.77%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266284 DE Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Florida John W. Martin Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Doyle E. Carlton (Democratic) 60.97%W. J. Howey (Republican) 39.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131888 FL Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Georgia Lamartine G. Hardman Democratic Re-elected, 100.00%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264472 GA Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 (Democratic primary results)Lamartine G. Hardman 58.54%Eurith D. Rivers 41.46% https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=385435 GA Governor, 1928 – D Primary Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Idaho H. C. Baldridge Republican Re-elected, 57.82% C. Ben Ross (Democratic) 41.58%Thomas J. Coonrod (Socialist) 0.60%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266210 ID Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Illinois Len Small Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Louis L. Emmerson (Republican) 56.76%Floyd E. Thompson (Democratic) 42.66%George Koop (Socialist) 0.43%William F. Kruse (Communist) 0.11%J. E. Procum (Socialist Labor) 0.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263308 IL Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Indiana Edward L. Jackson Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Harry G. Leslie (Republican) 51.25%Frank C. Dailey (Democratic) 48.10%Albert Stanley (Prohibition) 0.36%Clarence E. Bond (Socialist) 0.23%Cassimer Benward (Socialist Labor) 0.03%Harry W. Garner (Workers) 0.02%Henry O. Shaw (National) 0.01%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263327 IN Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Iowa John Hammill Republican Re-elected, 62.79% L. W. Housel (Democratic) 37.21%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265262 IA Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Kansas Benjamin S. Paulen Republican Retired, Republican victory Clyde M. Reed (Republican) 65.60%Chauncey B. Little (Democratic) 33.20%Henry L. Peterson (Socialist) 1.20%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265569 KS Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Maine(held, 10 September 1928) Owen Brewster Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory William T. Gardiner (Republican) 69.31%Edward C. Moran Jr. (Democratic) 30.70%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266646 ME Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Massachusetts Alvan T. Fuller Republican Retired, Republican victory Frank G. Allen (Republican) 50.06%Charles H. Cole (Democratic) 48.81%Mary Donovan Hapgood (Socialist) 0.49%Chester W. Bixby (Workers) 0.29%Washington Cook (Prohibition) 0.20%Stephen Surridge (Socialist Labor) 0.09%Edith Hamilton MacFadden (Independent) 0.06%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266565 MA Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Michigan Fred W. Green Republican Re-elected, 69.94% William A. Comstock (Democratic) 29.44%Guy H. Lockwood (Socialist) 0.21%Ervin D. Brooks (Prohibition) 0.19%William Reynolds (Communist) 0.19%Paul Dinger (Socialist Labor) 0.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=116506 MI Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Minnesota Theodore Christianson Republican Re-elected, 55.00% Ernest Lundeen (Farmer-Labor) 22.72%Andrew Nelson (Democratic) 21.38%J. O. Bentall (Communist) 0.58%Harris A. Brandborg (Industrial) 0.33%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=57667 MN Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Missouri Samuel Aaron Baker Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Henry S. Caulfield (Republican) 51.63%Francis M. Wilson (Democratic) 48.17%Joseph G. Hodges (Socialist) 0.16%W. G. Brandenburg (Prohibition) 0.03%Edward G. Middlecoff (Socialist Labor) 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263381 MO Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Montana John E. Erickson Democratic Re-elected, 58.65% Wellington D. Rankin (Republican) 40.95%W. R. Duncan (Socialist) 0.40%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262083 MT Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Nebraska Adam McMullen Republican Retired, Republican victory Arthur J. Weaver (Republican) 56.98%Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 42.63%F. Phillip Haffner (Socialist) 0.39%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265729 NE Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 New Hampshire Huntley N. Spaulding Republican Retired, Republican victory Charles W. Tobey (Republican) 57.50%Eaton D. Sargent (Democratic) 42.32%Frank T. Butler (Socialist) 0.11%Henry C. Iram (Workers) 0.07%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266688 NH Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 New Jersey A. Harry Moore Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory Morgan F. Larson (Republican) 54.88%William L. Dill (Democratic) 44.74%Eugene A. Smith (National Prohibition) 0.14%W. K. Tallman (Socialist) 0.14%Scott Nearing (Workers) 0.08%John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264576 NJ Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 New Mexico Richard C. Dillon Republican Re-elected, 55.61% Robert C. Dow (Democratic) 44.30%John W. Blackburn (Independent) 0.08%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262116 NM Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 New York Alfred E. Smith Democratic Retired to run for U.S. President, Democratic hold Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) 48.96%Albert Ottinger (Republican) 48.36%Louis Waldman (Socialist) 2.34%William F. Dunne (Workers) 0.25%Charles Hunter Corregan (Socialist Labor) 0.10%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=95210 NY Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 North Carolina Angus Wilton McLean Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory O. Max Gardner (Democratic) 55.57%Herbert F. Seawell (Republican) 44.43%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=133641 NC Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 North Dakota Walter Jeremiah Maddock Republican Ran for re-election as a Democrat, defeated, 43.15% George F. Shafer (Republican) 56.50%K. P. Loesch (Farmer Labor) 0.36%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266493 ND Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Ohio A. Victor Donahey Democratic Retired, Republican victory Myers Y. Cooper (Republican) 54.79%Martin L. Davey (Democratic) 44.74%Joseph W. Sharts (Socialist) 0.29%William Patterson (Communist) 0.09%John D. Goerke (Socialist Labor) 0.05%Frank W. Stanton (Prohibition) 0.04%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=89415 OH Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Rhode Island Norman S. Case Republican Re-elected, 51.59% Alberic A. Archambault (Democratic) 48.13%Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.16%Edward W. Theinert (Workers) 0.12%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266759 RI Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 South Dakota William J. Bulow Democratic Re-elected, 52.48% Buell F. Jones (Republican) 46.94%John G. Sumption (Farmer Labor) 0.58%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266462 SD Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Tennessee Henry H. Horton Democratic Re-elected, 61.06% Raleigh Hopkins (Republican) 38.95%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264769 TN Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Texas Daniel Moody Democratic Re-elected, 82.43% W. H. Holmes (Republican) 17.44%L. L. Rhodes (Socialist) 0.11%J. Stedham (Communist) 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264414 TX Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Utah George H. Dern Democratic Re-elected, 58.50% William H. Wattis (Republican) 41.08%D. C. Dora (Socialist) 0.42%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222981 UT Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Vermont John Eliakim Weeks Republican Re-elected, 73.53% Harry C. Shurtleff (Democratic) 25.98%Frank M. Post (Prohibition) 0.47%Scattering 0.02%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144172 VT Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Washington Roland Hill Hartley Republican Re-elected, 56.22% A. Scott Bullitt (Democratic) 42.73%James F. Stark (Socialist Labor) 0.67%Walter Price (Socialist) 0.25%Aaron Fislerman (Communist) 0.14%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59085 WA Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 West Virginia Howard M. Gore Republican Term-limited, Republican victory William Gustavus Conley (Republican) 53.73%J. Alfred Taylor (Democratic) 46.10%J. H. Snider (Socialist) 0.18%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265677 WV Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 Wisconsin Fred R. Zimmerman Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Walter J. Kohler Sr. (Republican) 55.38%Albert George Schmedeman (Democratic) 39.87%Otto R. Hauser (Socialist) 3.73%Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibition) 0.66%Joseph Ehrhardt (Socialist Labor) 0.20%Alvar J. Hayes (Communist) 0.14%Scattering 0.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262325 WI Governor, 1928 Our Campaigns 22 March 2019 See also 1928 United States elections 1928 United States presidential election 1928 United States Senate elections 1928 United States House of Representatives elections References 30emcollapsed Category:September 1928 in the United States Category:November 1928 in the United States