1920 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1920, in 35 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 2, 1920 (September 13 in Maine).

1920 United States gubernatorial elections
November 2, 1920;
September 13, 1920 (ME)
35 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 27 20
Seats after 34 14
Seat change Increase7 Decrease6
Seats up 22 12
Seats won 29 6
  Third party
 
Party Prohibition
Seats before 1
Seats after 0
Seat change Decrease1
Seats up 1
Seats won 0
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

In Massachusetts, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a one-year term. Every governorship mirrored the presidential results in their state.

This is the most recent year in which all gubernatorial elections were won by the same party that won the state in the year's presidential election.

Results
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
ArizonaThomas Edward CampbellRepublicanRe-elected, 54.15%Mit Simms (Democratic) 45.85%
[1]
ArkansasCharles Hillman BroughDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryThomas C. McRae (Democratic) 65.02%
Wallace Townsend (Republican) 24.38%
J. H. Blount (Negro Independent) 8.22%
Sam Butler (Socialist) 2.38%
[2]
ColoradoOliver Henry Nelson ShoupRepublicanRe-elected, 59.55%James M. Collins (Democratic) 37.11%
William Penn Collins (Farmer Labor) 3.35%
[3]
ConnecticutMarcus H. HolcombRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryEverett J. Lake (Republican) 63.04%
Rollin U. Tyler (Democratic) 33.25%
Charles T. Peach (Socialist) 2.77%
Edward Pryor (Socialist Labor) 0,52%
Albert P. Krone (Farmer Labor) 0.41%
[4]
DelawareJohn G. Townsend Jr.RepublicanRetired, Republican victoryWilliam Denney (Republican) 55.23%
Andrew J. Lynch (Democratic) 43.68%
William H. Conner (Socialist) 1.09%
[5]
FloridaSidney Johnston CattsProhibitionTerm-limited, Democratic victoryCary A. Hardee (Democratic) 77.94%
George E. Gay (Republican) 17.93%
F. C. Whitaker (Socialist) 2.13%
W. L. Van Duzer (White Republican) 2.00%
[6]
GeorgiaHugh DorseyDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryThomas W. Hardwick (Democratic) 100.00%
[7]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Thomas W. Hardwick 55.25%
Clifford M. Walker 44.75%
[8]
IdahoDavid W. DavisRepublicanRe-elected, 52.97%Ted A. Walters (Democratic) 26.93%
Sherman D. Fairchild (Independent) 20.11%
[9]
IllinoisFrank Orren LowdenRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryLen Small (Republican) 58.87%
James Hamilton Lewis (Democratic) 34.64%
Andrew Lafin (Socialist) 2.79%
John H. Walker (Farmer Labor) 2.68%
James H. Woertendyke (Prohibition) 0.47%
Scattering 0.55%
[10]
IndianaJames P. GoodrichRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryWarren T. McCray (Republican) 54.63%
Carleton B. McCulloch (Democratic) 41.20%
Andrew J. Hart (Socialist) 1.86%
James M. Zion (Farmer Labor) 1.33%
Charles M. Kroft (Prohibition) 0.98%
[11]
IowaWilliam L. HardingRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryNathan E. Kendall (Republican) 58.66%
Clyde L. Herring (Democratic) 38.65%
George J. Peck (Socialist) 1.56%
Mathis Faber (Farmer Labor) 1.05%
J. Jay Hisel (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
[12]
KansasHenry Justin AllenRepublicanRe-elected, 58.44%Jonathan M. Davis (Democratic) 39.27%
Roy Stanton (Socialist) 2.29%
[13]
Maine
(held, 13 September 1920)		Carl MillikenRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victoryFrederic H. Parkhurst (Republican) 65.90%
Bertrand G. McIntire (Democratic) 34.10%
[14]
MassachusettsCalvin CoolidgeRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Vice President, Republican victoryChanning H. Cox (Republican) 67.02%
John Jackson Walsh (Democratic) 30.22%
Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 2.09%
Patrick Mulligan (Socialist Labor) 0.66%
[15]
MichiganAlbert SleeperRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryAlex J. Groesbeck (Republican) 66.43%
Woodbridge N. Ferris (Democratic) 29.34%
Benjamin Blumenberg (Socialist) 2.22%
J. Jeffries (Farmer Labor) 1.12%
Faith Johnston (Prohibition) 0.66%
E. R. Markley (Socialist Labor) 0.20%
Scattering 0.03%
[16]
MinnesotaJ. A. A. BurnquistRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryJ. A. O. Preus (Republican) 53.06%
Henrik Shipstead (Independent) 35.91%
Laurence C. Hodgson (Democratic) 10.37%
Peter J. Sampson (Socialist) 0.65%
[17]
MissouriFrederick D. GardnerDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victoryArthur M. Hyde (Republican) 54.25%
John M. Atkinson (Democratic) 43.64%
Marvin M. Aldrich (Socialist) 1.46%
Herman P. Faris (Prohibition) 0.30%
Vaughn Hickman (Farmer Labor) 0.23%
Edward G. Middlecoff (Socialist Labor) 0.12%
[18]
MontanaSam V. StewartDemocraticRetired, Republican victoryJoseph M. Dixon (Republican) 59.74%
Burton K. Wheeler (Democratic) 40.26%
[19]
NebraskaSamuel R. McKelvieRepublicanRe-elected, 40.41%John H. Morehead (Democratic) 34.48%
Arthur G. Wray (Non-Partisan League) 23.51%
Julian D. Graves (Prohibition) 1.60%
[20][21]
New HampshireJohn H. BartlettRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryAlbert O. Brown (Republican) 59.59%
Charles E. Tilton (Democratic) 39.72%
Frank T. Butler (Socialist) 0.69%
[22]
New MexicoOctaviano LarrazoloRepublicanDefeated for renomination,[23] Republican victoryMerritt C. Mechem (Republican) 51.26%
Richard H. Hanna (Democratic) 47.80%
W. E. McGrath (Farmer Labor) 0.95%
[24]
New YorkAlfred E. SmithDemocraticDefeated, 44.00%Nathan L. Miller (Republican) 46.58%
Joseph D. Cannon (Socialist) 5.57%
Dudley Field Malone (Farmer Labor) 2.44%
George F. Thompson (Prohibition) 1.24%
John P. Quinn (Socialist Labor) 0.18%
[25]
North CarolinaThomas Walter BickettDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryCameron A. Morrison (Democratic) 57.22%
John J. Parker (Republican) 42.74%
W. B. Taylor (Socialist) 0.04%
[26]
North DakotaLynn J. FrazierRepublicanRe-elected, 51.01%J. F. T. O'Connor (Democratic) 48.99%
[27]
OhioJames M. CoxDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. President, Republican victoryHarry L. Davis (Republican) 51.91%
A. Victor Donahey (Democratic) 45.88%
Frank B. Hamilton (Socialist) 2.14%
Earl H. Foote (Single Tax) 0.08%
[28]
Rhode IslandR. Livingston BeeckmanRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryEmery J. San Souci (Republican) 64.64%
Edward M. Sullivan (Democratic) 33.15%
Ernest Sherwood (Socialist) 1.95%
Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 0.27%
[29]
South CarolinaRobert Archer CooperDemocraticRe-elected, 100.00%
[30]		(Democratic primary results)
Robert Archer Cooper 100.00%
[31]
South DakotaPeter NorbeckRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryWilliam H. McMaster (Republican) 56.33%
Mark P. Bates (Non-Partisan League) 26.34%
W. W. Howes (Democratic) 17.33%
[32][33]
TennesseeAlbert H. RobertsDemocraticDefeated, 44.56%Alfred A. Taylor (Republican) 54.93%
J. M. Lindsley (Socialist) 0.51%
[34]
TexasWilliam P. HobbyDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryPat Morris Neff (Democratic) 60.03%
J. G. Culbertson (Republican) 18.73%
T. H. McGregor (American) 14.40%
H. Capers (Black and Tan Republican) 5.42%
L. L. Rhodes (Socialist) 1.41%
Scattering 0.01%
[35]
UtahSimon BambergerDemocraticRetired, Republican victoryCharles Rendell Mabey (Republican) 57.59%
Thomas N. Taylor (Democratic) 38.78%
E. B. Locke (Socialist) 2.01%
George Crosby (Farmer Labor) 1.62%
[36]
VermontPercival W. ClementRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryJames Hartness (Republican) 78.00%
Fred C. Martin (Democratic) 21.80%
Scattering 0.20%
[37]
WashingtonLouis Folwell HartRepublicanRe-elected, 52.25%Robert Bridges (Farmer Labor) 30.10%
William Wilson Black (Democratic) 16.39%
David Burgess (Socialist Labor) 1.26%
[38]
West VirginiaJohn J. CornwellDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victoryEphraim F. Morgan (Republican) 47.32%
Arthur B. Koontz (Democratic) 36.27%
S. B. Montgomery (Independent) 15.89%
D. M. S. Holt (Socialist) 0.53%
[39][40]
WisconsinEmanuel L. PhilippRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryJohn J. Blaine (Republican) 52.98%
Robert Bruce McCoy (Democratic) 35.84%
William Coleman (Socialist) 10.29%
Henry H. Tubbs (Prohibition) 0.88%
Scattering 0.02%
[41]

See also

References
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  23. "Republicans select Mechem". The Clovis news. Clovis, N.M. September 9, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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  31. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 140.
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Bibliography
  • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  • "Primary Election Returns, 1919-1997: South Carolina". Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
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