1924 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1924, in 36 states (including 1 special election), concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 4, 1924 (October 7 in Arkansas, and September 8 in Maine).

1924 United States gubernatorial elections
November 4, 1924;
October 7, 1924 (AR)
September 8, 1924 (ME)
36 governorships[lower-alpha 1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 26 22[lower-alpha 2]
Seats after 24 24
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2
Seats up 16 20
Seats won 14 22
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

This was the last time South Carolina elected its governors to two year terms, switching to four years from the 1926 election.

Results
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
ArizonaGeorge W. P. HuntDemocraticRe-elected, 50.53%Dwight B. Heard (Republican) 49.47%
[1]
Arkansas
(held, 7 October 1924)[2][3][4]		Thomas Chipman McRaeDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryThomas J. Terral (Democratic) 79.84%
John W. Grabiel (Republican) 20.16%
[5]
ColoradoWilliam E. SweetDemocraticDefeated, 44.04%Clarence J. Morley (Republican) 51.92%
Frank Cass (Farmer Labor) 3.16%
William R. Dietrich (Workers) 0.46%
Louis E. Leeder (Liberal) 0.41%
[6]
ConnecticutCharles A. TempletonRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryHiram Bingham (Republican) 66.18%
Charles G. Morris (Democratic) 31.88%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.39%
Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.35%
William Mackenzie (Workers) 0.20%
[7]
DelawareWilliam D. DenneyRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryRobert P. Robinson (Republican) 59.64%
Joseph Bancroft (Democratic) 39.16%
Frank A. Houck (Progressive) 0.72%
Kenneth A. Horner (Independent) 0.47%
[8]
FloridaCary A. HardeeDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJohn W. Martin (Democratic) 82.79%
William R. O'Neal (Republican) 17.21%
[9]
GeorgiaClifford M. WalkerDemocraticRe-elected, 100.00%
[10]		(Democratic primary results)
Clifford M. Walker 100.00%
[11]
IdahoCharles C. MooreRepublicanRe-elected, 43.94%H. F. Samuels (Progressive) 39.02%
A. L. Freehafer (Democratic) 16.82%
Dennis J. O'Mahoney (Socialist) 0.22%
[12]
IllinoisLen SmallRepublicanRe-elected, 56.72%Norman L. Jones (Democratic) 42.40%
Andrew Lafin (Socialist) 0.63%
William F. Dunne (Workers) 0.10%
Fred Koch (Socialist Labor) 0.10%
James A. Logan (Independent Republican) 0.04%
Morris Lynchenheim (Commonwealth Land) 0.02%
[13]
IndianaEmmett Forest BranchRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryEdward L. Jackson (Republican) 52.92%
Carleton B. McCulloch (Democratic) 46.29%
Francis M. Wampler (Socialist) 0.48%
Basil L. Allen (Prohibition) 0.31%
[14]
IowaNathan E. KendallRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryJohn Hammill (Republican) 72.72%
James C. Murtagh (Democratic) 27.28%
[15]
KansasJonathan M. DavisDemocraticDefeated, 27.72%Ben S. Paulen (Republican) 49.02%
William Allen White (Independent) 22.71%
M. L. Phillips (Socialist) 0.55%
[16]
Maine
(held, 8 September 1924)		Percival Proctor BaxterRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryRalph Owen Brewster (Republican) 57.22%
William R. Pattangall (Democratic) 42.78%
[17]
MassachusettsChanning H. CoxRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryAlvan Tufts Fuller (Republican) 56.03%
James Michael Curley (Democratic) 42.19%
John J. Ballam (Workers) 0.82%
Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 0.54%
James Hayes (Socialist Labor) 0.42%
[18]
MichiganAlex J. GroesbeckRepublicanRe-elected, 68.84%Edward Frensdorf (Democratic) 29.60%
Faith Johnston (Prohibition) 0.96%
Paul Dinger (Socialist Labor) 0.35%
William L. Krieghoff (Socialist) 0.24%
Scattering 0.02%
[19]
MinnesotaJ. A. O. PreusRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryTheodore Christianson (Republican) 48.71%
Floyd B. Olson (Farmer-Labor) 43.84%
Carlos Avery (Democratic) 5.91%
Michael Ferch (Independent Progressive) 1.08%
Oscar Anderson (Socialist Industrial) 0.46%
[20]
MissouriArthur M. HydeRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victorySamuel A. Baker (Republican) 49.39%
Arthur W. Nelson (Democratic) 48.94%
William M. Brandt (Socialist) 1.62%
William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.05%
[21]
MontanaJoseph M. DixonRepublicanDefeated, 42.61%John E. Erickson (Democratic) 51.04%
Frank J. Edwards (Farmer Labor) 6.08%
J. H. Matheson (Socialist) 0.27%
[22]
NebraskaCharles W. BryanDemocraticWon primary but retired to run for U.S. Vice President, Republican victoryAdam McMullen (Republican) 51.09%
John N. Norton (Democratic) 40.97%
Dan Butler (Progressive) 7.94%
[23]
New HampshireFred H. BrownDemocraticDefeated, 46.06%John Gilbert Winant (Republican) 53.94%
[24]
New MexicoJames F. HinkleDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryArthur T. Hannett (Democratic) 48.82%
Manuel B. Otero (Republican) 48.64%
Green B. Patterson (Progressive) 2.54%
[25]
New YorkAlfred E. SmithDemocraticRe-elected, 49.96%Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (Republican) 46.63%
Norman M. Thomas (Socialist) 3.07%
James P. Cannon (Workers) 0.20%
Frank E. Passonno (Socialist Labor) 0.15%
[26]
North CarolinaCameron A. MorrisonDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryAngus W. McLean (Democratic) 61.33%
Isaac M. Meekins (Republican) 38.67%
[27]
North DakotaRagnvald NestosRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victoryArthur G. Sorlie (Republican) 53.93%
Halvor L. Halvorson (Democratic) 46.07%
[28]
OhioA. Victor DonaheyDemocraticRe-elected, 53.97%Harry L. Davis (Republican) 45.01%
Virgil D. Allen (Commonwealth Land) 0.60%
Franklin J. Catlin (Socialist Labor) 0.43%
[29]
Rhode IslandWilliam S. FlynnDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryAram J. Pothier (Republican) 58.56%
Felix A. Toupin (Democratic) 41.00%
Edward W. Theinert (Workers) 0.18%
Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.15%
Frederick W. Hurst (Socialist) 0.10%
[30]
South CarolinaThomas Gordon McLeodDemocraticRe-elected, 100.00%
[31]
(Democratic primary results)
Thomas Gordon McLeod 61.45%
John T. Duncan 38.55%
[32]
South DakotaWilliam H. McMasterRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryCarl Gunderson (Republican) 53.90%
William J. Bulow (Democratic) 22.86%
A. L. Putnam (Farmer Labor) 13.25%
Richard Olsen Richards (Independent) 9.98%
[33]
TennesseeAustin PeayDemocraticRe-elected, 57.20%T. F. Peck (Republican) 42.80%
[34]
TexasPat Morris NeffDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryMiriam A. Ferguson (Democratic) 58.89%
George C. Butte (Republican) 41.11%
[35]
UtahCharles Rendell MabeyRepublicanDefeated, 47.01%George H. Dern (Democratic) 52.99%
[36]
VermontRedfield Proctor Jr.RepublicanRetired, Republican victoryFranklin Swift Billings (Republican) 79.25%
Fred C. Martin (Democratic) 19.17%
George S. Wood (Prohibition) 1.57%
Scattering 0.02%
[37]
WashingtonLouis F. HartRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryRoland Hill Hartley (Republican) 56.41%
Ben F. Hill (Democratic) 32.40%
J. R. Oman (Progressive) 10.27%
William A. Gilmore (State) 0.50%
Emil Herman (Socialist) 0.23%
David Burgess (Socialist Labor) 0.20%
[38]
West VirginiaEphraim F. MorganRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryHoward Mason Gore (Republican) 52.97%
Jake Fisher (Democratic) 45.77%
A. S. Bosworth (Socialist) 1.26%
[39]
WisconsinJohn J. BlaineRepublicanRe-elected, 51.76%Martin L. Lueck (Democratic) 39.87%
William F. Quick (Socialist) 5.68%
Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibition) 1.45%
Severi Alanne (Workers) 0.52%
Farrand K. Shuttleworth (Independent) 0.51%
Jose Snover (Socialist Labor) 0.18%
[40]
Wyoming
(special election)		Frank E. LucasRepublicanRetired, Democratic victoryNellie Tayloe Ross (Democratic) 55.12%
E. J. Sullivan (Republican) 44.88%
[41]

See also

References
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Notes
  1. Including a special election in Wyoming.
  2. Frank E. Lucas (R) succeeded Wyoming Governor William B. Ross (D) upon his death in office in October 1924.
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