1926 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1926, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 2, 1926 (October 5 in Arkansas, and September 13 in Maine).

1926 United States gubernatorial elections
November 2, 1926;
October 5, 1926 (AR)
September 13, 1926 (ME)
33 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 24 24
Seats after 26 22
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2
Seats up 18 15
Seats won 20 13
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

In South Carolina, the governor was elected to a four-year term for the first time, instead of a two-year term. In Maryland, the election was held in an even-numbered year for the first time, having previously been held in the odd numbered year preceding the United States presidential election year.

Results
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
AlabamaWilliam W. BrandonDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryBibb Graves (Democratic) 81.22%
J. A. Bingham (Republican) 18.78%
[1]
ArizonaGeorge W. P. HuntDemocraticRe-elected, 50.25%Elias S. Clark (Republican) 49.75%
[2]
Arkansas
(held, 5 October 1926)[3][4][5]		Tom TerralDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victoryJohn E. Martineau (Democratic) 76.45%
Drew Bowers (Republican) 23.56%
[6]
CaliforniaFriend RichardsonRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victoryClement C. Young (Republican) 71.22%
Justus S. Wardell (Democratic) 24.69%
Upton Sinclair (Socialist) 4.02%
Scattering 0.08%
[7]
ColoradoClarence MorleyRepublicanRetired, Democratic victoryWilliam H. Adams (Democratic) 59.84%
Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (Republican) 38.11%
Frank Cass (Farmer Labor) 1.28%
Edward F. Wright (Socialist) 0.49%
William R. Dietrich (Communist) 0.19%
Barney Haughey (Commonwealth Land) 0.10%
[8]
ConnecticutJohn H. TrumbullRepublicanRe-elected, 63.58%Charles G. Morris (Democratic) 35.37%
Karl C. Jursek (Socialist) 1.06%
[9]
GeorgiaClifford WalkerDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryLamartine G. Hardman (Democratic) 100.00%
[10]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Lamartine G. Hardman 57.33%
John N. Holder 42.67%
[11]
IdahoCharles C. MooreRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryH. C. Baldridge (Republican) 51.05%
W. Scott Hall (Progressive) 28.36%
Asher B. Wilson (Democratic) 20.59%
[12]
IowaJohn HammillRepublicanRe-elected, 71.51%Alex R. Miller (Democratic) 28.50%
[13]
KansasBenjamin S. PaulenRepublicanRe-elected, 63.31%Jonathan M. Davis (Democratic) 35.30%
H. Hilfrich (Socialist) 1.39%
[14]
Maine
(held, 13 September 1926)		Ralph Owen BrewsterRepublicanRe-elected, 55.52%Ernest L. McLean (Democratic) 44.48%
[15]
MarylandAlbert C. RitchieDemocraticRe-elected, 57.93%Addison E. Mullikin (Republican) 41.37%
P. Gustave Dill (Socialist) 0.70%
[16]
MassachusettsAlvan Tufts FullerRepublicanRe-elected, 58.79%William A. Gaston (Democratic) 40.25%
Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 0.47%
Lewis Marks (Workers) 0.30%
Samuel Leger (Socialist Labor) 0.20%
[17]
MichiganAlex J. GroesbeckRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victoryFred W. Green (Republican) 63.35%
William A. Comstock (Democratic) 36.01%
Frank E. Titus (Prohibition) 0.40%
William Reynolds (Workers) 0.24%
[18]
MinnesotaTheodore ChristiansonRepublicanRe-elected, 56.49%Magnus Johnson (Farmer-Labor) 38.09%
Alfred Jaques (Democratic) 5.43%
[19]
NebraskaAdam McMullenRepublicanRe-elected, 49.82%Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 48.99%
Roy M. Harrop (Progressive) 1.19%
[20]
NevadaJames G. ScrughamDemocraticDefeated, 47.00%Frederick B. Balzar (Republican) 53.00%
[21]
New HampshireJohn Gilbert WinantRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victoryHuntley N. Spaulding (Republican) 59.70%
Eaton D. Sargent (Democratic) 40.30%
[22]
New MexicoArthur T. HannettDemocraticDefeated, 48.15%Richard C. Dillon (Republican) 51.60%
Q. M. Bixler (Independent) 0.25%
[23]
New YorkAlfred E. SmithDemocraticRe-elected, 52.30%Ogden L. Mills (Republican) 43.80%
Jacob Panken (Socialist) 2.87%
Charles Manierre (Prohibition) 0.73%
Benjamin Gitlow (Workers) 0.19%
Jeremiah D. Crowley (Socialist Labor) 0.12%
[24]
North DakotaArthur G. SorlieRepublicanRe-elected, 81.74%David M. Holmes (Democratic) 15.15%
Ralph Ingerson (Farmer Labor) 3.10%
[25]
OhioA. Victor DonaheyDemocraticRe-elected, 50.33%Myers Y. Cooper (Republican) 49.13%
Joseph W. Sharts (Socialist) 0.43%
Walter Freeman (Socialist Labor) 0.11%
[26]
OklahomaMartin E. TrappDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryHenry S. Johnston (Democratic) 54.90%
Omer K. Benedict (Republican) 44.22%
John Franing (Farmer Labor) 0.42%
E. H. H. Gates (Socialist) 0.35%
Ed Boyle (Independent) 0.11%
[27]
OregonWalter M. PierceDemocraticDefeated, 41.37%Isaac L. Patterson (Republican) 53.14%
H. H. Stallard (Independent) 5.49%
[28]
PennsylvaniaGifford PinchotRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryJohn S. Fisher (Republican) 73.34%
Eugene C. Bonniwell (Democratic) 24.29%
George L. Pennock (Prohibition) 1.30%
John W. Slayton (Socialist) 0.78%
H. W. Hicks (Workers) 0.22%
Julian P. Hickok (Commonwealth Land) 0.06%
Scattering 0.01%
[29]
Rhode IslandAram J. PothierRepublicanRe-elected, 53.90%Joseph H. Gainer (Democratic) 45.66%
Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 0.45%
[30]
South CarolinaThomas Gordon McLeodDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJohn Gardiner Richards (Democratic) 100.00%
[31]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
John Gardiner Richards 58.20%
Ibra Charles Blackwood 41.80%
[32]
South DakotaCarl GundersonRepublicanDefeated, 40.32%William J. Bulow (Democratic) 47.38%
Tom Ayres (Farmer Labor) 6.51%
John E. Hipple (Independent) 5.79%
[33]
TennesseeAustin PeayDemocraticRe-elected, 64.69%Watler White (Republican) 35.20%
P. W. Williams (Independent) 0.12%
[34]
TexasMiriam A. FergusonDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victoryDaniel Moody (Democratic) 86.75%
H. H. Haines (Republican) 12.96%
M. A. Smith (Socialist) 0.29%
[35]
VermontFranklin S. BillingsRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryJohn Eliakim Weeks (Republican) 60.85%
Herbert C. Comings (Democratic) 39.13%
Scattering 0.02%
[36]
WisconsinJohn J. BlaineRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryFred R. Zimmerman (Republican) 63.47%
Charles B. Perry (Independent) 13.84%
Virgil H. Cady (Democratic) 13.14%
Herman O. Kent (Socialist) 7.29%
David W. Emerson (Prohibition) 1.33%
Alex Gordon (Socialist Labor) 0.83%
Scattering 0.11%
[37]
WyomingNellie Tayloe RossDemocraticDefeated, 48.95%Frank C. Emerson (Republican) 50.90%
William B. Guthrie (Radical) 0.15%
[38]

See also

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