1931 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1931, in four states. Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi hold their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years, which it would abandon in 1949.

1931 United States gubernatorial elections
November 3, 1931;
April 19, 1932 (LA)
4 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 25 21
Seats after 27 19
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2
Seats up 2 2
Seats won 4 0
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold

Results
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
KentuckyFlem D. SampsonRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryRuby Laffoon (Democratic) 54.28%
William B. Harrison (Republican) 45.43%
John J. Thobe (Socialist) 0.14%
Herman Horning (Socialist Labor) 0.14%
[1]
Louisiana
(Held, 19 April 1932)
Huey LongDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory[lower-alpha 1]Oscar K. Allen (Democratic) 99.95%
Scattering 0.05%
[2]
(Democratic primary results)
Oscar K. Allen 56.51%
Dudley J. LeBlanc 28.96%
George Seth Guion 14.15%
William C. Boone 0.26%
William L. Clark Jr. 0.12%
[3][4]
MississippiTheodore G. BilboDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryMartin S. Conner (Democratic) 100.00%
[5]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Martin S. Conner 54.08%
Hugh L. White 45.92%
[6]
New JerseyMorgan Foster LarsonRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryA. Harry Moore (Democratic) 57.82%
David Baird Jr. (Republican) 39.74%
Edmund R. Halsey (Independent) 1.06%
Owen M. Bruner (National Prohibition) 0.64%
Herman F. Niessner (Socialist) 0.41%
John J. Ballam (Communist) 0.14%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.12%
John A. Kelly (Taxpayers) 0.08%[7]

References
  1. "KY Governor, 1931". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. "LA Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  3. "Primary Election Returns, 1919-1997: Louisiana". Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 115. ISBN 1568023960.
  4. Compilation of Primary Election Returns of the Democratic Party, State of Louisiana. State of Louisiana. 1932.
  5. "MS Governor, 1931". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  6. "MS Governor, 1931 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  7. "NJ Governor, 1931". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

Notes
  1. Long resigned on 25 January 1932 to take a seat in the U.S. Senate, after the Democratic primary.


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