1948 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1948, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 2, 1948 (September 13 in Maine).

1948 United States gubernatorial elections
November 2, 1948;
September 13, 1948 (ME)
33 governorships[lower-alpha 1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 24 24
Seats after 30 18
Seat change Increase6 Decrease6
Seats up 14 19
Seats won 20 13
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     No election

This was the last time Connecticut elected its governors to 2-year terms, switching to 4-years from the 1950 election.

Results
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
ArizonaDan Edward GarveyDemocraticRe-elected, 59.17%Bruce Brockett (Republican) 40.06%
Ernest Fohle (Prohibition) 0.76%
[1]
ArkansasBenjamin Travis LaneyDemocraticRetired, Democratic victorySid McMath (Democratic) 89.37%
Charles R. Black (Republican) 10.63%
[2]
ColoradoWilliam Lee KnousDemocraticRe-elected, 66.33%David A. Hamil (Republican) 33.67%
[3]
ConnecticutJames C. ShannonRepublicanDefeated, 49.00%Chester Bowles (Democratic) 49.31%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.45%
Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.16%
Morris Chertov (Socialist Workers) 0.09%
[4]
DelawareWalter W. BaconRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryElbert N. Carvel (Democratic) 53.69%
Hyland P. George (Republican) 46.31%
[5]
FloridaMillard CaldwellDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryFuller Warren (Democratic) 83.35%
Bert L. Acker (Republican) 16.64%
Scattering 0.01%
[6]
Georgia
(special election)		Melvin E. ThompsonDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victoryHerman Talmadge (Democratic) 97.51%
Morgan Blake (Independent) 2.20%
James Barfoot (Independent) 0.18%
Melvin E. Thompson (Independent) 0.09%
Scattering 0.01%
[7]
IllinoisDwight H. GreenRepublicanDefeated, 42.59%Adlai Stevenson II (Democratic) 57.11%
Willis R. Wilson (Prohibition) 0.24%
Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
[8]
IndianaRalph F. GatesRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryHenry F. Schricker (Democratic) 53.56%
Hobart Creighton (Republican) 45.14%
Clinton W. Speicher (Prohibition) 0.82%
Walter Frisbie (Progressive) 0.38%
William Rabe (Socialist) 0.06%
Charles Ginsberg (Socialist Labor) 0.04%
[9]
IowaRobert D. BlueRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victoryWilliam S. Beardsley (Republican) 55.68%
Carroll O. Switzer (Democratic) 43.67%
C. E. Bierderman (Progressive) 0.36%
Marvin Galbreath (Prohibition) 0.25%
William F. Leonard (Socialist) 0.05%
[10]
KansasFrank CarlsonRepublicanRe-elected, 57.00%Randolph Carpenter (Democratic) 40.44%
N. W. Nice (Prohibition) 2.24%
W. W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.33%
[11]
Maine
(held, 13 September 1948)		Horace HildrethRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryFrederick G. Payne (Republican) 65.60%
Louis Lausier (Democratic) 34.40%
[12]
MassachusettsRobert F. BradfordRepublicanDefeated, 40.49%Paul A. Dever (Democratic) 59.03%
Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.35%
Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition) 0.14%
[13]
MichiganKim SiglerRepublicanDefeated, 45.66%G. Mennen Williams (Democratic) 53.41%
Gordon Phillips (Prohibition) 0.72%
Emanuel Seidler (Socialist) 0.10%
Arthur Chenoweth (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers) 0.04%
[14]
MinnesotaLuther YoungdahlRepublicanRe-elected, 53.15%Charles Halsted (DFL) 45.07%
Orville E. Olson (Prohibition) 1.24%
Rudolph Gustafson (Socialist Labor) 0.55%
[15]
MissouriPhil M. DonnellyDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryForrest Smith (Democratic) 56.98%
Murray Thompson (Republican) 42.75%
Robert B. Logsdon (Progressive) 0.18%
Ralph E. Gipe (Socialist) 0.07%
Henry W. Genck (Socialist Labor) 0.01%
[16]
MontanaSam C. FordRepublicanDefeated, 43.86%John W. Bonner (Democratic) 55.73%
Leverne Hamilton (Socialist) 0.41%
[17]
NebraskaVal PetersonRepublicanRe-elected, 60.07%Frank Sorrell (Democratic) 39.93%
[18]
New HampshireCharles M. DaleRepublicanRetired, Republican victorySherman Adams (Republican) 52.21%
Herbert W. Hill (Democratic) 47.27%
Irma C. Otto (Progressive) 0.52%
[19]
New MexicoThomas J. MabryDemocraticRe-elected, 54.72%Manuel Lujan Sr. (Republican) 45.28%
[20]
North CarolinaR. Gregg CherryDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryW. Kerr Scott (Democratic) 73.16%
George M. Pritchard (Republican) 26.41%
Mary Price (Progressive) 0.43%
[21]
North DakotaFred G. AandahlRepublicanRe-elected, 61.33%Howard I. Henry (Democratic) 37.49%
H. A. Porter (Progressive) 0.87%
George Lund (Socialist) 0.31%
[22]
OhioThomas J. HerbertRepublicanDefeated, 46.34%Frank Lausche (Democratic) 53.67%
[23]
Oregon
(special election)		John Hubert HallRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victoryDouglas McKay (Republican) 53.23%
Lew Wallace (Democratic) 44.53%
Wendell E. Barnett (Independent) 2.23%
[24]
Rhode IslandJohn PastoreDemocraticRe-elected, 61.15%Albert P. Ruerat (Republican) 38.42%
Clemens J. France (Progressive) 0.42%
[25]
South DakotaGeorge Theodore MickelsonRepublicanRe-elected, 61.08%Harold J. Volz (Democratic) 38.92%
[26]
TennesseeJim Nance McCordDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victoryGordon Browning (Democratic) 66.91%
Roy Acuff (Republican) 33.09%
[27]
TexasBeauford H. JesterDemocraticRe-elected, 84.72%Alvin H. Lane (Republican) 14.68%
Herman Wright (Progressive) 0.31%
Gerard Overholt (Prohibition) 0.29%
[28]
UtahHerbert B. MawDemocraticDefeated, 45.01%J. Bracken Lee (Republican) 54.99%
[29]
VermontErnest W. Gibson Jr.RepublicanRe-elected, 71.89%Charles F. Ryan (Democratic) 27.95%
Scattering 0.17%
[30]
WashingtonMonrad WallgrenDemocraticDefeated, 47.22%Arthur B. Langlie (Republican) 50.50%
Russell H. Fluent (Progressive) 2.18%
Henry Killman (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
Daniel Roberts (Socialist Workers) 0.02%
[31]
West VirginiaClarence W. MeadowsDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryOkey Patteson (Democratic) 57.13%
Herbert Stephenson Boreman (Republican) 42.88%
[32]
WisconsinOscar RennebohmRepublicanRe-elected, 54.09%Carl W. Thompson (Democratic) 44.11%
Henry J. Berquist (People's Progressive) 1.02%
Walter H. Uphoff (Socialist) 0.72%
James E. Boulton (Socialist Workers) 0.03%
Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor) 0.03%
[33]

See also

Notes
  1. Including special elections in Georgia and Oregon.

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