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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1936, in 34 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 3, 1936. Elections took place on September 14 in Maine.

This was the last time New York elected its governors to two-year terms. It switched to four-year terms from the 1938 election.

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Arizona Benjamin Baker Moeur Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Rawghlie C. Stanford (Democratic) 70.68%
Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) 29.11%
D. J. Lindaman (Socialist) 0.21%
[1]
Arkansas Junius Marion Futrell Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Carl E. Bailey (Democratic) 84.89%
Osro Cobb (Republican) 14.71%
J. Russell Butler (Socialist) 0.40%
[2]
Colorado Edwin C. Johnson Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Teller Ammons (Democratic) 54.57%
Charles McBride Armstrong (Republican) 43.65%
Huston Hugh Marrs (Farmer Labor) 1.07%
Paul S. McCormick (Socialist) 0.31%
James Allander (Communist) 0.20%
Claude C. Buhrman (National Union) 0.17%
Harvey L. Mayfield (Royal Way) 0.04%
[3]
Connecticut Wilbur Lucius Cross Democratic Re-elected, 55.29% Arthur M. Brown (Republican) 41.10%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 3.11%
Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.32%
Isadore Wofsy (Communist) 0.18%
[4]
Delaware C. Douglass Buck Republican Term-limited, Democratic victory Richard McMullen (Democratic) 51.57%
Harry L. Cannon (Republican) 41.60%
Isaac Dolphus Short (Independent Republican) 6.62%
Fred W. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.16%
John T. Wlodkoski (Communist) 0.06%
[5]
Florida David Sholtz Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Fred P. Cone (Democratic) 80.91%
E. E. Callaway (Republican) 19.09%
[6]
Georgia Eugene Talmadge Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Eurith D. Rivers (Democratic) 99.67%
L. P. Glass (Prohibition) 0.33%
[7]
(Democratic primary results)
Eurith D. Rivers 59.98%
Charles D. Redwine 31.62%
Blanton Fortson 8.40%
[8]
Idaho C. Ben Ross Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Barzilla W. Clark (Democratic) 57.19%
Frank L. Stephen (Republican) 41.46%
V. A. Verhei (Union) 1.35%
[9]
Illinois Henry Horner Democratic Re-elected, 53.13% Charles W. Brooks (Republican) 43.24%
William Hale Thompson (Union Progressive) 3.31%
John Fisher (Socialist) 0.18%
Harmon W. Reed (Prohibition) 0.07%
O. Alfred Olson (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
[10]
Indiana Paul V. McNutt Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory M. Clifford Townsend (Democratic) 55.36%
Raymond S. Springer (Republican) 44.33%
Marie B. Tomsich (Socialist) 0.24%
Wenzel Stocker (Communist) 0.07%
[11]
Iowa Clyde L. Herring Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Nelson G. Kraschel (Democratic) 48.56%
George A. Wilson (Republican) 48.33%
Wallace M. Short (Farmer Labor) 2.91%
Ted Fitch (Prohibition) 0.11%
J. P. Russell (Socialist) 0.09%
[12]
Kansas Alf Landon Republican Retired to run for U.S. President, Democratic victory Walter A. Huxman (Democratic) 51.09%
Will G. West (Republican) 48.52%
George M. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.39%
[13]
Maine
(held, 14 September 1936)		 Louis J. Brann Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Lewis O. Barrows (Republican) 56.03%
F. Harold Dubord (Democratic) 42.08%
Benjamin Calvin Bubar Sr. (Independent) 1.89%
[14]
Massachusetts James Michael Curley Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Charles F. Hurley (Democratic) 47.62%
John W. Haigis (Republican) 46.08%
William McMasters (Union) 3.76%
Fred G. Bushold (Townsend Party) 1.30%
Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 0.52%
Otis Archer Hood (Communist) 0.33%
Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.21%
[15]
Michigan Frank Fitzgerald Republican Defeated, 48.23% Frank Murphy (Democratic) 51.02%
John Monarch (Socialist) 0.38%
Simeon P. Martin (Farmer Labor) 0.19%
Philip Raymond (Communist) 0.12%
Clayton O'Donohue (Socialist Labor) 0.03%
Ray T. Fuller (Commonwealth) 0.03%
[16]
Minnesota Hjalmar Petersen Farmer-Labor Retired, Farmer-Labor victory Elmer Austin Benson (Farmer-Labor) 60.74%
Martin A. Nelson (Republican) 38.55%
Earl Stewart (Industrial) 0.71%
[17]
Missouri Guy Brasfield Park Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Lloyd C. Stark (Democratic) 57.06%
Jesse W. Barrett (Republican) 42.53%
Otto C. Botz (Independent) 0.23%
George E. Duemler (Socialist) 0.15%
Frank A. Williams (Communist) 0.02%
William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.02%
[18]
Montana Elmer Holt Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Roy E. Ayers (Democratic) 50.96%
Frank A. Hazelbaker (Republican) 48.10%
P. J. Cavanaugh (Socialist) 0.41%
Daniel Ryan (Union) 0.37%
Arvo Fredrickson (Communist) 0.17%
[19]
Nebraska Robert Leroy Cochran Democratic Re-elected, 55.90% Dwight Griswold (Republican) 43.14%
Peter Mehrens (Independent) 0.96%
[20]
New Hampshire Styles Bridges Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Francis P. Murphy (Republican) 56.60%
Amos Blandin (Democratic) 42.63%
Arthur J. Bergeron (Farmer Labor) 0.77%
[21]
New Mexico Clyde Tingley Democratic Re-elected, 57.21% Jaffa Miller (Republican) 42.75%
H. G. Rauert (Farmer Labor) 0.04%
[22]
New York Herbert H. Lehman Democratic Re-elected, 53.45% William F. Bleakley (Republican) 44.09%
Harry W. Laidler (Socialist) 1.73%
Robert Minor (Communist) 0.73%
[23]
North Carolina John C. B. Ehringhaus Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Clyde R. Hoey (Democratic) 66.69%
Gilliam Grissom (Republican) 33.32%
[24]
North Dakota Walter Welford Republican Defeated, 34.70% William Langer (Non-Partisan League) 35.80%
John Moses (Democratic) 29.27%
Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 0.12%
L. J. Weh (Progressive) 0.11%
[25]
Ohio Martin L. Davey Democratic Re-elected, 52.02% John W. Bricker (Republican) 47.74%
Andrew R. Onda (Communist) 0.25%
[26]
Rhode Island Theodore F. Green Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Robert E. Quinn (Democratic) 53.66%
Charles P. Sisson (Republican) 45.85%
Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.33%
James P. Reid (Communist) 0.16%
[27]
South Dakota Tom Berry Democratic Defeated, 48.40% Leslie Jensen (Republican) 51.60%
[28]
Tennessee Hill McAlister Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Gordon Browning (Democratic) 80.38%
Pat H. Thach (Republican) 18.71%
Kate Bradford Stockton (Independent) 0.92%
[29]
Texas James V. Allred Democratic Re-elected, 92.87% C. O. Harris (Republican) 6.99%
Carl Brannin (Socialist) 0.11%
Homer Brooks (Communist) 0.03%
[30]
Utah Henry H. Blood Democratic Re-elected, 64.59% Ray E. Dillman (Republican) 35.41%
[31]
Vermont Charles Manley Smith Republican Retired, Republican victory George Aiken (Republican) 60.89%
Alfred Harris Heininger (Democratic) 38.76%
Fred Gardner (Communist) 0.34%
Scattering 0.01%
[32]
Washington Clarence D. Martin Democratic Re-elected, 69.36% Roland H. Hartley (Republican) 28.12%
Ove M. Nelson (Union) 0.94%
John F. McKay (Socialist) 0.63%
William Morley Bouck (Farmer Labor) 0.30%
Malcolm M. Moore (Christian) 0.29%
Harold P. Brockway (Communist) 0.29%
[33]
West Virginia Herman G. Kump Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Homer A. Holt (Democratic) 59.16%
Summers H. Sharp (Republican) 40.84%
[34]
Wisconsin Philip La Follette Progressive Re-elected, 46.38% Alexander Wiley (Republican) 29.42%
Arthur W. Lueck (Democratic) 21.71%
Joseph F. Walsh (Union) 2.26%
Joseph Ehrhardt (Socialist Labor) 0.14%
August F. Fehlandt (Prohibition) 0.08%
Scattering 0.02%
[35]

See also

References

  1. ^ "AZ Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "AR Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ "CO Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ^ "CT Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  5. ^ "DE Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  6. ^ "FL Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  7. ^ "GA Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  8. ^ "GA Governor, 1936 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  9. ^ "ID Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  10. ^ "IL Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  11. ^ "IN Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  12. ^ "IA Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  13. ^ "KS Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  14. ^ "ME Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  15. ^ "MA Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  16. ^ "MI Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  17. ^ "MN Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  18. ^ "MO Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  19. ^ "MT Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  20. ^ "NE Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  21. ^ "NH Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  22. ^ "NM Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  23. ^ "NY Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  24. ^ "NC Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  25. ^ "ND Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  26. ^ "OH Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  27. ^ "RI Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  28. ^ "SD Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  29. ^ "TN Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  30. ^ "TX Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  31. ^ "UT Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  32. ^ "VT Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  33. ^ "WA Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  34. ^ "WV Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  35. ^ "WI Governor, 1936". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_United_States_gubernatorial_elections