1934_United_States_gubernatorial_elections

1934 United States gubernatorial elections
34 governorships
	Democratic gain Democratic hold; Republican gain Republican hold; Farmer–Labor hold; Progressive gain

1934 United States gubernatorial elections

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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1934, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 6, 1934. Elections took place on September 10 in Maine.

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State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Alabama	Benjamin M. Miller	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Bibb Graves (Democratic) 86.93% Edmund H. Dryer (Republican) 12.67% Arlie Barber (Socialist) 0.25% J. M. Davis (Communist) 0.15% ^[1]
Arizona	Benjamin Baker Moeur	Democratic	Re-elected, 59.65%	Thomas Maddock (Republican) 38.15% Lawrence McGivern (Socialist) 1.83% Clay Naff (Communist) 0.36% ^[2]
Arkansas	Junius Marion Futrell	Democratic	Re-elected, 89.19%	G. C. Ledbetter (Republican) 9.44% J. Russell Butler (Socialist) 1.37% ^[3]
California	Frank F. Merriam	Republican	Re-elected, 48.87%	Upton Sinclair (Democratic) 37.75% Raymond L. Haight (Progressive) 12.99% Sam Darcy (Communist) 0.25% Milen C. Dempster (Socialist) 0.13% Scattering 0.01% ^[4]
Colorado	Edwin Carl Johnson	Democratic	Re-elected, 58.11%	Nate C. Warren (Republican) 39.91% Paul S. McCormick (Socialist) 1.31% Paul W. Hipp (Prohibition) 0.35% P. C. Feste (Communist) 0.32% ^[5]
Connecticut	Wilbur L. Cross	Democratic	Re-elected, 46.71%	Hugh Meade Alcorn (Republican) 45.16% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 6.96% Alvin M. Gully (Socialist Labor) 0.68% William E. Hogan (Independent Citizens) 0.26% Isadore Wofsy (Communist) 0.23% ^[6]
Georgia	Eugene Talmadge	Democratic	Re-elected, 100.00% ^[7]	(Democratic primary results) Eugene Talmadge 65.95% Claude Pittman 32.18% Ed Gilliam 1.88% ^[8]
Idaho	C. Ben Ross	Democratic	Re-elected, 54.58%	Frank L. Stephan (Republican) 44.26% Allen F. Adams (Socialist) 0.68% T. H. Darrow (Commonwealth Prohibition) 0.48% ^[9]
Iowa	Clyde L. Herring	Democratic	Re-elected, 51.75%	Dan W. Turner (Republican) 43.55% Wallace M. Short (Farmer Labor) 4.09% L. J. U. Smay (Prohibition) 0.24% Arthur W. Saarman (Socialist) 0.21% Ira R. Meade (Communist) 0.17% ^[10]
Kansas	Alfred M. Landon	Republican	Re-elected, 53.51%	Omar B. Ketchum (Democratic) 45.63% George M. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.86% ^[11]
Maine (held, 10 September 1934)	Louis J. Brann	Democratic	Re-elected, 53.99%	Alfred K. Ames (Republican) 45.90% Harry Warsaw (Communist) 0.11% ^[12]
Maryland	Albert C. Ritchie	Democratic	Defeated, 48.32%	Harry Whinna Nice (Republican) 49.52% Broadus Mitchell (Socialist) 1.32% William A. Gillespe (Independent) 0.55% Bernard Ades (Communist) 0.15% Harry B. Galantian (Labor) 0.14% ^[13]
Massachusetts	Joseph B. Ely	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	James Michael Curley (Democratic) 49.65% Gaspar G. Bacon (Republican) 42.30% Frank A. Goodwin (Equal Tax) 6.35% Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 0.83% John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor) 0.39% Edward Rand Stevens (Communist) 0.28% Freeman W. Follett (Prohibition) 0.20% ^[14]
Michigan	William Comstock	Democratic	Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory	Frank D. Fitzgerald (Republican) 52.41% Arthur J. Lacy (Democratic) 45.84% Arthur E. Larsen (Socialist) 0.95% Raymond Anderson (Communist) 0.46% Donald D. Alderdyce (Farmer Labor) 0.17% Scattering 0.17% ^[15]
Minnesota	Floyd B. Olson	Farmer-Labor	Re-elected, 44.61%	Martin A. Nelson (Republican) 37.72% John E. Regan (Democratic) 16.84% Arthur C. Townley (Independent) 0.42% Samuel K. Davis (Communist) 0.41% () ^[16]
Nebraska	Charles W. Bryan	Democratic	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory	Robert L. Cochran (Democratic) 50.84% Dwight P. Griswold (Republican) 47.73% Ralph W. Madison (Independent) 0.83% John J. Schefcik (Independent) 0.60% ^[17]
Nevada	Morley Griswold	Republican	Defeated, 34.52%	Richard Kirman (Democratic) 53.94% Lindley C. Branson (Independent) 11.54% ^[18]
New Hampshire	John Gilbert Winant	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	H. Styles Bridges (Republican) 50.55% John L. Sullivan (Democratic) 49.16% Eli Bourdon (Socialist) 0.16% Elba K. Chase (Communist) 0.14% ^[19]
New Jersey	A. Harry Moore	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Harold Giles Hoffman (Republican) 49.90% William L. Dill (Democratic) 49.00% Herman F. Niessner (Socialist) 0.64% Morris M. Brown (Communist) 0.21% Leslie E. Molineaux (Prohibition) 0.11% George E. Bopp (Socialist Labor) 0.08% Charles H. Ingersoll (Independent) 0.04% ^[20]
New Mexico	Andrew W. Hockenhull	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Clyde Tingley (Democratic) 51.90% Jaffa Miller (Republican) 47.60% E. E. Frost (Socialist) 0.42% Philip Howe (Communist) 0.09% ^[21]
New York	Herbert H. Lehman	Democratic	Re-elected, 57.77%	Robert Moses (Republican) 36.57% Charles Solomon (Socialist) 3.32% Israel Amter (Communist) 1.20% William Frederick Varney (Law Preservation) 0.54% John F. Hylan (Recovery) (write-in) 0.41% Aaron M. Orange (Socialist Labor) 0.19% ^[22]
North Dakota	Ole H. Olson	Republican	Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor, Democratic victory	Thomas H. Moodie (Democratic) 52.98% Lydia Cady Langer (Republican) 46.61% Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 0.41% ^[23]
Ohio	George White	Democratic	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory	Martin L. Davey (Democratic) 51.13% Clarence J. Brown (Republican) 48.14% I. O. Ford (Communist) 0.73% ^[24]
Oklahoma	William H. Murray	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Ernest W. Marland (Democratic) 58.25% William B. Pine (Republican) 38.81% S. P. Green (Socialist) 2.66% Francis M. Simpson (Independent) 0.23% Scattering 0.05% ^[25]
Oregon	Julius L. Meier	Independent	Retired, Democratic victory	Charles H. Martin (Democratic) 38.57% Peter C. Zimmerman (Independent) 31.57% Joe E. Dunne (Republican) 28.73% Harry J. Correll (Independent) 0.49% Abraham M. Silverman (Independent) 0.46% Hank E. Wirth (Independent) 0.18% ^[26]
Pennsylvania	Gifford Pinchot	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	George H. Earle (Democratic) 50.04% William A. Schnader (Republican) 47.79% Jesse H. Holmes (Socialist) 1.44% Herbert T. Ames (Prohibition) 0.46% Emmett Patrick Cush (Communist) 0.19% Bess Gyekis (Industrial Labor) 0.08% ^[27]
Rhode Island	Theodore F. Green	Democratic	Re-elected, 56.62%	Luke H. Callan (Republican) 42.44% Joseph M. Coldwell (Socialist) 0.94% ^[28]
South Carolina	Ibra Charles Blackwood	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Olin Johnston (Democratic) 100.00% ^[29] (Democratic primary run-off results) Olin Johnston 56.20% Coleman L. Blease 43.80% ^[30]
South Dakota	Tom Berry	Democratic	Re-elected, 58.60%	William C. Allen (Republican) 40.65% Knute Walstad (Independent) 0.75% ^[31]
Tennessee	Hill McAlister	Democratic	Re-elected, 61.78%	Lewis S. Pope (Independent) 38.22% ^[32]
Texas	Miriam A. Ferguson	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	James V. Allred (Democratic) 96.44% D. E. W aggoner (Republican) 3.08% George C. Edwards (Socialist) 0.42% Enoch Hardaway (Communist) 0.06% ^[33]
Vermont	Stanley C. Wilson	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Charles Manley Smith (Republican) 57.26% James Patrick Leamy (Democratic) 42.13% John G. Hutton (Socialist) 0.47% Thomas Alexander Boyd (Communist) 0.14% ^[34]
Wisconsin	Albert George Schmedeman	Democratic	Defeated, 37.69%	Philip La Follette (Progressive) 39.12% Howard T. Greene (Republican) 18.14% George A. Nelson (Socialist) 4.68% Morris Childs (Ind. Communist) 0.26% Thomas W. North (Ind. Prohibition) 0.09% Joseph Ehrhardt (Ind. Socialist Labor) 0.04% ^[35]
Wyoming	Leslie A. Miller	Democratic	Re-elected, 57.91%	Alonzo M. Clark (Republican) 41.37% Louis Sky (Socialist) 0.56% Merton Willer (Communist) 0.17% ^[36]

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[1] Horace Griggs Prall (R) succeeded New Jersey Governor A. Harry Moore (D) who resigned to take a seat in the U.S. Senate in January 1935.

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1934_United_States_gubernatorial_elections

1934 United States gubernatorial elections

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