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1936 United States gubernatorial elections
←  1935 November 3, 1936;
September 14, 1936 (ME)		 1937 →
34 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 37 9
Seats after 38 7
Seat change Increase1 Decrease2
Seats up 26 6
Seats won 27 4
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Farmer–Labor Progressive
Seats before 1 1
Seats after 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Seats up 1 1
Seats won 1 1
  Fifth party
 
Party Non-Partisan League
Seats before 0
Seats after 1
Seat change Increase1
Seats up 0
Seats won 1
1936 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1936 Illinois gubernatorial election 1936 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1936 Iowa gubernatorial election 1936 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1936 Kansas gubernatorial election 1936 Texas gubernatorial election 1936 New Mexico gubernatorial election 1936 Arizona gubernatorial election 1936 Florida gubernatorial election 1936 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1936 Michigan gubernatorial election 1936 Nebraska gubernatorial election 1936 South Dakota gubernatorial election 1936 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1936 Maine gubernatorial election 1936 Colorado gubernatorial election 1936 Ohio gubernatorial election 1936 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1936 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1936 Idaho gubernatorial election 1936 Georgia gubernatorial election 1936 New York gubernatorial election 1936 Delaware gubernatorial election 1936 Indiana gubernatorial election 1936 Missouri gubernatorial election 1936 Montana gubernatorial election 1936 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 1936 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1936 North Dakota gubernatorial election 1936 Utah gubernatorial election 1936 Vermont gubernatorial election 1936 Washington gubernatorial election 1936 West Virginia gubernatorial election
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Farmer–Labor hold
     Progressive hold
     Non-Partisan League gain

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

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