| Election Name: | 1924 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1912 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1923 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1923 |
| Next Election: | 1925 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1925 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 36 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 4, 1924; October 7, 1924 (AR) September 8, 1924 (ME) |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 26 |
| Seats After1: | 24 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| 1Data1: | 16 |
| 2Data1: | 14 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 22 |
| Seats After2: | 24 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| 1Data2: | 20 |
| 2Data2: | 22 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1924, in 36 states (including 1 special election), concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 4, 1924. Elections took place on October 7, 1924 in Arkansas, and September 8, 1924 in Maine.
This was the last time South Carolina elected its governors to two-year terms. It switched to four-years-terms from the 1926 election.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | George W. P. Hunt | Democratic | Re-elected, 50.53% | Dwight B. Heard (Republican) 49.47% [1] | |
| Arkansas (held, 7 October 1924)[2] [3] [4] | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Thomas J. Terral (Democratic) 79.84% John W. Grabiel (Republican) 20.16% [5] | ||
| Colorado | Democratic | Defeated, 44.04% | Clarence J. Morley (Republican) 51.92% Frank Cass (Farmer Labor) 3.16% William R. Dietrich (Workers) 0.46% Louis E. Leeder (Liberal) 0.41% [6] | ||
| Connecticut | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Hiram Bingham (Republican) 66.18% Charles G. Morris (Democratic) 31.88% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.39% Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.35% William Mackenzie (Workers) 0.20% [7] | ||
| Delaware | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Robert P. Robinson (Republican) 59.64% Joseph Bancroft (Democratic) 39.16% Frank A. Houck (Progressive) 0.72% Kenneth A. Horner (Independent) 0.47% [8] | ||
| Florida | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | John W. Martin (Democratic) 82.79% William R. O'Neal (Republican) 17.21% [9] | ||
| Georgia | Clifford M. Walker | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00% [10] | (Democratic primary results) Clifford M. Walker 100.00% [11] | |
| Idaho | Charles C. Moore | Republican | Re-elected, 43.94% | H. F. Samuels (Progressive) 39.02% A. L. Freehafer (Democratic) 16.82% Dennis J. O'Mahoney (Socialist) 0.22% [12] | |
| Illinois | Len Small | Republican | Re-elected, 56.72% | Norman L. Jones (Democratic) 42.40% Andrew Lafin (Socialist) 0.63% William F. Dunne (Workers) 0.10% Fred Koch (Socialist Labor) 0.10% James A. Logan (Independent Republican) 0.04% Morris Lynchenheim (Commonwealth Land) 0.02% [13] | |
| Indiana | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Edward L. Jackson (Republican) 52.92% Carleton B. McCulloch (Democratic) 46.29% Francis M. Wampler (Socialist) 0.48% Basil L. Allen (Prohibition) 0.31% [14] | ||
| Iowa | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John Hammill (Republican) 72.72% James C. Murtagh (Democratic) 27.28% [15] | ||
| Kansas | Democratic | Defeated, 27.72% | Ben S. Paulen (Republican) 49.02% William Allen White (Independent) 22.71% M. L. Phillips (Socialist) 0.55% [16] | ||
| Maine (held, 8 September 1924) | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Ralph Owen Brewster (Republican) 57.22% William R. Pattangall (Democratic) 42.78% [17] | ||
| Massachusetts | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Alvan Tufts Fuller (Republican) 56.03% James Michael Curley (Democratic) 42.19% John J. Ballam (Workers) 0.82% Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 0.54% James Hayes (Socialist Labor) 0.42% [18] | ||
| Michigan | Alex J. Groesbeck | Republican | Re-elected, 68.84% | Edward Frensdorf (Democratic) 29.60% Faith Johnston (Prohibition) 0.96% Paul Dinger (Socialist Labor) 0.35% William L. Krieghoff (Socialist) 0.24% Scattering 0.02% [19] | |
| Minnesota | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Theodore Christianson (Republican) 48.71% Floyd B. Olson (Farmer-Labor) 43.84% Carlos Avery (Democratic) 5.91% Michael Ferch (Independent Progressive) 1.08% Oscar Anderson (Socialist Industrial) 0.46% [20] | ||
| Missouri | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Samuel A. Baker (Republican) 49.39% Arthur W. Nelson (Democratic) 48.94% William M. Brandt (Socialist) 1.62% William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.05% [21] | ||
| Montana | Republican | Defeated, 42.61% | John E. Erickson (Democratic) 51.04% Frank J. Edwards (Farmer Labor) 6.08% J. H. Matheson (Socialist) 0.27% [22] | ||
| Nebraska | Democratic | Won primary but retired to run for U.S. Vice President, Republican victory | Adam McMullen (Republican) 51.09% John N. Norton (Democratic) 40.97% Dan Butler (Progressive) 7.94% [23] | ||
| New Hampshire | Democratic | Defeated, 46.06% | John Gilbert Winant (Republican) 53.94% [24] | ||
| New Mexico | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Arthur T. Hannett (Democratic) 48.82% Manuel B. Otero (Republican) 48.64% Green B. Patterson (Progressive) 2.54% [25] | ||
| New York | Alfred E. Smith | Democratic | Re-elected, 49.96% | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (Republican) 46.63% Norman M. Thomas (Socialist) 3.07% James P. Cannon (Workers) 0.20% Frank E. Passonno (Socialist Labor) 0.15% [26] | |
| North Carolina | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Angus W. McLean (Democratic) 61.33% Isaac M. Meekins (Republican) 38.67% [27] | ||
| North Dakota | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Arthur G. Sorlie (Republican) 53.93% Halvor L. Halvorson (Democratic) 46.07% [28] | ||
| Ohio | A. Victor Donahey | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.97% | Harry L. Davis (Republican) 45.01% Virgil D. Allen (Commonwealth Land) 0.60% Franklin J. Catlin (Socialist Labor) 0.43% [29] | |
| Rhode Island | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Aram J. Pothier (Republican) 58.56% Felix A. Toupin (Democratic) 41.00% Edward W. Theinert (Workers) 0.18% Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.15% Frederick W. Hurst (Socialist) 0.10% [30] | ||
| South Carolina | Thomas Gordon McLeod | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00% [31] | (Democratic primary results) Thomas Gordon McLeod 61.45% John T. Duncan 38.55% [32] | |
| South Dakota | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Carl Gunderson (Republican) 53.90% William J. Bulow (Democratic) 22.86% A. L. Putnam (Farmer Labor) 13.25% Richard Olsen Richards (Independent) 9.98% [33] | ||
| Tennessee | Austin Peay | Democratic | Re-elected, 57.20% | T. F. Peck (Republican) 42.80% [34] | |
| Texas | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Miriam A. Ferguson (Democratic) 58.89% George C. Butte (Republican) 41.11% [35] | ||
| Utah | Republican | Defeated, 47.01% | George H. Dern (Democratic) 52.99% [36] | ||
| Vermont | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Franklin Swift Billings (Republican) 79.25% Fred C. Martin (Democratic) 19.17% George S. Wood (Prohibition) 1.57% Scattering 0.02% [37] | ||
| Washington | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Roland Hill Hartley (Republican) 56.41% Ben F. Hill (Democratic) 32.40% J. R. Oman (Progressive) 10.27% William A. Gilmore (State) 0.50% Emil Herman (Socialist) 0.23% David Burgess (Socialist Labor) 0.20% [38] | ||
| West Virginia | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Howard Mason Gore (Republican) 52.97% Jake Fisher (Democratic) 45.77% A. S. Bosworth (Socialist) 1.26% [39] | ||
| Wisconsin | John J. Blaine | Republican | Re-elected, 51.76% | Martin L. Lueck (Democratic) 39.87% William F. Quick (Socialist) 5.68% Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibition) 1.45% Severi Alanne (Workers) 0.52% Farrand K. Shuttleworth (Independent) 0.51% Jose Snover (Socialist Labor) 0.18% [40] | |
| Wyoming (special election) | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Nellie Tayloe Ross (Democratic) 55.12% E. J. Sullivan (Republican) 44.88% [41] |