1924 United States gubernatorial elections explained

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 in Arkansas, and September 8 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.

Results

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AZ Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  2. News: . October 8, 1924 . Democrats carry in state and county: defeat of all three amendments likely . Fayetteville Daily Democrat . Fayetteville, Arkansas . 1 . 19 September 2021 .
  3. News: . October 9, 1924 . Democrats win Arkansas race . The Atlanta Constitution . Atlanta, Georgia . 27 . 19 September 2021 .
  4. Book: Donavan . Timothy P. . Gatewood . Willard B. Jr.. 1981 . The Governors of Arkansas . Fayetteville . The University of Arkansas Press . 161 . 0-938626-00-0 .
  5. Web site: AR Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  6. Web site: CO Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  7. Web site: CT Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  8. Web site: DE Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  9. Web site: FL Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  10. Web site: GA Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  11. Book: Primary Election Returns, 1919-1997: Georgia . Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 . 1998 . Washington, D.C. . Congressional Quarterly Inc. . 1998 . 107 . 1568023960 .
  12. Web site: ID Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  13. Web site: IL Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  14. Web site: IN Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  15. Web site: IA Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  16. Web site: KS Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  17. Web site: ME Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  18. Web site: MA Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  19. Web site: MI Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  20. Web site: MN Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  21. Web site: MO Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  22. Web site: MT Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  23. Web site: NE Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  24. Web site: NH Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  25. Web site: NM Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  26. Web site: NY Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  27. Web site: NC Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  28. Web site: ND Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  29. Web site: OH Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  30. Web site: RI Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  31. Web site: SC Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  32. Web site: SC Governor, 1924 – D Primary . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  33. Web site: SD Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  34. Web site: TN Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  35. Web site: TX Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  36. Web site: UT Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  37. Web site: VT Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  38. Web site: WA Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  39. Web site: WV Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  40. Web site: WI Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.
  41. Web site: WY Governor, 1924 . Our Campaigns . 24 March 2019.