| Election Name: | 1926 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1912 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1925 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1925 |
| Next Election: | 1927 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1927 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 33 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1926; October 5, 1926 (AR) September 13, 1926 (ME) |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 24 |
| Seats After1: | 26 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| 1Data1: | 18 |
| 2Data1: | 20 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 24 |
| Seats After2: | 22 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| 1Data2: | 15 |
| 2Data2: | 13 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1926, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 2, 1926. Elections took place on October 5 in Arkansas, and September 13 in Maine.
In South Carolina, the governor was elected to a four-year term for the first time, instead of a two-year term. In Maryland, the election was held in an even-numbered year for the first time, having previously been held in the odd numbered year preceding the United States presidential election year.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Bibb Graves (Democratic) 81.22% J. A. Bingham (Republican) 18.78% [1] | ||
| Arizona | George W. P. Hunt | Democratic | Re-elected, 50.25% | Elias S. Clark (Republican) 49.75% [2] | |
| Arkansas (held, 5 October 1926)[3] [4] [5] | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | John E. Martineau (Democratic) 76.45% Drew Bowers (Republican) 23.56% [6] | ||
| California | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Clement C. Young (Republican) 71.22% Justus S. Wardell (Democratic) 24.69% Upton Sinclair (Socialist) 4.02% Scattering 0.08% [7] | ||
| Colorado | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | William H. Adams (Democratic) 59.84% Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (Republican) 38.11% Frank Cass (Farmer Labor) 1.28% Edward F. Wright (Socialist) 0.49% William R. Dietrich (Communist) 0.19% Barney Haughey (Commonwealth Land) 0.10% [8] | ||
| Connecticut | John H. Trumbull | Republican | Re-elected, 63.58% | Charles G. Morris (Democratic) 35.37% Karl C. Jursek (Socialist) 1.06% [9] | |
| Georgia | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Lamartine G. Hardman (Democratic) 100.00% [10] (Democratic primary run-off results) Lamartine G. Hardman 57.33% John N. Holder 42.67% [11] | ||
| Idaho | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | H. C. Baldridge (Republican) 51.05% W. Scott Hall (Progressive) 28.36% Asher B. Wilson (Democratic) 20.59% [12] | ||
| Iowa | John Hammill | Republican | Re-elected, 71.51% | Alex R. Miller (Democratic) 28.50% [13] | |
| Kansas | Benjamin S. Paulen | Republican | Re-elected, 63.31% | Jonathan M. Davis (Democratic) 35.30% H. Hilfrich (Socialist) 1.39% [14] | |
| Maine (held, 13 September 1926) | Ralph Owen Brewster | Republican | Re-elected, 55.52% | Ernest L. McLean (Democratic) 44.48% [15] | |
| Maryland | Albert C. Ritchie | Democratic | Re-elected, 57.93% | Addison E. Mullikin (Republican) 41.37% P. Gustave Dill (Socialist) 0.70% [16] | |
| Massachusetts | Alvan Tufts Fuller | Republican | Re-elected, 58.79% | William A. Gaston (Democratic) 40.25% Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 0.47% Lewis Marks (Workers) 0.30% Samuel Leger (Socialist Labor) 0.20% [17] | |
| Michigan | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Fred W. Green (Republican) 63.35% William A. Comstock (Democratic) 36.01% Frank E. Titus (Prohibition) 0.40% William Reynolds (Workers) 0.24% [18] | ||
| Minnesota | Theodore Christianson | Republican | Re-elected, 56.49% | Magnus Johnson (Farmer-Labor) 38.09% Alfred Jaques (Democratic) 5.43% [19] | |
| Nebraska | Adam McMullen | Republican | Re-elected, 49.82% | Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 48.99% Roy M. Harrop (Progressive) 1.19% [20] | |
| Nevada | Democratic | Defeated, 47.00% | Frederick B. Balzar (Republican) 53.00% [21] | ||
| New Hampshire | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Huntley N. Spaulding (Republican) 59.70% Eaton D. Sargent (Democratic) 40.30% [22] | ||
| New Mexico | Democratic | Defeated, 48.15% | Richard C. Dillon (Republican) 51.60% Q. M. Bixler (Independent) 0.25% [23] | ||
| New York | Alfred E. Smith | Democratic | Re-elected, 52.30% | Ogden L. Mills (Republican) 43.80% Jacob Panken (Socialist) 2.87% Charles Manierre (Prohibition) 0.73% Benjamin Gitlow (Workers) 0.19% Jeremiah D. Crowley (Socialist Labor) 0.12% [24] | |
| North Dakota | Arthur G. Sorlie | Republican | Re-elected, 81.74% | David M. Holmes (Democratic) 15.15% Ralph Ingerson (Farmer Labor) 3.10% [25] | |
| Ohio | A. Victor Donahey | Democratic | Re-elected, 50.33% | Myers Y. Cooper (Republican) 49.13% Joseph W. Sharts (Socialist) 0.43% Walter Freeman (Socialist Labor) 0.11% [26] | |
| Oklahoma | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Henry S. Johnston (Democratic) 54.90% Omer K. Benedict (Republican) 44.22% John Franing (Farmer Labor) 0.42% E. H. H. Gates (Socialist) 0.35% Ed Boyle (Independent) 0.11% [27] | ||
| Oregon | Democratic | Defeated, 41.37% | Isaac L. Patterson (Republican) 53.14% H. H. Stallard (Independent) 5.49% [28] | ||
| Pennsylvania | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | John S. Fisher (Republican) 73.34% Eugene C. Bonniwell (Democratic) 24.29% George L. Pennock (Prohibition) 1.30% John W. Slayton (Socialist) 0.78% H. W. Hicks (Workers) 0.22% Julian P. Hickok (Commonwealth Land) 0.06% Scattering 0.01% [29] | ||
| Rhode Island | Aram J. Pothier | Republican | Re-elected, 53.90% | Joseph H. Gainer (Democratic) 45.66% Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 0.45% [30] | |
| South Carolina | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | John Gardiner Richards (Democratic) 100.00% [31] (Democratic primary run-off results) John Gardiner Richards 58.20% Ibra Charles Blackwood 41.80% [32] | ||
| South Dakota | Republican | Defeated, 40.32% | William J. Bulow (Democratic) 47.38% Tom Ayres (Farmer Labor) 6.51% John E. Hipple (Independent) 5.79% [33] | ||
| Tennessee | Austin Peay | Democratic | Re-elected, 64.69% | Watler White (Republican) 35.20% P. W. Williams (Independent) 0.12% [34] | |
| Texas | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | Daniel Moody (Democratic) 86.75% H. H. Haines (Republican) 12.96% M. A. Smith (Socialist) 0.29% [35] | ||
| Vermont | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John Eliakim Weeks (Republican) 60.85% Herbert C. Comings (Democratic) 39.13% Scattering 0.02% [36] | ||
| Wisconsin | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Fred R. Zimmerman (Republican) 63.47% Charles B. Perry (Independent) 13.84% Virgil H. Cady (Democratic) 13.14% Herman O. Kent (Socialist) 7.29% David W. Emerson (Prohibition) 1.33% Alex Gordon (Socialist Labor) 0.83% Scattering 0.11% [37] | ||
| Wyoming | Democratic | Defeated, 48.95% | Frank C. Emerson (Republican) 50.90% William B. Guthrie (Radical) 0.15% [38] |