Election Name: | 1932 Delaware gubernatorial election |
Country: | Delaware |
Flag Year: | 1916 |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1928 Delaware gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1928 |
Next Election: | 1936 Delaware gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1936 |
Election Date: | November 8, 1932 |
Nominee1: | C. Douglass Buck |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 60,903 |
Percentage1: | 54.23% |
Nominee2: | Landreth L. Layton |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 50,401 |
Percentage2: | 44.88% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | C. Douglass Buck |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | C. Douglass Buck |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1932 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican Governor C. Douglass Buck ran for re-election to a second term. He unanimously won renomination at the Republican state convention.[1] In the general election, Buck faced the Democratic nominee, Landreth L. Layton, the scion of a prominent family in Delaware politics.[2] Despite the nationwide Democratic landslide, Republicans performed well in Delaware; Herbert Hoover narrowly won Delaware over Franklin D. Roosevelt. Accordingly, Buck was able to win re-election, and significantly outpaced Hoover's slim margin; he received 54% of the vote to Layton's 45%.