| Election Name: | 1934 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1912 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1933 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1933 |
| Next Election: | 1935 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1935 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 34 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 6, 1934; September 10, 1934 (ME) |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 37 |
| Seats After1: | 38 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| 1Data1: | 24 |
| 2Data1: | 25 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 9 |
| Seats After2: | 8 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| 1Data2: | 8 |
| 2Data2: | 7 |
| Party4: | Farmer–Labor Party (United States) |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| 1Data4: | 1 |
| 2Data4: | 1 |
| Party5: | Wisconsin Progressive Party |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| 1Data5: | 0 |
| 2Data5: | 1 |
| Party7: | Independent (United States) |
| Seats Before7: | 1 |
| Seats After7: | 0 |
| Seat Change7: | 1 |
| 1Data7: | 1 |
| 2Data7: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1934, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 6, 1934. Elections took place on September 10 in Maine.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Bibb Graves (Democratic) 86.93% Edmund H. Dryer (Republican) 12.67% Arlie Barber (Socialist) 0.25% J. M. Davis (Communist) 0.15% [1] | ||
| Arizona | Benjamin Baker Moeur | Democratic | Re-elected, 59.65% | Thomas Maddock (Republican) 38.15% Lawrence McGivern (Socialist) 1.83% Clay Naff (Communist) 0.36% [2] | |
| Arkansas | Junius Marion Futrell | Democratic | Re-elected, 89.19% | G. C. Ledbetter (Republican) 9.44% J. Russell Butler (Socialist) 1.37% [3] | |
| California | Frank F. Merriam | Republican | Re-elected, 48.87% | Upton Sinclair (Democratic) 37.75% Raymond L. Haight (Progressive) 12.99% Sam Darcy (Communist) 0.25% Milen C. Dempster (Socialist) 0.13% Scattering 0.01% [4] | |
| Colorado | Edwin Carl Johnson | Democratic | Re-elected, 58.11% | Nate C. Warren (Republican) 39.91% Paul S. McCormick (Socialist) 1.31% Paul W. Hipp (Prohibition) 0.35% P. C. Feste (Communist) 0.32% [5] | |
| Connecticut | Wilbur L. Cross | Democratic | Re-elected, 46.71% | Hugh Meade Alcorn (Republican) 45.16% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 6.96% Alvin M. Gully (Socialist Labor) 0.68% William E. Hogan (Independent Citizens) 0.26% Isadore Wofsy (Communist) 0.23% [6] | |
| Georgia | Eugene Talmadge | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00% [7] | (Democratic primary results) Eugene Talmadge 65.95% Claude Pittman 32.18% Ed Gilliam 1.88% [8] | |
| Idaho | C. Ben Ross | Democratic | Re-elected, 54.58% | Frank L. Stephan (Republican) 44.26% Allen F. Adams (Socialist) 0.68% T. H. Darrow (Commonwealth Prohibition) 0.48% [9] | |
| Iowa | Clyde L. Herring | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.75% | Dan W. Turner (Republican) 43.55% Wallace M. Short (Farmer Labor) 4.09% L. J. U. Smay (Prohibition) 0.24% Arthur W. Saarman (Socialist) 0.21% Ira R. Meade (Communist) 0.17% [10] | |
| Kansas | Alfred M. Landon | Republican | Re-elected, 53.51% | Omar B. Ketchum (Democratic) 45.63% George M. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.86% [11] | |
| Maine (held, 10 September 1934) | Louis J. Brann | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.99% | Alfred K. Ames (Republican) 45.90% Harry Warsaw (Communist) 0.11% [12] | |
| Maryland | Democratic | Defeated, 48.32% | Harry Whinna Nice (Republican) 49.52% Broadus Mitchell (Socialist) 1.32% William A. Gillespe (Independent) 0.55% Bernard Ades (Communist) 0.15% Harry B. Galantian (Labor) 0.14% [13] | ||
| Massachusetts | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | James Michael Curley (Democratic) 49.65% Gaspar G. Bacon (Republican) 42.30% Frank A. Goodwin (Equal Tax) 6.35% Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 0.83% John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor) 0.39% Edward Rand Stevens (Communist) 0.28% Freeman W. Follett (Prohibition) 0.20% [14] | ||
| Michigan | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory | Frank D. Fitzgerald (Republican) 52.41% Arthur J. Lacy (Democratic) 45.84% Arthur E. Larsen (Socialist) 0.95% Raymond Anderson (Communist) 0.46% Donald D. Alderdyce (Farmer Labor) 0.17% Scattering 0.17% [15] | ||
| Minnesota | Floyd B. Olson | Farmer-Labor | Re-elected, 44.61% | Martin A. Nelson (Republican) 37.72% John E. Regan (Democratic) 16.84% Arthur C. Townley (Independent) 0.42% Samuel K. Davis (Communist) 0.41% [16] | |
| Nebraska | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | Robert L. Cochran (Democratic) 50.84% Dwight P. Griswold (Republican) 47.73% Ralph W. Madison (Independent) 0.83% John J. Schefcik (Independent) 0.60% [17] | ||
| Nevada | Republican | Defeated, 34.52% | Richard Kirman (Democratic) 53.94% Lindley C. Branson (Independent) 11.54% [18] | ||
| New Hampshire | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | H. Styles Bridges (Republican) 50.55% John L. Sullivan (Democratic) 49.16% Eli Bourdon (Socialist) 0.16% Elba K. Chase (Communist) 0.14% [19] | ||
| New Jersey | Democratic | Term-limited, Republican victory | Harold Giles Hoffman (Republican) 49.90% William L. Dill (Democratic) 49.00% Herman F. Niessner (Socialist) 0.64% Morris M. Brown (Communist) 0.21% Leslie E. Molineaux (Prohibition) 0.11% George E. Bopp (Socialist Labor) 0.08% Charles H. Ingersoll (Independent) 0.04% [20] | ||
| New Mexico | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Clyde Tingley (Democratic) 51.90% Jaffa Miller (Republican) 47.60% E. E. Frost (Socialist) 0.42% Philip Howe (Communist) 0.09% [21] | ||
| New York | Herbert H. Lehman | Democratic | Re-elected, 57.77% | Robert Moses (Republican) 36.57% Charles Solomon (Socialist) 3.32% Israel Amter (Communist) 1.20% William Frederick Varney (Law Preservation) 0.54% John F. Hylan (Recovery) (write-in) 0.41% Aaron M. Orange (Socialist Labor) 0.19% [22] | |
| North Dakota | Republican | Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor, Democratic victory | Thomas H. Moodie (Democratic) 52.98% Lydia Cady Langer (Republican) 46.61% Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 0.41% [23] | ||
| Ohio | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | Martin L. Davey (Democratic) 51.13% Clarence J. Brown (Republican) 48.14% I. O. Ford (Communist) 0.73% [24] | ||
| Oklahoma | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Ernest W. Marland (Democratic) 58.25% William B. Pine (Republican) 38.81% S. P. Green (Socialist) 2.66% Francis M. Simpson (Independent) 0.23% Scattering 0.05% [25] | ||
| Oregon | Retired, Democratic victory | Charles H. Martin (Democratic) 38.57% Peter C. Zimmerman (Independent) 31.57% Joe E. Dunne (Republican) 28.73% Harry J. Correll (Independent) 0.49% Abraham M. Silverman (Independent) 0.46% Hank E. Wirth (Independent) 0.18% [26] | |||
| Pennsylvania | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | George H. Earle (Democratic) 50.04% William A. Schnader (Republican) 47.79% Jesse H. Holmes (Socialist) 1.44% Herbert T. Ames (Prohibition) 0.46% Emmett Patrick Cush (Communist) 0.19% Bess Gyekis (Industrial Labor) 0.08% [27] | ||
| Rhode Island | Theodore F. Green | Democratic | Re-elected, 56.62% | Luke H. Callan (Republican) 42.44% Joseph M. Coldwell (Socialist) 0.94% [28] | |
| South Carolina | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Olin Johnston (Democratic) 100.00% [29] (Democratic primary run-off results) Olin Johnston 56.20% Coleman L. Blease 43.80% [30] | ||
| South Dakota | Tom Berry | Democratic | Re-elected, 58.60% | William C. Allen (Republican) 40.65% Knute Walstad (Independent) 0.75% [31] | |
| Tennessee | Hill McAlister | Democratic | Re-elected, 61.78% | Lewis S. Pope (Independent) 38.22% [32] | |
| Texas | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | James V. Allred (Democratic) 96.44% D. E. W aggoner (Republican) 3.08% George C. Edwards (Socialist) 0.42% Enoch Hardaway (Communist) 0.06% [33] | ||
| Vermont | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Charles Manley Smith (Republican) 57.26% James Patrick Leamy (Democratic) 42.13% John G. Hutton (Socialist) 0.47% Thomas Alexander Boyd (Communist) 0.14% [34] | ||
| Wisconsin | Democratic | Defeated, 37.69% | Philip La Follette (Progressive) 39.12% Howard T. Greene (Republican) 18.14% George A. Nelson (Socialist) 4.68% Morris Childs (Ind. Communist) 0.26% Thomas W. North (Ind. Prohibition) 0.09% Joseph Ehrhardt (Ind. Socialist Labor) 0.04% [35] | ||
| Wyoming | Leslie A. Miller | Democratic | Re-elected, 57.91% | Alonzo M. Clark (Republican) 41.37% Louis Sky (Socialist) 0.56% Merton Willer (Communist) 0.17% [36] |