Election Name: | 1937 United States gubernatorial elections |
Country: | United States |
Flag Year: | 1912 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | No |
Previous Election: | 1936 United States gubernatorial elections |
Previous Year: | 1936 |
Next Election: | 1938 United States gubernatorial elections |
Next Year: | 1938 |
1Blank: | Seats up |
2Blank: | Seats won |
Seats For Election: | 2 governorships |
Election Date: | November 2, 1937 |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Seats Before1: | 38 |
Seats After1: | 39 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
1Data1: | 1 |
2Data1: | 2 |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Seats Before2: | 7 |
Seats After2: | 6 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
1Data2: | 1 |
2Data2: | 0 |
Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held on 2 November 1937, in two states. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years, which it would abandon in 1949. This marks the Democratic Party's largest gubernatorial extent in history and the largest for any party.
State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Jersey | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | A. Harry Moore (Democratic) 50.84% Lester H. Clee (Republican) 47.75% James E. Murray (Independent Labor) 0.65% Scattering 0.76% [1] | ||
Virginia | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | James Hubert Price (Democratic) 82.78% J. Powell Royall (Republican) 15.78% Donald Burke (Communist) 0.78% James Arthur Edgerton (Prohibition) 0.66% [2] |