| Election Name: | 1944 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1912 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1943 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1943 |
| Next Election: | 1945 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1945 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 32 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1944; September 11, 1944 (ME) |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 22 |
| Seats After1: | 25 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| 1Data1: | 12 |
| 2Data1: | 15 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 26 |
| Seats After2: | 23 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| 1Data2: | 20 |
| 2Data2: | 17 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1944, in 32 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 7, 1944. Elections took place on September 11 in Maine.
This was the last time Idaho elected its governors to 2-year terms, switching to 4-years from the 1946 election.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | Sidney Preston Osborn | Democratic | Re-elected, 77.91% | Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 21.19% Charles R. Osburn (Prohibition) 0.90% [1] | |
| Arkansas | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | Benjamin Travis Laney (Democratic) 85.96% Harley C. Stump (Republican) 14.04% [2] | ||
| Colorado | John Charles Vivian | Republican | Re-elected, 52.40% | Roy Phelix Best (Democratic) 47.60% [3] | |
| Connecticut | Raymond E. Baldwin | Republican | Re-elected, 50.48% | Robert A. Hurley (Democratic) 47.36% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.99% Joseph C. Borden Jr. (Socialist Labor) 0.17% [4] | |
| Delaware | Walter W. Bacon | Republican | Re-elected, 50.52% | Isaac J. MacCollum (Democratic) 49.19% Thomas W. Jakes (Prohibition) 0.29% [5] | |
| Florida | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Millard Caldwell (Democratic) 78.94% Bert L. Acker (Republican) 21.06% [6] | ||
| Idaho | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | Charles C. Gossett (Democratic) 52.64% W. H. Detweiler (Republican) 47.36% [7] | ||
| Illinois | Dwight H. Green | Republican | Re-elected, 50.75% | Thomas J. Courtney (Democratic) 48.93% Charles Storm (Socialist Labor) 0.17% Willis R. Wilson (Prohibition) 0.14% [8] | |
| Indiana | Democratic | Term-limited, Republican victory | Ralph F. Gates (Republican) 50.97% Samuel D. Jackson (Democratic) 48.18% Waldo E. Yeater (Prohibition) 0.74% William Rabe (Socialist) 0.11% [9] | ||
| Iowa | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Robert D. Blue (Republican) 56.01% R. F. Mitchell (Democratic) 43.63% Glen Williamson (Prohibition) 0.28% Hugh Bockewitz (Socialist) 0.08% [10] | ||
| Kansas | Andrew Frank Schoeppel | Republican | Re-elected, 65.73% | Robert S. Lemon (Democratic) 32.84% David C. White (Prohibition) 1.11% W. W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.32% [11] | |
| Maine (held, September 11, 1944) | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Horace Hildreth (Republican) 70.27% Paul Julien (Democratic) 29.73% [12] | ||
| Massachusetts | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | Maurice J. Tobin (Democratic) 53.64% Horace T. Cahill (Republican) 46.00% Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.27% Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.15% Scattering 0.01% [13] | ||
| Michigan | Harry Kelly | Republican | Re-elected, 54.69% | Edward J. Fry (Democratic) 44.76% Seth A. Davey (Prohibition) 0.26% Forest Odell (Socialist) 0.13% Leland Marion (America First) 0.10% Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor) 0.06% [14] | |
| Minnesota | Edward John Thye | Republican | Re-elected, 61.59% | Byron G. Allen (DFL) 37.78% Gerald M. York (Industrial Government) 0.63% [15] | |
| Missouri | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Phil M. Donnelly (Democratic) 50.94% Jean Paul Bradshaw (Republican) 48.97% W. F. Rinck (Socialist) 0.08% Stephen Tendler (Socialist Labor) 0.01% [16] | ||
| Montana | Sam C. Ford | Republican | Re-elected, 56.36% | Leif Erickson (Democratic) 43.18% Charles R. Miller (Prohibition) 0.47% [17] | |
| Nebraska | Dwight Griswold | Republican | Re-elected, 76.11% | George W. Olsen (Democratic) 23.89% [18] | |
| New Hampshire | Republican | Lost Republican primary, Republican victory | Charles M. Dale (Republican) 53.11% James J. Powers (Democratic) 46.89% [19] | ||
| New Mexico | John J. Dempsey | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.81% | Carroll G. Gunderson (Republican) 48.19% [20] | |
| North Carolina | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | R. Gregg Cherry (Democratic) 69.61% Frank C. Patton (Republican) 30.40% [21] | ||
| North Dakota | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Fred G. Aandahl (Republican) 52.02% William T. Depuy (Democratic) 28.92% Alvin C. Strutz (Independent) 18.81% A. M. Wiley (Prohibition) 0.26% [22] | ||
| Ohio | Republican | Retired to run for Vice President of the United States, Democratic victory | Frank Lausche (Democratic) 51.82% James Garfield Stewart (Republican) 48.19% [23] | ||
| Rhode Island | J. Howard McGrath | Democratic | Re-elected, 60.65% | Norman D. MacLeod (Republican) 39.35% [24] | |
| South Dakota | Merrell Q. Sharpe | Republican | Re-elected, 65.51% | Lynn Fellows (Democratic) 34.50% [25] | |
| Tennessee | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Jim Nance McCord (Democratic) 62.50% John W. Kilgo (Republican) 35.98% John Randolph Neal Jr. (Independent) 1.52% [26] | ||
| Texas | Coke R. Stevenson | Democratic | Re-elected, 90.95% | B. J. Peasley (Republican) 9.05% [27] | |
| Utah | Herbert B. Maw | Democratic | Re-elected, 50.21% | J. Bracken Lee (Republican) 49.79% [28] | |
| Vermont | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Mortimer R. Proctor (Republican) 65.90% Ernest H. Bailey (Democratic) 34.10% [29] | ||
| Washington | Republican | Defeated, 48.12% | Monrad Wallgren (Democratic) 51.51% Allen Emerson (Prohibition) 0.20% Henry E. O. Gusey (Socialist Labor) 0.16% [30] | ||
| West Virginia | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Clarence W. Meadows (Democratic) 54.44% Daniel Boone Dawson (Republican) 45.56% [31] | ||
| Wisconsin | Walter Samuel Goodland | Republican | Re-elected, 52.84% | Daniel Hoan (Democratic) 40.62% Alexander O. Benz (Progressive) 5.76% George A. Nelson (Socialist) 0.70% Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor) 0.09% [32] |