1948 United States gubernatorial elections explained

Election Name:1948 United States gubernatorial elections
Country:United States
Flag Year:1912
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1947 United States gubernatorial elections
Previous Year:1947
Next Election:1949 United States gubernatorial elections
Next Year:1949
1Blank:Seats up
2Blank:Seats won
Seats For Election:33 governorships
Election Date:November 2, 1948;
September 13, 1948 (ME)
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Seats Before1:24
Seats After1:30
Seat Change1:6
1Data1:14
2Data1:20
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Seats Before2:24
Seats After2:18
Seat Change2:6
1Data2:19
2Data2:13
Map Size:324px

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1948, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 2, 1948. Elections took place on September 13 in Maine.

This was the last time Connecticut elected its governors to 2-year terms, switching to 4-year terms from the 1950 election.

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Arizona Dan Edward Garvey Democratic Re-elected, 59.17% Bruce Brockett (Republican) 40.06%
Ernest Fohle (Prohibition) 0.76%
[1]
Arkansas Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Sid McMath (Democratic) 89.37%
Charles R. Black (Republican) 10.63%
[2]
Colorado William Lee Knous Democratic Re-elected, 66.33% David A. Hamil (Republican) 33.67%
[3]
Connecticut Republican Defeated, 49.00% Chester Bowles (Democratic) 49.31%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.45%
Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.16%
Morris Chertov (Socialist Workers) 0.09%
[4]
Delaware Republican Term-limited, Democratic victory Elbert N. Carvel (Democratic) 53.69%
Hyland P. George (Republican) 46.31%
[5]
Florida Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Fuller Warren (Democratic) 83.35%
Bert L. Acker (Republican) 16.64%
Scattering 0.01%
[6]
Georgia
(special election)
Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Herman Talmadge (Democratic) 97.51%
Morgan Blake (Independent) 2.20%
James Barfoot (Independent) 0.18%
Melvin E. Thompson (Independent) 0.09%
Scattering 0.01%
[7]
Illinois Republican Defeated, 42.59% Adlai Stevenson II (Democratic) 57.11%
Willis R. Wilson (Prohibition) 0.24%
Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
[8]
Indiana Republican Term-limited, Democratic victory Henry F. Schricker (Democratic) 53.56%
Hobart Creighton (Republican) 45.14%
Clinton W. Speicher (Prohibition) 0.82%
Walter Frisbie (Progressive) 0.38%
William Rabe (Socialist) 0.06%
Charles Ginsberg (Socialist Labor) 0.04%
[9]
Iowa Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory William S. Beardsley (Republican) 55.68%
Carroll O. Switzer (Democratic) 43.67%
C. E. Bierderman (Progressive) 0.36%
Marvin Galbreath (Prohibition) 0.25%
William F. Leonard (Socialist) 0.05%
[10]
Kansas Frank Carlson Republican Re-elected, 57.00% Randolph Carpenter (Democratic) 40.44%
N. W. Nice (Prohibition) 2.24%
W. W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.33%
[11]
Maine
(held, 13 September 1948)
Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Frederick G. Payne (Republican) 65.60%
Louis Lausier (Democratic) 34.40%
[12]
Massachusetts Republican Defeated, 40.49% Paul A. Dever (Democratic) 59.03%
Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.35%
Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition) 0.14%
[13]
Michigan Republican Defeated, 45.66% G. Mennen Williams (Democratic) 53.41%
Gordon Phillips (Prohibition) 0.72%
Emanuel Seidler (Socialist) 0.10%
Arthur Chenoweth (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers) 0.04%
[14]
Minnesota Luther Youngdahl Republican Re-elected, 53.15% Charles Halsted (DFL) 45.07%
Orville E. Olson (Prohibition) 1.24%
Rudolph Gustafson (Socialist Labor) 0.55%
[15]
Missouri Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Forrest Smith (Democratic) 56.98%
Murray Thompson (Republican) 42.75%
Robert B. Logsdon (Progressive) 0.18%
Ralph E. Gipe (Socialist) 0.07%
Henry W. Genck (Socialist Labor) 0.01%
[16]
Montana Republican Defeated, 43.86% John W. Bonner (Democratic) 55.73%
Leverne Hamilton (Socialist) 0.41%
[17]
Nebraska Val Peterson Republican Re-elected, 60.07% Frank Sorrell (Democratic) 39.93%
[18]
New Hampshire Republican Retired, Republican victory Sherman Adams (Republican) 52.21%
Herbert W. Hill (Democratic) 47.27%
Irma C. Otto (Progressive) 0.52%
[19]
New Mexico Thomas J. Mabry Democratic Re-elected, 54.72% Manuel Lujan Sr. (Republican) 45.28%
[20]
North Carolina Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory W. Kerr Scott (Democratic) 73.16%
George M. Pritchard (Republican) 26.41%
Mary Price (Progressive) 0.43%
[21]
North Dakota Fred G. Aandahl Republican Re-elected, 61.33% Howard I. Henry (Democratic) 37.49%
H. A. Porter (Progressive) 0.87%
George Lund (Socialist) 0.31%
[22]
Ohio Republican Defeated, 46.34% Frank Lausche (Democratic) 53.67%
[23]
Oregon
(special election)
Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Douglas McKay (Republican) 53.23%
Lew Wallace (Democratic) 44.53%
Wendell E. Barnett (Independent) 2.23%
[24]
Rhode Island John Pastore Democratic Re-elected, 61.15% Albert P. Ruerat (Republican) 38.42%
Clemens J. France (Progressive) 0.42%
[25]
South Dakota George Theodore Mickelson Republican Re-elected, 61.08% Harold J. Volz (Democratic) 38.92%
[26]
Tennessee Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Gordon Browning (Democratic) 66.91%
Roy Acuff (Republican) 33.09%
[27]
Texas Beauford H. Jester Democratic Re-elected, 84.72% Alvin H. Lane (Republican) 14.68%
Herman Wright (Progressive) 0.31%
Gerard Overholt (Prohibition) 0.29%
[28]
Utah Democratic Defeated, 45.01% J. Bracken Lee (Republican) 54.99%
[29]
Vermont Ernest W. Gibson Jr. Republican Re-elected, 71.89% Charles F. Ryan (Democratic) 27.95%
Scattering 0.17%
[30]
Washington Democratic Defeated, 47.22% Arthur B. Langlie (Republican) 50.50%
Russell H. Fluent (Progressive) 2.18%
Henry Killman (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
Daniel Roberts (Socialist Workers) 0.02%
[31]
West Virginia Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Okey Patteson (Democratic) 57.13%
Herbert Stephenson Boreman (Republican) 42.88%
[32]
Wisconsin Oscar Rennebohm Republican Re-elected, 54.09% Carl W. Thompson (Democratic) 44.11%
Henry J. Berquist (People's Progressive) 1.02%
Walter H. Uphoff (Socialist) 0.72%
James E. Boulton (Socialist Workers) 0.03%
Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor) 0.03%
[33]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AZ Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  2. Web site: AR Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  3. Web site: CO Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  4. Web site: CT Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  5. Web site: DE Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  6. Web site: FL Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  7. Web site: GA Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  8. Web site: IL Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  9. Web site: IN Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  10. Web site: IA Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  11. Web site: KS Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  12. Web site: ME Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  13. Web site: MA Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  14. Web site: MI Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  15. Web site: MN Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  16. Web site: MO Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  17. Web site: MT Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  18. Web site: NE Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  19. Web site: NH Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  20. Web site: NM Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  21. Web site: NC Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  22. Web site: ND Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  23. Web site: OH Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  24. Web site: OR Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  25. Web site: RI Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  26. Web site: SD Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  27. Web site: TN Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  28. Web site: TX Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  29. Web site: UT Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  30. Web site: VT Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  31. Web site: WA Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  32. Web site: WV Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.
  33. Web site: WI Governor, 1948 . Our Campaigns . 28 February 2019.