| Election Name: | 1952 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1912 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1951 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1951 |
| Next Election: | 1953 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1953 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 30 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 4, 1952; September 8, 1952 (ME) |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 25 |
| Seats After1: | 30 |
| Seat Change1: | 5 |
| 1Data1: | 15 |
| 2Data1: | 20 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 23 |
| Seats After2: | 18 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| 1Data2: | 15 |
| 2Data2: | 10 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1952, in 30 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and the presidential election, on November 4, 1952. Elections took place on September 8 in Maine. This was the last 2-year gubernatorial election Tennessee held, as they would switch from 2-year to 4-year terms in 1954.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | John Howard Pyle | Republican | Re-elected, 60.16% | Joe C. Haldiman (Democratic) 39.84% [1] | |
| Arkansas | Democratic | Defeated in primary, Democratic victory | Francis Cherry (Democratic) 87.41% Jefferson W. Speck (Republican) 12.59% [2] | ||
| Colorado | Daniel I. J. Thornton | Republican | Re-elected, 57.08% | John W. Metzger (Democratic) 42.42% Louis K. Stephens (Socialist Labor) 0.50% [3] | |
| Delaware | Democratic | Defeated, 47.89% | J. Caleb Boggs (Republican) 52.11% [4] | ||
| Florida | Democratic | Term limited, Democratic victory | Daniel T. McCarty (Democratic) 74.83% Harry S. Swan (Republican) 25.17% Scattering 0.01% [5] | ||
| Illinois | Democratic | Won primary but retired to run for U.S. President, Republican victory | William Stratton (Republican) 52.48% Sherwood Dixon (Democratic) 47.32% Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) 0.20% [6] | ||
| Indiana | Democratic | Term limited, Republican victory | George N. Craig (Republican) 55.68% John A. Watkins (Democratic) 43.58% Lester N. Abel (Prohibition) 0.65% Samuel Boorda (Progressive) 0.05% Charles Ginsberg (Socialist Labor) 0.04% [7] | ||
| Iowa | William S. Beardsley | Republican | Re-elected, 51.90% | Herschel C. Loveless (Democratic) 47.78% Z. Everett Kellum (Prohibition) 0.23% Ernest J. Seemann (Republican Vigilantes) 0.10% [8] | |
| Kansas | Edward F. Arn | Republican | Re-elected, 56.34% | Charles Rooney (Democratic) 41.68% David C. White (Prohibition) 1.76% W. W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.22% [9] | |
| Maine (held, 8 September 1952) | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Burton M. Cross (Republican) 51.74% James C. Oliver (Democratic) 33.22% Neil S. Bishop (Independent Republican) 14.38% Henry W. Boyker (Independent) 0.66% [10] | ||
| Massachusetts | Democratic | Defeated, 49.29% | Christian Herter (Republican) 49.91% Florence H. Luscomb (Peace Progressive) 0.32% Larence Gilfedder (Socialist Labor) 0.26% Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.22% [11] | ||
| Michigan | G. Mennen Williams | Democratic | Re-elected, 49.96% | Frederick M. Alger, Jr. (Republican) 49.66% Earle Harold Munn (Prohibition) 0.31% Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor) 0.04% Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers) 0.02% [12] | |
| Minnesota | C. Elmer Anderson | Republican | Re-elected, 55.34% | Orville Freeman (DFL) 44.01% Martin Frederickson (Progressive) 0.37% Eldrid H. Bauers (Socialist Labor) 0.29% [13] | |
| Missouri | Democratic | Term limited, Democratic victory | Phil M. Donnelly (Democratic) 52.55% Howard Elliott (Republican) 47.37% Howard Edsell (Progressive) 0.05% Maurice R. Wheeler (Socialist) 0.02% Don Lohbeck (Christian Nationalist) 0.01% Clara Hayes (Socialist Labor) 0.01% [14] | ||
| Montana | Democratic | Defeated, 49.04% | J. Hugo Aronson (Republican) 50.96% [15] | ||
| Nebraska | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Robert B. Crosby (Republican) 61.44% Walter R. Raecke (Democratic) 38.56% [16] | ||
| New Hampshire | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Hugh Gregg (Republican) 63.15% William H. Craig (Democratic) 36.85% [17] | ||
| New Mexico | Edwin L. Mechem | Republican | Re-elected, 53.77% | Everett Grantham (Democratic) 46.24% [18] | |
| North Carolina | Democratic | Term limited, Democratic victory | William B. Umstead (Democratic) 67.50% Herbert F. Seawell Jr. (Republican) 32.50% [19] | ||
| North Dakota | Norman Brunsdale | Republican | Re-elected, 78.74% | Ole C. Johnson (Democratic) 21.26% [20] | |
| Ohio | Frank Lausche | Democratic | Re-elected, 55.90% | Charles Phelps Taft II (Republican) 44.10% [21] | |
| Rhode Island | Dennis J. Roberts | Democratic | Re-elected, 52.62% | Raoul Archambault Jr. (Republican) 47.38% [22] | |
| South Dakota | Sigurd Anderson | Republican | Re-elected, 70.15% | Sherman A. Iverson (Democratic) 29.85% [23] | |
| Tennessee | Democratic | Defeated in primary, Democratic victory | Frank G. Clement (Democratic) 79.37% R. Beecher Witt (Republican) 20.62% Scattering 0.01% [24] | ||
| Texas | Allan Shivers | Democratic | Re-elected, 98.05% | Scattering 1.95% [25] | |
| Utah | J. Bracken Lee | Republican | Re-elected, 55.09% | Earl J. Glade (Democratic) 44.91% [26] | |
| Vermont | Lee E. Emerson | Republican | Re-elected, 51.93% | Robert W. Larrow (Democratic) 39.81% Henry D. Vail (Independent, write-in) 8.25% Scattering 0.02% [27] | |
| Washington | Arthur B. Langlie | Republican | Re-elected, 52.65% | Hugh Mitchell (Democratic) 47.35% [28] | |
| West Virginia | Democratic | Term limited, Democratic victory | William C. Marland (Democratic) 51.54% Rush Holt Sr. (Republican) 48.46% [29] | ||
| Wisconsin | Walter J. Kohler Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 62.50% | William Proxmire (Democratic) 37.27% Michael Essin (Independent Progressive) 0.23% [30] |