1924 Wyoming gubernatorial special election

The Wyoming gubernatorial special election of 1924 took place on November 3, 1924. The former Democratic Governor William B. Ross had died in October and Frank Lucas, the Republican Secretary of State of Wyoming who rose to the position through the line of succession chose to not run. Ross's wife Nellie Tayloe Ross defeated the Republican E. J. Sullivan with 55.12% of the vote and became the first female governor in the United States.

Wyoming gubernatorial special election, 1924

November 4, 1924 (1924-11-04)
 
Nominee Nellie Tayloe Ross E. J. Sullivan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 43,323 35,275
Percentage 55.12% 44.88%

Governor before election

Frank Lucas
Republican

Elected Governor

Nellie Tayloe Ross
Democratic

Results

Wyoming gubernatorial special election, 1924[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nellie Tayloe Ross 43,323 55.12%
Republican E. J. Sullivan 35,275 44.88%
Total votes 78,598 100%

County results

Source[1]

County Ross Votes Sullivan Votes Total
Albany 60.18% 2,750 39.82% 1,820 4,570
Big Horn 53.36% 1,964 46.64% 1,717 3,681
Campbell 61.22% 1,258 38.78% 797 2,055
Carbon 51.15% 2,228 48.85% 2,128 4,356
Converse 53.4% 1,616 46.6% 1,410 3,026
Crook 58.3% 1,022 41.7% 731 1,753
Fremont 58.85% 2,204 41.15% 1,541 3,745
Goshen 58.42% 1,652 41.58% 1,176 2,828
Hot Springs 55.97% 1,233 44.03% 970 2,203
Johnson 56.02% 1,065 43.98% 836 1,901
Laramie 54.12% 4,102 45.88% 3,477 7,579
Lincoln 46% 1,357 54% 1,593 2,950
Natrona 46.68% 6,312 53.32% 7,209 13,521
Niobrara 62.42% 1,023 37.58% 616 1,639
Park 64.01% 1,846 35.99% 1,038 2,884
Platte 67.62% 1,827 32.38% 875 2,702
Sheridan 60.79% 3,450 39.21% 2,225 5,675
Sublette 35.26% 287 64.74% 527 814
Sweetwater 56.89% 2,631 43.11% 1,994 4,625
Teton 50.08% 315 49.92% 314 629
Uinta 58.01% 1,416 41.99% 1,025 2,441
Wyoming 52.7% 634 47.3% 569 1,203
Weston 62.21% 1,131 37.79% 687 1,818

References

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