1940 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1940, in 34 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 5, 1940 (September 9 in Maine).

1940 United States gubernatorial elections
November 5, 1940;
September 9, 1940 (ME)
34 state governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 30 governorships 18 governorships
Seats before 30 18
Seats after 28 20
Seat change 2 2
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

This was the last time Georgia elected its governors to 2-year terms, switching to 4-years from the 1942 election.

Results
StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing Candidates
ArizonaRobert Taylor JonesDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victorySidney Preston Osborn (Democratic) 65.52%
Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 33.81%
Charles R. Osburn (Prohibition) 0.67%
[1]
ArkansasCarl E. BaileyDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victoryHomer Adkins (Democratic) 91.36%
H. C. Stump (Republican) 8.22%
Walter S. McNutt (Independent) 0.43%
[2]
ColoradoRalph Lawrence CarrRepublicanRe-elected, 54.37%George E. Saunders (Democratic) 44.96%
Carle Whitehead (Socialist) 0.41%
Laurence W. Cofman (Prohibition) 0.27%
[3]
ConnecticutRaymond E. BaldwinRepublicanDefeated, 47.78%Robert A. Hurley (Democratic) 49.54%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 2.31%
Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.23%
Michael A. Russo (Communist) 0.15%
[4]
DelawareRichard McMullenDemocraticWon Democratic primary but retired as candidate, Republican victoryWalter W. Bacon (Republican) 52.38%
Josiah Marvel Jr. (Democratic) 45.41%
Ivan Culbertson (Liberal Democrat) 2.21%
[5]
FloridaFred P. ConeDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victorySpessard Holland (Democratic) 100.00%
[6]
(Democratic primary runoff results)
Spessard L. Holland 56.95%
Francis P. Whitehair 43.05%
[7]
GeorgiaEurith D. RiversDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryEugene Talmadge (Democratic) 99.60%
J. L. R. Boyd (Prohibition) 0.30%
Joe Wallace (Independent) 0.10%
[8]
(Democratic primary results)
Eugene Talmadge 51.58%
Columbus Roberts 35.95%
Hosea Abit Nix 12.47%
[9]
IdahoC. A. BottolfsenRepublicanDefeated, 49.52%Chase A. Clark (Democratic) 50.48%
[10]
IllinoisJohn Henry StelleDemocraticRetired, Republican victoryDwight H. Green (Republican) 52.93%
Harry Hershey (Democratic) 46.74%
Arthur McDowell (Socialist) 0.18%
Clay Freeman Gaumer (Prohibition) 0.16%
[11]
IndianaM. Clifford TownsendDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryHenry F. Schricker (Democratic) 49.92%
Glenn R. Hillis (Republican) 49.69%
Mary Donovan Hapgood (Socialist) 0.27%
Omer S. Whiteman (Prohibition) 0.08%
Herman Barcus Barefield (Socialist Labor) 0.04%
[12]
IowaGeorge A. WilsonRepublicanRe-elected, 52.72%John Valentine (Democratic) 47.07%
M. M. Heptonstall (Prohibition) 0.11%
Charles Speck (Communist) 0.11%
[13]
KansasPayne RatnerRepublicanRe-elected, 49.63%William H. Burke (Democratic) 49.58%
David C. White (Prohibition) 0.61%
Ida A. Beloof (Socialist) 0.19%
[14]
Maine
(held, 9 September 1940)		Lewis O. BarrowsRepublicanRetired, Republican victorySumner Sewall (Republican) 63.79%
Fulton J. Redman (Democratic) 36.08%
Helen Knudsen (Communist) 0.13%
[15]
MassachusettsLeverett SaltonstallRepublicanRe-elected, 49.74%Paul A. Dever (Democratic) 49.46%
Otis Archer Hood (Communist) 0.28%
Jeffrey W. Campbell (Socialist) 0.23%
Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.17%
E. Tallmadge Root (Prohibition) 0.12%
[16]
MichiganLuren DickinsonRepublicanDefeated, 46.59%Murray Van Wagoner (Democratic) 53.06%
Seth Whitmore (Socialist) 0.20%
Philip Raymond (Communist) 0.12%
Ralph Naylor (Socialist Labor) 0.04%
[17]
MinnesotaHarold StassenRepublicanRe-elected, 52.06%Hjalmar Petersen (Farmer-Labor) 36.55%
Edward Murphy (Democratic) 11.14%
John William Castle (Industrial) 0.25%
[18]
MissouriLloyd C. StarkDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victoryForrest C. Donnell (Republican) 50.05%
Larry McDaniel (Democratic) 49.85%
Jed A. High (Socialist) 0.09%
William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.01%
[19]
MontanaRoy E. AyersDemocraticDefeated, 48.64%Sam C. Ford (Republican) 50.67%
Arvo Fredrickson (Communist) 0.70%
[20]
NebraskaRobert Leroy CochranDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryDwight Griswold (Republican) 60.86%
Terry Carpenter (Democratic) 39.14%
[21]
New HampshireFrancis P. MurphyRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryRobert O. Blood (Republican) 50.74%
F. Clyde Keefe (Democratic) 49.26%
[22]
New JerseyA. Harry MooreDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryCharles Edison (Democratic) 51.38%
Robert C. Hendrickson (Republican) 48.04%
Marion Douglas (Socialist) 0.40%
Manuel Cantor (Communist) 0.08%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
Elmo L. Bateman (National Prohibition) 0.03%
[23]
New MexicoJohn E. MilesDemocraticRe-elected, 55.59%Maurice Miera (Republican) 44.41%
[24]
North CarolinaClyde R. HoeyDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJ. Melville Broughton (Democratic) 75.70%
Robert H. McNeill (Republican) 24.30%
[25]
North DakotaJohn MosesDemocraticRe-elected, 63.11%Jack A. Patterson (Republican) 36.89%
[26]
OhioJohn W. BrickerRepublicanRe-elected, 55.55%Martin L. Davey (Democratic) 44.45%
[27]
Rhode IslandWilliam Henry Vanderbilt IIIRepublicanDefeated, 44.08%J. Howard McGrath (Democratic) 55.84%
Wilfred J. Boissy (Communist) 0.08%
[28]
South DakotaHarlan J. BushfieldRepublicanRe-elected, 55.14%Lewis W. Bicknell (Democratic) 44.86%
[29]
TennesseePrentice CooperDemocraticRe-elected, 72.09%C. Arthur Bruce (Republican) 27.91%
[30]
TexasW. Lee O'DanielDemocraticRe-elected, 94.43%George C. Hopkins (Republican) 5.55%
Ben H. Lauderdale (Communist) 0.03%
[31]
UtahHenry H. BloodDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryHerbert B. Maw (Democratic) 52.07%
Don B. Colton (Republican) 47.69%
Ada Williams Quinn (Independent) 0.24%
[32]
VermontGeorge AikenRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryWilliam Henry Wills (Republican) 64.03%
John McGrath (Democratic) 35.97%
[33]
WashingtonClarence D. MartinDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victoryArthur B. Langlie (Republican) 50.24%
Clarence Dill (Democratic) 49.49%
John Brockway (Communist) 0.21%
P. J. Ater (Socialist Labor) 0.06%
[34]
West VirginiaHomer A. HoltDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryMatthew M. Neely (Democratic) 56.38%
Daniel Boone Dawson (Republican) 43.62%
[35]
WisconsinJulius P. HeilRepublicanRe-elected, 40.67%Orland Steen Loomis (Progressive) 39.78%
Francis E. McGovern (Democratic) 19.29%
Fred B. Blair (Communist) 0.17%
Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) 0.08%
Scattering 0.01%
[36]

See also

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