1944 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1944, in 32 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 7, 1944 (September 11 in Maine).

1944 United States gubernatorial elections

November 7, 1944;
September 11, 1944 (ME)

32 state governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 22 governorships 26 governorships
Seats before 22 26
Seats after 25 23
Seat change 3 3

  Democratic holds
  Democratic pickups
  Republican holds
  Republican pickups

This was the last time Idaho elected its governors to 2-year terms, switching to 4-years from the 1946 election.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing Candidates
ArizonaSidney Preston OsbornDemocraticRe-elected, 77.91%Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 21.19%
Charles R. Osburn (Prohibition) 0.90%
[1]
ArkansasHomer Martin AdkinsDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryBenjamin Travis Laney (Democratic) 85.96%
Harley C. Stump (Republican) 14.04%
[2]
ColoradoJohn Charles VivianRepublicanRe-elected, 52.40%Roy Phelix Best (Democratic) 47.60%
[3]
ConnecticutRaymond E. BaldwinRepublicanRe-elected, 50.48%Robert A. Hurley (Democratic) 47.36%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.99%
Joseph C. Borden Jr. (Socialist Labor) 0.17%
[4]
DelawareWalter W. BaconRepublicanRe-elected, 50.52%Isaac J. MacCollum (Democratic) 49.19%
Thomas W. Jakes (Prohibition) 0.29%
[5]
FloridaSpessard HollandDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryMillard Caldwell (Democratic) 78.94%
Bert L. Acker (Republican) 21.06%
[6]
IdahoC. A. BottolfsenRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryCharles C. Gossett (Democratic) 52.64%
W. H. Detweiler (Republican) 47.36%
[7]
IllinoisDwight H. GreenRepublicanRe-elected, 50.75%Thomas J. Courtney (Democratic) 48.93%
Charles Storm (Socialist Labor) 0.17%
Willis R. Wilson (Prohibition) 0.14%
[8]
IndianaHenry F. SchrickerDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victoryRalph F. Gates (Republican) 50.97%
Samuel D. Jackson (Democratic) 48.18%
Waldo E. Yeater (Prohibition) 0.74%
William Rabe (Socialist) 0.11%
[9]
IowaBourke B. HickenlooperRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryRobert D. Blue (Republican) 56.01%
R. F. Mitchell (Democratic) 43.63%
Glen Williamson (Prohibition) 0.28%
Hugh Bockewitz (Socialist) 0.08%
[10]
KansasAndrew Frank SchoeppelRepublicanRe-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)
Sumner SewallRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryHorace Hildreth (Republican) 70.27%
Paul Julien (Democratic) 29.73%
[12]
MassachusettsLeverett SaltonstallRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryMaurice J. Tobin (Democratic) 53.64%
Horace T. Cahill (Republican) 0.27%
Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.27%
Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.15%
Scattering 0.01%
[13]
MichiganHarry KellyRepublicanRe-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]
MinnesotaEdward John ThyeRepublicanRe-elected, 61.59%Byron G. Allen (DFL) 37.78%
Gerald M. York (Industrial Government) 0.63%
[15]
MissouriForrest C. DonnellRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryPhil M. Donnelly (Democratic) 50.94%
Jean Paul Bradshaw (Republican) 48.97%
W. F. Rinck (Socialist) 0.08%
Stephen Tendler (Socialist Labor) 0.01%
[16]
MontanaSam C. FordRepublicanRe-elected, 56.36%Leif Erickson (Democratic) 43.18%
Charles R. Miller (Prohibition) 0.47%
[17]
NebraskaDwight GriswoldRepublicanRe-elected, 76.11%George W. Olsen (Democratic) 23.89%
[18]
New HampshireRobert O. BloodRepublicanLost Republican primary, Republican victoryCharles M. Dale (Republican) 53.11%
James J. Powers (Democratic) 46.89%
[19]
New MexicoJohn J. DempseyDemocraticRe-elected, 51.81%Carroll G. Gunderson (Republican) 48.19%
[20]
North CarolinaJ. Melville BroughtonDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryR. Gregg Cherry (Democratic) 69.61%
Frank C. Patton (Republican) 30.40%
[21]
North DakotaJohn MosesDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryFred G. Aandahl (Republican) 52.02%
William T. Depuy (Democratic) 28.92%
Alvin C. Strutz (Independent) 18.81%
A. M. Wiley (Prohibition) 0.26%
[22]
OhioJohn W. BrickerRepublicanRetired to run for Vice President of the United States, Democratic victoryFrank Lausche (Democratic) 51.82%
James Garfield Stewart (Republican) 48.19%
[23]
Rhode IslandJ. Howard McGrathDemocraticRe-elected, 60.65%Norman D. MacLeod (Republican) 39.35%
[24]
South DakotaMerrell Q. SharpeRepublicanRe-elected, 65.51%Lynn Fellows (Democratic) 34.50%
[25]
TennesseePrentice CooperDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryJim Nance McCord (Democratic) 62.50%
John W. Kilgo (Republican) 35.98%
John Randolph Neal Jr. (Independent) 1.52%
[26]
TexasCoke R. StevensonDemocraticRe-elected, 90.95%B. J. Peasley (Republican) 9.05%
[27]
UtahHerbert B. MawDemocraticRe-elected, 50.21%J. Bracken Lee (Republican) 49.79%
[28]
VermontWilliam Henry WillsRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryMortimer R. Proctor (Republican) 65.90%
Ernest H. Bailey (Democratic) 34.10%
[29]
WashingtonArthur B. LanglieRepublicanDefeated, 48.12%Monrad Wallgren (Democratic) 51.51%
Allen Emerson (Prohibition) 0.20%
Henry E. O. Gusey (Socialist Labor) 0.16%
[30]
West VirginiaMatthew M. NeelyDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryClarence W. Meadows (Democratic) 54.44%
Daniel Boone Dawson (Republican) 45.56%
[31]
WisconsinWalter Samuel GoodlandRepublicanRe-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]

See also

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