1942 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1942, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections , on November 3, 1942. Elections took place on September 14 in Maine .
In Georgia , the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term.
Results
State
Incumbent
Party
Status
Opposing candidates
Alabama
Frank M. Dixon
Democratic
Term-limited, Democratic victory
Chauncey Sparks (Democratic) 88.96%Hugh McEniry (Republican) 10.52% Ordway Southard (Communist) 0.52%[1]
Arizona
Sidney Preston Osborn
Democratic
Re-elected, 72.48%
Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 26.90% Charles R. Osburn (Prohibition) 0.61%[2]
Arkansas
Homer Martin Adkins
Democratic
Re-elected, 100.00%[3]
(Democratic primary results) Homer Martin Adkins 71.76% Fred Keller 26.31% Bill Neill 1.03% Vernon Heath 0.91%[4]
California
Culbert Olson
Democratic
Defeated, 41.75%
Earl Warren (Republican) 57.07% Nathan T. Porter (Townsend Party) 0.69% Fred Dyster (Prohibition) 0.48% Scattering 0.01%[5]
Colorado
Ralph Lawrence Carr
Republican
Retired to run for U.S. Senate , Republican victory
John Charles Vivian (Republican) 56.23%Homer F. Bedford (Democratic) 43.41% William R. Dietrich (Communist) 0.36%[6]
Connecticut
Robert A. Hurley
Democratic
Defeated, 44.38%
Raymond E. Baldwin (Republican) 48.93%Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 6.01% Joseph C. Borden Jr. (Socialist Labor) 0.69%[7]
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Democratic
Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory
Ellis Arnall (Democratic) 96.30% Scattering 3.70%[8] (Democratic primary results) Ellis Arnall 57.65%Eugene Talmadge 42.35%[9]
Idaho
Chase A. Clark
Democratic
Defeated, 49.85%
C. A. Bottolfsen (Republican) 50.15%[10]
Iowa
George A. Wilson
Republican
Retired to run for U.S. Senate , Republican victory
Bourke B. Hickenlooper (Republican) 62.75%Nelson G. Kraschel (Democratic) 36.96% Ward Hall (Prohibition) 0.21% F. M. Briggs (Independent) 0.08%[11]
Kansas
Payne Ratner
Republican
Retired, Republican victory
Andrew Frank Schoeppel (Republican) 56.68% William H. Burke (Democratic) 41.75% David C. White (Prohibition) 1.28% Ida A. Beloof (Socialist) 0.29%[12]
Maine (held, September 14, 1942)
Sumner Sewall
Republican
Re-elected, 66.84%
G. Lane Jr. (Democratic) 33.16%[13]
Maryland
Herbert O'Conor
Democratic
Re-elected, 52.55%
Theodore McKeldin (Republican) 47.45%[14]
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Republican
Re-elected, 54.11%
Roger Putnam (Democratic) 44.96% Otis Archer Hood (Communist) 0.33% Joseph F. Massidda (Socialist) 0.22%Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.22% Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.14% Scattering 0.02%[15]
Michigan
Murray Van Wagoner
Democratic
Defeated, 46.73%
Harry Kelly (Republican) 52.60% Frederic S. Goodrich (Prohibition) 0.66% Scattering 0.01%[16]
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
Republican
Re-elected, 51.60%
Hjalmar Petersen (Minnesota Farmer-Labor) 37.76% John D. Sullivan (Democratic) 9.46% Martin Mackie (Communist) 0.64% Harris A. Brandborg (Industrial Government) 0.54%[17]
Nebraska
Dwight Griswold
Republican
Re-elected, 74.84%
Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 25.16%[18]
Nevada
Edward P. Carville
Democratic
Re-elected, 60.26%
Aaron V. Tallman (Republican) 39.75%[19]
New Hampshire
Robert O. Blood
Republican
Re-elected, 52.18%
William J. Neal (Democratic) 47.83%[20]
New Mexico
John E. Miles
Democratic
Term-limited, Democratic victory
John J. Dempsey (Democratic) 54.55%Joseph F. Tondre (Republican) 45.45%[21]
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Democratic
Retired, Republican victory
Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) 52.10%John J. Bennett Jr. (Democratic) 36.40%Dean Alfange (American Labor) 9.79%Israel Amter (Communist) 1.10% Coleman B. Cheney (Socialist) 0.53% Aaron M. Orange (Industrial Government) 0.09%[22]
North Dakota
John Moses
Democratic
Re-elected, 57.62%
Oscar W. Hagen (Republican) 42.38%[23]
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Republican
Re-elected, 60.50%
John McSweeney (Democratic) 39.50%[24]
Oklahoma
Leon C. Phillips
Democratic
Term-limited, Democratic victory
Robert S. Kerr (Democratic) 51.89%William J. Otjen (Republican) 47.64% Edward W. Fickinger (Prohibition) 0.47%[25]
Oregon
Charles A. Sprague
Republican
Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory
Earl Snell (Republican) 77.87%Lew Wallace (Democratic) 22.13%[26]
Pennsylvania
Arthur James
Republican
Term-limited, Republican victory
Edward Martin (Republican) 53.67%F. Clair Ross (Democratic) 45.13%Dale H. Learn (Prohibition) 0.68% John J. Haluska (United Pension) 0.31% Joseph Pirincin (Socialist Labor) 0.21%[27]
Rhode Island
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic
Re-elected, 58.54%
James O. McManus (Republican) 41.46%[28]
South Carolina
Richard Manning Jefferies
Democratic
Retired, Democratic victory
Olin D. Johnston (Democratic) 100.00%[29] (Democratic primary results) Olin Johnston 51.80%Wyndham Manning 48.20%[30]
South Dakota
Harlan J. Bushfield
Republican
Retired to run for U.S. Senate , Republican victory
Merrell Q. Sharpe (Republican) 61.51%Lewis W. Bicknell (Democratic) 38.49%[31]
Tennessee
Prentice Cooper
Democratic
Re-elected, 70.15%
C. N. Frazier (Republican) 29.85%[32]
Texas
Coke R. Stevenson
Democratic
Re-elected, 96.83%
C. K. McDowell (Republican) 3.17%[33]
Vermont
William Henry Wills
Republican
Re-elected, 77.90%
Park H. Pollard (Democratic) 22.10%[34]
Wisconsin
Julius P. Heil
Republican
Defeated, 36.45%
Orland Steen Loomis (Progressive) 49.65%[35] William C. Sullivan (Democratic) 12.25%Frank P. Zeidler (Socialist) 1.41%Fred B. Blair (Independent) 0.14%Georgia Cozzini (Independent) 0.06% Scattering 0.04%[36]
Wyoming
Nels H. Smith
Republican
Defeated, 48.68%
Lester C. Hunt (Democratic) 51.32%[37]
See also
References
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^ "AZ Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
^ "AR Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
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^ "CA Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
^ "CO Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
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^ "GA Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
^ "GA Governor, 1942 – D Primary" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
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^ "IA Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
^ "KS Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
^ "ME Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
^ "MD Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
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^ "MI Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
^ "MN Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
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^ "NV Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
^ "NH Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
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^ "OK Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
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^ "PA Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
^ "RI Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
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^ Loomis died before inauguration and was succeeded by the lieutenant governor-elect, Walter Samuel Goodland (R)
^ "WI Governor, 1942" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
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