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1928 United States gubernatorial elections
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November 6, 1928;
September 10, 1928 (ME)
1929 →
35 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 27 21
Seats after 30 18
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3
Seats up 21 14
Seats won 24 11
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     Republican gain      Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1928, in 35 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 6, 1928. Elections took place on September 10 in Maine.

Among the most notable results was in New York where 1932 Democratic nominee and future president Franklin D. Roosevelt narrowly won in New York. Current Governor Al Smith contested the presidential election.

Results

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StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
ArizonaGeorge W. P. HuntDemocraticDefeated, 48.16%John C. Phillips (Republican) 51.71%
William O'Brien (Workers) 0.13%
[1]
ArkansasHarvey J. ParnellDemocraticRe-elected, 77.31%Drew Bowers (Republican) 22.69%
[2]
ColoradoWilliam H. AdamsDemocraticRe-elected, 67.05%William Louis Boatright (Republican) 31.85%
Samuel A. Garth (Socialist) 0.52%
Vera Jane Pease (Farmer Labor) 0.34%
George J. Saul (Workers) 0.24%
[3]
ConnecticutJohn H. TrumbullRepublicanRe-elected, 53.57%Charles G. Morris (Democratic) 45.61%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 0.58%
William Mackenzie (Farmer Labor) 0.14%
Michael P. O'Lean (Socialist Labor) 0.11%
[4]
DelawareRobert P. RobinsonRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryC. Douglass Buck (Republican) 61.23%
Charles M. Wharton (Democratic) 38.77%
[5]
FloridaJohn W. MartinDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryDoyle E. Carlton (Democratic) 60.97%
W. J. Howey (Republican) 39.03%
[6]
GeorgiaLamartine G. HardmanDemocraticRe-elected, 100.00%
[7]		(Democratic primary results)
Lamartine G. Hardman 58.54%
Eurith D. Rivers 41.46%
[8]
IdahoH. C. BaldridgeRepublicanRe-elected, 57.82%C. Ben Ross (Democratic) 41.58%
Thomas J. Coonrod (Socialist) 0.60%
[9]
IllinoisLen SmallRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victoryLouis L. Emmerson (Republican) 56.76%
Floyd E. Thompson (Democratic) 42.66%
George Koop (Socialist) 0.43%
William F. Kruse (Communist) 0.11%
J. E. Procum (Socialist Labor) 0.05%
[10]
IndianaEdward L. JacksonRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryHarry G. Leslie (Republican) 51.25%
Frank C. Dailey (Democratic) 48.10%
Albert Stanley (Prohibition) 0.36%
Clarence E. Bond (Socialist) 0.23%
Cassimer Benward (Socialist Labor) 0.03%
Harry W. Garner (Workers) 0.02%
Henry O. Shaw (National) 0.01%
[11]
IowaJohn HammillRepublicanRe-elected, 62.79%L. W. Housel (Democratic) 37.21%
[12]
KansasBenjamin S. PaulenRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryClyde M. Reed (Republican) 65.60%
Chauncey B. Little (Democratic) 33.20%
Henry L. Peterson (Socialist) 1.20%
[13]
Maine
(held, 10 September 1928)		Owen BrewsterRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryWilliam T. Gardiner (Republican) 69.31%
Edward C. Moran Jr. (Democratic) 30.70%
[14]
MassachusettsAlvan T. FullerRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryFrank G. Allen (Republican) 50.06%
Charles H. Cole (Democratic) 48.81%
Mary Donovan Hapgood (Socialist) 0.49%
Chester W. Bixby (Workers) 0.29%
Washington Cook (Prohibition) 0.20%
Stephen Surridge (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
Edith Hamilton MacFadden (Independent) 0.06%
[15]
MichiganFred W. GreenRepublicanRe-elected, 69.94%William A. Comstock (Democratic) 29.44%
Guy H. Lockwood (Socialist) 0.21%
Ervin D. Brooks (Prohibition) 0.19%
William Reynolds (Communist) 0.19%
Paul Dinger (Socialist Labor) 0.05%
[16]
MinnesotaTheodore ChristiansonRepublicanRe-elected, 55.00%Ernest Lundeen (Farmer-Labor) 22.72%
Andrew Nelson (Democratic) 21.38%
J. O. Bentall (Communist) 0.58%
Harris A. Brandborg (Industrial) 0.33%
[17]
MissouriSamuel Aaron BakerRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryHenry S. Caulfield (Republican) 51.63%
Francis M. Wilson (Democratic) 48.17%
Joseph G. Hodges (Socialist) 0.16%
W. G. Brandenburg (Prohibition) 0.03%
Edward G. Middlecoff (Socialist Labor) 0.02%
[18]
MontanaJohn E. EricksonDemocraticRe-elected, 58.65%Wellington D. Rankin (Republican) 40.95%
W. R. Duncan (Socialist) 0.40%
[19]
NebraskaAdam McMullenRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryArthur J. Weaver (Republican) 56.98%
Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 42.63%
F. Phillip Haffner (Socialist) 0.39%
[20]
New HampshireHuntley N. SpauldingRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryCharles W. Tobey (Republican) 57.50%
Eaton D. Sargent (Democratic) 42.32%
Frank T. Butler (Socialist) 0.11%
Henry C. Iram (Workers) 0.07%
[21]
New JerseyA. Harry MooreDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victoryMorgan F. Larson (Republican) 54.88%
William L. Dill (Democratic) 44.74%
Eugene A. Smith (National Prohibition) 0.14%
W. K. Tallman (Socialist) 0.14%
Scott Nearing (Workers) 0.08%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.02%
[22]
New MexicoRichard C. DillonRepublicanRe-elected, 55.61%Robert C. Dow (Democratic) 44.30%
John W. Blackburn (Independent) 0.08%
[23]
New YorkAlfred E. SmithDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. President, Democratic holdFranklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) 48.96%
Albert Ottinger (Republican) 48.36%
Louis Waldman (Socialist) 2.34%
William F. Dunne (Workers) 0.25%
Charles Hunter Corregan (Socialist Labor) 0.10%
[24]
North CarolinaAngus Wilton McLeanDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryO. Max Gardner (Democratic) 55.57%
Herbert F. Seawell (Republican) 44.43%
[25]
North DakotaWalter Jeremiah MaddockRepublicanRan for re-election as a Democrat, defeated, 43.15%George F. Shafer (Republican) 56.50%
K. P. Loesch (Farmer Labor) 0.36%
[26]
OhioA. Victor DonaheyDemocraticRetired, Republican victoryMyers Y. Cooper (Republican) 54.79%
Martin L. Davey (Democratic) 44.74%
Joseph W. Sharts (Socialist) 0.29%
William Patterson (Communist) 0.09%
John D. Goerke (Socialist Labor) 0.05%
Frank W. Stanton (Prohibition) 0.04%
[27]
Rhode IslandNorman S. CaseRepublicanRe-elected, 51.59%Alberic A. Archambault (Democratic) 48.13%
Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.16%
Edward W. Theinert (Workers) 0.12%
[28]
South DakotaWilliam J. BulowDemocraticRe-elected, 52.48%Buell F. Jones (Republican) 46.94%
John G. Sumption (Farmer Labor) 0.58%
[29]
TennesseeHenry H. HortonDemocraticRe-elected, 61.06%Raleigh Hopkins (Republican) 38.95%
[30]
TexasDaniel MoodyDemocraticRe-elected, 82.43%W. H. Holmes (Republican) 17.44%
L. L. Rhodes (Socialist) 0.11%
J. Stedham (Communist) 0.02%
[31]
UtahGeorge H. DernDemocraticRe-elected, 58.50%William H. Wattis (Republican) 41.08%
D. C. Dora (Socialist) 0.42%
[32]
VermontJohn Eliakim WeeksRepublicanRe-elected, 73.53%Harry C. Shurtleff (Democratic) 25.98%
Frank M. Post (Prohibition) 0.47%
Scattering 0.02%
[33]
WashingtonRoland Hill HartleyRepublicanRe-elected, 56.22%A. Scott Bullitt (Democratic) 42.73%
James F. Stark (Socialist Labor) 0.67%
Walter Price (Socialist) 0.25%
Aaron Fislerman (Communist) 0.14%
[34]
West VirginiaHoward M. GoreRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryWilliam Gustavus Conley (Republican) 53.73%
J. Alfred Taylor (Democratic) 46.10%
J. H. Snider (Socialist) 0.18%
[35]
WisconsinFred R. ZimmermanRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victoryWalter J. Kohler Sr. (Republican) 55.38%
Albert George Schmedeman (Democratic) 39.87%
Otto R. Hauser (Socialist) 3.73%
Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibition) 0.66%
Joseph Ehrhardt (Socialist Labor) 0.20%
Alvar J. Hayes (Communist) 0.14%
Scattering 0.03%
[36]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "AZ Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ "AR Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ "CO Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ "CT Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  5. ↑ "DE Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  6. ↑ "FL Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  7. ↑ "GA Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  8. ↑ "GA Governor, 1928 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  9. ↑ "ID Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  10. ↑ "IL Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  11. ↑ "IN Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  12. ↑ "IA Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  13. ↑ "KS Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  14. ↑ "ME Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  15. ↑ "MA Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  16. ↑ "MI Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  17. ↑ "MN Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  18. ↑ "MO Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  19. ↑ "MT Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  20. ↑ "NE Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  21. ↑ "NH Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  22. ↑ "NJ Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  23. ↑ "NM Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  24. ↑ "NY Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  25. ↑ "NC Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  26. ↑ "ND Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  27. ↑ "OH Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  28. ↑ "RI Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  29. ↑ "SD Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  30. ↑ "TN Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  31. ↑ "TX Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  32. ↑ "UT Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  33. ↑ "VT Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  34. ↑ "WA Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  35. ↑ "WV Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  36. ↑ "WI Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
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