1942 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1941 November 3, 1942;
September 14, 1942 (ME)		 1943 →
33 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 28 20
Seats after 24 23
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 3
Seats up 18 15
Seats won 14 18
  Third party
 
Party Progressive
Seats before 0
Seats after 1
Seat change Increase 1
Seats up 0
Seats won 1
1942 North Dakota gubernatorial election1942 Alabama gubernatorial election1942 Arizona gubernatorial election1942 Arkansas gubernatorial election1942 California gubernatorial election1942 Colorado gubernatorial election1942 Connecticut gubernatorial election1942 Georgia gubernatorial election1942 Idaho gubernatorial election1942 Iowa gubernatorial election1942 Kansas gubernatorial election1942 Maine gubernatorial election1942 Maryland gubernatorial election1942 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1942 Michigan gubernatorial election1942 Minnesota gubernatorial election1942 Nebraska gubernatorial election1942 Nevada gubernatorial election1942 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1942 New Mexico gubernatorial election1942 New York gubernatorial election1942 Ohio gubernatorial election1942 Oklahoma gubernatorial election1942 Oregon gubernatorial election1942 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election1942 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1942 South Carolina gubernatorial election1942 South Dakota gubernatorial election1942 Tennessee gubernatorial election1942 Texas gubernatorial election1942 Vermont gubernatorial election1942 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1942 Wyoming gubernatorial election
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     Progressive gain
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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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  34. ^ "VT Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  35. ^ Loomis died before inauguration and was succeeded by the lieutenant governor-elect, Walter Samuel Goodland (R)
  36. ^ "WI Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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