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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1924, in 36 states (including 1 special election), concurrent with theHouse,Senate elections andpresidential election, on November 4, 1924. Elections took place on October 7, 1924, inArkansas, and September 8, 1924, inMaine.
This was the last timeSouth Carolina elected its governors to two-year terms. It switched to four-years-terms from the 1926 election.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | George W. P. Hunt | Democratic | Re-elected, 50.53% | Dwight B. Heard (Republican) 49.47% [1] |
| Arkansas (held, 7 October 1924)[2][3][4] | Thomas Chipman McRae | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Thomas J. Terral (Democratic) 79.84% John W. Grabiel (Republican) 20.16% [5] |
| Colorado | William E. Sweet | Democratic | Defeated, 44.04% | Clarence J. Morley (Republican) 51.92% Frank Cass (Farmer Labor) 3.16% William R. Dietrich (Workers) 0.46% Louis E. Leeder (Liberal) 0.41% [6] |
| Connecticut | Charles A. Templeton | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Hiram Bingham (Republican) 66.18% Charles G. Morris (Democratic) 31.88% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.39% Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.35% William Mackenzie (Workers) 0.20% [7] |
| Delaware | William D. Denney | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Robert P. Robinson (Republican) 59.64% Joseph Bancroft (Democratic) 39.16% Frank A. Houck (Progressive) 0.72% Kenneth A. Horner (Independent) 0.47% [8] |
| Florida | Cary A. Hardee | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | John W. Martin (Democratic) 82.79% William R. O'Neal (Republican) 17.21% [9] |
| Georgia | Clifford M. Walker | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00% [10] | (Democratic primary results) Clifford M. Walker 100.00% [11] |
| Idaho | Charles C. Moore | Republican | Re-elected, 43.94% | H. F. Samuels (Progressive) 39.02% A. L. Freehafer (Democratic) 16.82% Dennis J. O'Mahoney (Socialist) 0.22% [12] |
| Illinois | Len Small | Republican | Re-elected, 56.72% | Norman L. Jones (Democratic) 42.40% Andrew Lafin (Socialist) 0.63% William F. Dunne (Workers) 0.10% Fred Koch (Socialist Labor) 0.10% James A. Logan (Independent Republican) 0.04% Morris Lynchenheim (Commonwealth Land) 0.02% [13] |
| Indiana | Emmett Forest Branch | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Edward L. Jackson (Republican) 52.92% Carleton B. McCulloch (Democratic) 46.29% Francis M. Wampler (Socialist) 0.48% Basil L. Allen (Prohibition) 0.31% [14] |
| Iowa | Nathan E. Kendall | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John Hammill (Republican) 72.72% James C. Murtagh (Democratic) 27.28% [15] |
| Kansas | Jonathan M. Davis | Democratic | Defeated, 27.72% | Ben S. Paulen (Republican) 49.02% William Allen White (Independent) 22.71% M. L. Phillips (Socialist) 0.55% [16] |
| Maine (held, 8 September 1924) | Percival Proctor Baxter | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Ralph Owen Brewster (Republican) 57.22% William R. Pattangall (Democratic) 42.78% [17] |
| Massachusetts | Channing H. Cox | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Alvan Tufts Fuller (Republican) 56.03% James Michael Curley (Democratic) 42.19% John J. Ballam (Workers) 0.82% Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 0.54% James Hayes (Socialist Labor) 0.42% [18] |
| Michigan | Alex J. Groesbeck | Republican | Re-elected, 68.84% | Edward Frensdorf (Democratic) 29.60% Faith Johnston (Prohibition) 0.96% Paul Dinger (Socialist Labor) 0.35% William L. Krieghoff (Socialist) 0.24% Scattering 0.02% [19] |
| Minnesota | J. A. O. Preus | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Theodore Christianson (Republican) 48.71% Floyd B. Olson (Farmer-Labor) 43.84% Carlos Avery (Democratic) 5.91% Michael Ferch (Independent Progressive) 1.08% Oscar Anderson (Socialist Industrial) 0.46% [20] |
| Missouri | Arthur M. Hyde | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Samuel A. Baker (Republican) 49.39% Arthur W. Nelson (Democratic) 48.94% William M. Brandt (Socialist) 1.62% William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.05% [21] |
| Montana | Joseph M. Dixon | Republican | Defeated, 42.61% | John E. Erickson (Democratic) 51.04% Frank J. Edwards (Farmer Labor) 6.08% J. H. Matheson (Socialist) 0.27% [22] |
| Nebraska | Charles W. Bryan | Democratic | Won primary but retired torun for U.S. Vice President, Republican victory | Adam McMullen (Republican) 51.09% John N. Norton (Democratic) 40.97% Dan Butler (Progressive) 7.94% [23] |
| New Hampshire | Fred H. Brown | Democratic | Defeated, 46.06% | John Gilbert Winant (Republican) 53.94% [24] |
| New Mexico | James F. Hinkle | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Arthur T. Hannett (Democratic) 48.82% Manuel B. Otero (Republican) 48.64% Green B. Patterson (Progressive) 2.54% [25] |
| New York | Alfred E. Smith | Democratic | Re-elected, 49.96% | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (Republican) 46.63% Norman M. Thomas (Socialist) 3.07% James P. Cannon (Workers) 0.20% Frank E. Passonno (Socialist Labor) 0.15% [26] |
| North Carolina | Cameron A. Morrison | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Angus W. McLean (Democratic) 61.33% Isaac M. Meekins (Republican) 38.67% [27] |
| North Dakota | Ragnvald Nestos | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Arthur G. Sorlie (Republican) 53.93% Halvor L. Halvorson (Democratic) 46.07% [28] |
| Ohio | A. Victor Donahey | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.97% | Harry L. Davis (Republican) 45.01% Virgil D. Allen (Commonwealth Land) 0.60% Franklin J. Catlin (Socialist Labor) 0.43% [29] |
| Rhode Island | William S. Flynn | Democratic | Retired torun for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Aram J. Pothier (Republican) 58.56% Felix A. Toupin (Democratic) 41.00% Edward W. Theinert (Workers) 0.18% Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.15% Frederick W. Hurst (Socialist) 0.10% [30] |
| South Carolina | Thomas Gordon McLeod | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00% [31] | (Democratic primary results) Thomas Gordon McLeod 61.45% John T. Duncan 38.55% [32] |
| South Dakota | William H. McMaster | Republican | Retired torun for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Carl Gunderson (Republican) 53.90% William J. Bulow (Democratic) 22.86% A. L. Putnam (Farmer Labor) 13.25% Richard Olsen Richards (Independent) 9.98% [33] |
| Tennessee | Austin Peay | Democratic | Re-elected, 57.20% | T. F. Peck (Republican) 42.80% [34] |
| Texas | Pat Morris Neff | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Miriam A. Ferguson (Democratic) 58.89% George C. Butte (Republican) 41.11% [35] |
| Utah | Charles Rendell Mabey | Republican | Defeated, 47.01% | George H. Dern (Democratic) 52.99% [36] |
| Vermont | Redfield Proctor Jr. | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Franklin Swift Billings (Republican) 79.25% Fred C. Martin (Democratic) 19.17% George S. Wood (Prohibition) 1.57% Scattering 0.02% [37] |
| Washington | Louis F. Hart | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Roland Hill Hartley (Republican) 56.41% Ben F. Hill (Democratic) 32.40% J. R. Oman (Progressive) 10.27% William A. Gilmore (State) 0.50% Emil Herman (Socialist) 0.23% David Burgess (Socialist Labor) 0.20% [38] |
| West Virginia | Ephraim F. Morgan | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Howard Mason Gore (Republican) 52.97% Jake Fisher (Democratic) 45.77% A. S. Bosworth (Socialist) 1.26% [39] |
| Wisconsin | John J. Blaine | Republican | Re-elected, 51.76% | Martin L. Lueck (Democratic) 39.87% William F. Quick (Socialist) 5.68% Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibition) 1.45% Severi Alanne (Workers) 0.52% Farrand K. Shuttleworth (Independent) 0.51% Jose Snover (Socialist Labor) 0.18% [40] |
| Wyoming (special election) | Frank E. Lucas | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Nellie Tayloe Ross (Democratic) 55.12% E. J. Sullivan (Republican) 44.88% [41] |
