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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1952, in 30 states, concurrent with theHouse,Senate elections and thepresidential election, on November 4, 1952. Elections took place on September 8 inMaine. This was the last 2-year gubernatorial electionTennessee held, as they would switch from 2-year to 4-year terms in1954.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | John Howard Pyle | Republican | Re-elected, 60.16% | Joe C. Haldiman (Democratic) 39.84% [1] |
| Arkansas | Sid McMath | Democratic | Defeated in primary, Democratic victory | Francis Cherry (Democratic) 87.41% Jefferson W. Speck (Republican) 12.59% [2] |
| Colorado | Daniel I. J. Thornton | Republican | Re-elected, 57.08% | John W. Metzger (Democratic) 42.42% Louis K. Stephens (Socialist Labor) 0.50% [3] |
| Delaware | Elbert N. Carvel | Democratic | Defeated, 47.89% | J. Caleb Boggs (Republican) 52.11% [4] |
| Florida | Fuller Warren | Democratic | Term limited, Democratic victory | Daniel T. McCarty (Democratic) 74.83% Harry S. Swan (Republican) 25.17% Scattering 0.01% [5] |
| Illinois | Adlai Stevenson II | Democratic | Won primary but retired torun for U.S. President, Republican victory | William Stratton (Republican) 52.48% Sherwood Dixon (Democratic) 47.32% Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) 0.20% [6] |
| Indiana | Henry F. Schricker | Democratic | Term limited, Republican victory | George N. Craig (Republican) 55.68% John A. Watkins (Democratic) 43.58% Lester N. Abel (Prohibition) 0.65% Samuel Boorda (Progressive) 0.05% Charles Ginsberg (Socialist Labor) 0.04% [7] |
| Iowa | William S. Beardsley | Republican | Re-elected, 51.90% | Herschel C. Loveless (Democratic) 47.78% Z. Everett Kellum (Prohibition) 0.23% Ernest J. Seemann (Republican Vigilantes) 0.10% [8] |
| Kansas | Edward F. Arn | Republican | Re-elected, 56.34% | Charles Rooney (Democratic) 41.68% David C. White (Prohibition) 1.76% W. W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.22% [9] |
| Maine (held, 8 September 1952) | Frederick G. Payne | Republican | Retired torun for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Burton M. Cross (Republican) 51.74% James C. Oliver (Democratic) 33.22% Neil S. Bishop (Independent Republican) 14.38% Henry W. Boyker (Independent) 0.66% [10] |
| Massachusetts | Paul A. Dever | Democratic | Defeated, 49.29% | Christian Herter (Republican) 49.91% Florence H. Luscomb (Peace Progressive) 0.32% Larence Gilfedder (Socialist Labor) 0.26% Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.22% [11] |
| Michigan | G. Mennen Williams | Democratic | Re-elected, 49.96% | Frederick M. Alger Jr. (Republican) 49.66% Earle Harold Munn (Prohibition) 0.31% Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor) 0.04% Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers) 0.02% [12] |
| Minnesota | C. Elmer Anderson | Republican | Re-elected, 55.34% | Orville Freeman (DFL) 44.01% Martin Frederickson (Progressive) 0.37% Eldrid H. Bauers (Socialist Labor) 0.29% [13] |
| Missouri | Forrest Smith | Democratic | Term limited, Democratic victory | Phil M. Donnelly (Democratic) 52.55% Howard Elliott (Republican) 47.37% Howard Edsell (Progressive) 0.05% Maurice R. Wheeler (Socialist) 0.02% Don Lohbeck (Christian Nationalist) 0.01% Clara Hayes (Socialist Labor) 0.01% [14] |
| Montana | John W. Bonner | Democratic | Defeated, 49.04% | J. Hugo Aronson (Republican) 50.96% [15] |
| Nebraska | Val Peterson | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Robert B. Crosby (Republican) 61.44% Walter R. Raecke (Democratic) 38.56% [16] |
| New Hampshire | Sherman Adams | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Hugh Gregg (Republican) 63.15% William H. Craig (Democratic) 36.85% [17] |
| New Mexico | Edwin L. Mechem | Republican | Re-elected, 53.77% | Everett Grantham (Democratic) 46.24% [18] |
| North Carolina | W. Kerr Scott | Democratic | Term limited, Democratic victory | William B. Umstead (Democratic) 67.50% Herbert F. Seawell Jr. (Republican) 32.50% [19] |
| North Dakota | Norman Brunsdale | Republican | Re-elected, 78.74% | Ole C. Johnson (Democratic) 21.26% [20] |
| Ohio | Frank Lausche | Democratic | Re-elected, 55.90% | Charles Phelps Taft II (Republican) 44.10% [21] |
| Rhode Island | Dennis J. Roberts | Democratic | Re-elected, 52.62% | Raoul Archambault Jr. (Republican) 47.38% [22] |
| South Dakota | Sigurd Anderson | Republican | Re-elected, 70.15% | Sherman A. Iverson (Democratic) 29.85% [23] |
| Tennessee | Gordon Browning | Democratic | Defeated in primary, Democratic victory | Frank G. Clement (Democratic) 79.37% R. Beecher Witt (Republican) 20.62% Scattering 0.01% [24] |
| Texas | Allan Shivers | Democratic | Re-elected, 98.05% | Scattering 1.95% [25] |
| Utah | J. Bracken Lee | Republican | Re-elected, 55.09% | Earl J. Glade (Democratic) 44.91% [26] |
| Vermont | Lee E. Emerson | Republican | Re-elected, 51.93% | Robert W. Larrow (Democratic) 39.81% Henry D. Vail (Independent, write-in) 8.25% Scattering 0.02% [27] |
| Washington | Arthur B. Langlie | Republican | Re-elected, 52.65% | Hugh Mitchell (Democratic) 47.35% [28] |
| West Virginia | Okey Patteson | Democratic | Term limited, Democratic victory | William C. Marland (Democratic) 51.54% Rush Holt Sr. (Republican) 48.46% [29] |
| Wisconsin | Walter J. Kohler Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 62.50% | William Proxmire (Democratic) 37.27% Michael Essin (Independent Progressive) 0.23% [30] |
