United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1922, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 7, 1922. Elections took place on October 3 in Arkansas, and September 11 in Maine.
Results
State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Alabama Thomas Kilby Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory William W. Brandon (Democratic) 77.56%Oliver D. Street (Republican) 21.28%Arlie Barber (Socialist) 1.16% Arizona Thomas Edward Campbell Republican Defeated, 45.06% George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) 54.94% Arkansas(held, 3 October 1922) Thomas C. McRae Democratic Re-elected, 78.09% John W. Grabiel (Republican) 21.91% California William Stephens Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Friend Richardson (Republican) 59.69%Thomas Lee Woolwine (Democratic) 35.98%Alexander Horr (Socialist) 4.29%Scattering 0.04% Colorado Oliver Henry Shoup Republican Retired, Democratic victory William E. Sweet (Democratic) 49.64%Benjamin Griffith (Republican) 48.29%Lauren E. Arnold (Socialist) 0.82%G. F. Stevens (Farmer Labor) 0.73%Barney Haughey (Old Age Pension) 0.52% Connecticut Everett J. Lake Republican Retired, Republican victory Charles A. Templeton (Republican) 52.37%David Fitzgerald (Democratic) 45.73%Martin F. Plunkett (Socialist) 1.91% Georgia Thomas W. Hardwick Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Clifford M. Walker (Democratic) 100.00% (Democratic primary results)Clifford M. Walker 58.11%Thomas W. Hardwick 40.56%H. Bedinger Baylor 1.33% Idaho D. W. Davis Republican Retired, Republican victory Charles C. Moore (Republican) 39.53%H. F. Samuels (Progressive) 31.69%Moses Alexander (Democratic) 28.79% Iowa Nathan E. Kendall Republican Re-elected, 70.54% J. R. Files (Democratic) 29.46% Kansas Henry Justin Allen Republican Retired, Democratic victory Jonathan M. Davis (Democratic) 50.87%W. Y. Morgan (Republican) 47.41%M. L. Phillips (Socialist) 1.72% Maine(held, 11 September 1922) Percival P. Baxter Republican Re-elected, 57.95% William R. Pattangall (Democratic) 42.05% Massachusetts Channing H. Cox Republican Re-elected, 52.24% John F. Fitzgerald (Democratic) 45.42%Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 1.03%John B. Lewis (Prohibition) 0.77%Henry Hess (Socialist Labor) 0.53% Michigan Alex J. Groesbeck Republican Re-elected, 61.15% Alva M. Cummins (Democratic) 37.39%Benjamin Blumenberg (Socialist) 0.76%Belden C. Hoyt (Prohibition) 0.47%E. R. Markley (Socialist Labor) 0.22% Minnesota J. A. O. Preus Republican Re-elected, 45.21% Magnus Johnson (Farmer-Labor) 43.13%Edward Indrehus (Democratic) 11.66% Nebraska Samuel R. McKelvie Republican Retired, Democratic victory Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 54.62%Charles H. Randall (Republican) 41.95%Harry C. Parmenter (Progressive) 3.43% Nevada Emmet D. Boyle Democratic Retired, Democratic victory James G. Scrugham (Democratic) 53.88%John H. Miller (Republican) 46.12% New Hampshire Albert O. Brown Republican Retired, Democratic victory Fred H. Brown (Democratic) 53.28%Windsor H. Goodnow (Republican) 46.72% New Jersey Edward I. Edwards Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory George Sebastian Silzer (Democratic) 52.19%William N. Runyon (Republican) 46.82%George H. Goebel (Socialist) 0.69%Martin R. McDonald (Workers) 0.14%Frank Sanders (Socialist Labor) 0.10%Edward M. Caffall (Single Tax) 0.06% New Mexico Merritt C. Mechem Republican Retired, Democratic victory James F. Hinkle (Democratic) 54.57%C. L. Hill (Republican) 44.66%T. S. Smith (Farmer Labor) 0.78% New York Nathan L. Miller Republican Defeated, 39.97% Alfred E. Smith (Democratic) 55.21%Edward F. Cassidy (Socialist) 4.31%George K. Hinds (Prohibition) 0.38%Jeremiah D. Crowley (Socialist Labor) 0.13% North Dakota Ragnvald Nestos Republican Re-elected, 57.65% William Lemke (Non-Partisan League) 42.35% Ohio Harry L. Davis Republican Retired, Democratic victory A. Victor Donahey (Democratic) 50.56%Carmi A. Thompson (Republican) 49.41%Scattering 0.03% Oklahoma James B. A. Robertson Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory John C. Walton (Democratic) 54.45%John Fields (Republican) 44.79%Orville E. Enfield (Socialist) 0.77% Oregon Ben W. Olcott Republican Defeated, 42.64% Walter M. Pierce (Democratic) 57.36% Pennsylvania William Cameron Sproul Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Gifford Pinchot (Republican) 56.78%John A. McSparran (Democratic) 39.71%Lilith Martin Wilson (Socialist) 2.17%William Repp (Prohibition) 0.97%William H, Thomas (Industrialist) 0.21%John W. Dix (Single Tax) 0.15%Scattering 0.01% Rhode Island Emery J. San Souci Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Democratic victory William Smith Flynn (Democratic) 51.72%Harold J. Gross (Republican) 47.17%Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.60%George W. Miller (Labor) 0.51% South Carolina Wilson Godfrey Harvey Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Thomas Gordon McLeod (Democratic) 100.00%(Democratic primary run-off results)Thomas Gordon McLeod 53.84%Coleman L. Blease 46.16% South Dakota William H. McMaster Republican Re-elected, 45.02% Louis N. Crill (Democratic) 28.74%Alice Lorraine Daly (Non-Partisan League) 26.24% Tennessee Alfred A. Taylor Republican Defeated, 42.11% Austin Peay (Democratic) 57.89% Texas Pat Morris Neff Democratic Re-elected, 82.01% W. H. Atwell (Republican) 17.99% Vermont James Hartness Republican Retired, Republican victory Redfield Proctor Jr. (Republican) 74.82%J. Holmes Jackson (Democratic) 24.97%Scattering 0.21% Wisconsin John J. Blaine Republican Re-elected, 76.36% Arthur A. Bentley (Independent Democrat) 10.60%Louis A. Arnold (Socialist) 8.21%M. L. Welles (Prohibition) 4.45%Arthur A. Dietrich (Independent) 0.30%Scattering 0.08% Wyoming Robert D. Carey Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Democratic victory William B. Ross (Democratic) 50.03%John W. Hay (Republican) 48.87%Scattering 1.11%
See also 1922 United States elections 1922 United States Senate elections 1922 United States House of Representatives elections
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