The 1936 Florida gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday November 3, to elect the next Governor of Florida. Democratic candidate and president of the florida State Senate Fred P. Conel defeated Republican candidate E.E. Callaway with 80.91% of the vote.

Primary elections Primary elections were held on June 2, 1936.

Democratic primary

Candidates Fred P. Cone, former State Senator W. Raleigh Petteway, Judge of the Criminal Court of Record for Hillsborough County William C. Hodges, State Senator Jerry W. Carter, member of the Florida Railroad Commission. B. F. Paty, attorney Dan Chappell Grady Burton Peter Tomasello Jr., former Speaker of the State House and State Representative. Stafford Caldwell Amos Lewis Mallie Martin, commissioner of the Florida State Road Department. Carl Maples, lumber operator from Wakulla County. Redmond B. Gautier, former mayor of Miami. J. R. Yearwood

Endorsements

Results

Runoff Results by county County Fred P. Cone W. Raleigh Petteway Total votes # % # %Alachua 3,279 62.21% 1,992 37.79% 5,271Baker 1,891 90.83% 191 9.17% 2,082Bay 2,438 55.45% 1,959 44.55% 4,397Bradford 1,588 79.52% 409 20.48% 1,997Brevard 1,667 56.59% 1,279 43.41% 2,946Broward 1,942 45.75% 2,303 54.25% 4,245Calhoun 2,054 71.05% 837 28.95% 2,891Charlotte 770 58.11% 555 41.89% 1,325Citrus 1,347 75.93% 427 24.07% 1,774Clay 1,291 68.49% 594 31.51% 1,885Collier 876 87.43% 126 12.57% 1,002Columbia 2,636 74.04% 924 25.96% 3,560Dade 10,560 36.07% 18,717 63.93% 29,277DeSoto 1,540 56.56% 1,183 43.44% 2,723Dixie 1,179 71.24% 476 28.76% 1,655Duval 20,444 74.86% 6,865 25.14% 27,309Escambia 8,109 69.45% 3,567 30.55% 11,676Flagler 517 72.01% 201 27.99% 718Franklin 1,119 65.75% 583 34.25% 1,702Gadsden 1,980 69.47% 870 30.53% 2,850Gilchrist 764 81.10% 178 18.90% 942Glades 681 68.44% 314 31.56% 995Gulf 668 62.14% 407 37.86% 1,075Hamilton 1,314 70.08% 561 29.92% 1,875Hardee 1,887 53.27% 1,655 46.73% 3,542Hendry 561 53.63% 485 46.37% 1,046Hernando 822 56.30% 638 43.70% 1,460Highlands 1,927 65.28% 1,025 34.72% 2,952Hillsborough 13,860 55.20% 11,249 44.80% 25,109Holmes 4,139 71.45% 1,654 28.55% 5,793Indian River 1,172 61.20% 743 38.80% 1,915Jackson 5,499 73.29% 2,004 26.71% 7,503Jefferson 1,056 73.64% 378 26.36% 1,434Lafayette 952 70.05% 407 29.95% 1,359Lake 2,554 47.59% 2,813 52.41% 5,367Lee '2,536 62.49% 1,522 37.51% 4,058Leon 2,180 53.77% 1,874 46.23% 4,054Levy 1,846 73.58% 663 26.42% 2,509Liberty 932 78.58% 254 21.42% 1,186Madison 2,118 71.97% 825 28.03% 2,943Manatee 2,800 54.95% 2,296 45.05% 5,096Marion 3,823 79.20% 1,004 20.80% 4,827Martin 562 56.71% 429 43.29% 991Monroe 582 26.24% 1,636 73.76% 2,218Nassau 902 59.30% 619 40.70% 1,521Okaloosa 1,834 53.21% 1,613 46.79% 3,447Okeechobee 530 55.79% 420 44.21% 950Orange 4,337 47.40% 4,813 52.60% 9,150Osceola 1,422 56.14% 1,111 43.86% 2,533Palm Beach 4,973 41.88% 6,902 58.12% 11,875Pasco 2,009 55.81% 1,591 44.19% 3,600Pinellas 5,021 45.24% 6,078 54.76% 11,099Polk 6,499 49.11% 6,734 50.89% 13,233Putnam 2,800 74.25% 971 25.75% 3,771Santa Rosa 2,291 57.72% 1,678 42.28% 3,969Sarasota 1,635 53.91% 1,398 46.09% 3,033Seminole 1,710 48.39% 1,824 51.61% 3,534St. Johns 3,325 69.93% 1430 30.07% 4,755St. Lucie 1,317 55.81% 1043 44.19% 2,360Sumter 2,032 69.95% 873 30.05% 2,905Suwannee 2,743 68.94% 1,236 31.06% 3,979Taylor 1,591 61.07% 1,014 38.93% 2,605Union 1,000 76.16% 313 23.84% 1,313Volusia 7,307 60.94% 4,683 39.06% 11,990Wakulla 1,112 62.72% 661 37.28% 1,773Walton 2,671 57.43% 1,980 42.57% 4,651Washington 3,017 73.41% 1,093 26.59% 4,110

General election

Candidates Fred P. Cone, Democratic Elvy Edison "E.E" Callaway, Republican, white lawyer for the NAACP.

Results

County results CountyGray, R. A. (1936). (rep.). Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida (Vol. 1935–1936, p. 371). Deland, FL: The E.O. Painter Printing Co. Fred P. Cone Democratic E.E. Callaway Republican Total votes # % # %Alachua 4,908 87.96% 672 12.04% 5,580Baker 1,576 96.33% 60 3.67% 1,636Bay 3,024 87.65% 426 12.35% 3,450Bradford 1,521 87.62% 215 12.38% 1,736Brevard 2,526 73.45% 913 26.55% 3,439Broward 4,608 73.94% 1,624 26.06% 6,232Calhoun 1,087 89.69% 125 10.31% 1,212Charlotte 889 69.24% 395 30.76% 1,284Citrus 1,410 94.31% 85 5.69% 1,495Clay 1,359 77.35% 398 22.65% 1,757Collier 923 94.76% 51 5.24% 974Columbia 2,838 95.23% 142 4.77% 2,980Dade 27,500 74.56% 9,383 25.44% 36,883DeSoto 1,643 78.69% 445 21.31% 2,088Dixie 1,139 96.20% 45 3.80% 1,184Duval 23,312 84.73% 4,201 15.27% 27,513Escambia 9,049 91.29% 863 8.71% 9,912Flagler 546 88.93% 68 11.07% 614Franklin 1,391 94.56% 80 5.44% 1,471Gadsden 2,694 97.82% 60 2.18% 2,754Gilchrist 802 94.91% 43 5.09% 845Glades 584 81.56% 132 18.44% 716Gulf 845 95.59% 39 4.41% 884Hamilton 1,498 94.69% 84 5.31% 1,582Hardee 2,198 74.26% 762 25.74% 2,960Hendry 708 80.09% 176 19.91% 884Hernando 1,169 87.17% 172 12.83% 1,341Highlands 2,162 79.37% 562 20.63% 2,724Hillsborough 21,196 84.81% 3,795 15.19% 24,991Holmes 3,271 88.77% 414 11.23% 3,685Indian River 1,365 80.06% 340 19.94% 1,705Jackson 3,961 95.22% 199 4.78% 4,160Jefferson 1,287 96.33% 49 3.67% 1,336Lafayette 1,113 96.61% 39 3.39% 1,152Lake 4,517 76.48% 1,389 23.52% 5,906Lee 2,764 78.75% 746 21.25% 3,510Leon 3,795 95.66% 172 4.34% 3,967Levy 2,014 94.91% 108 5.09% 2,122Liberty 837 98.12% 16 1.88% 853Madison 2,305 96.69% 79 3.31% 2,384Manatee 3,688 77.01% 1,101 22.99% 4,789Marion 4,637 88.93% 577 11.07% 5,214Martin 906 80.39% 221 19.61% 1,127Monroe 2,301 90.73% 235 9.27% 2,536Nassau 1,180 90.28% 127 9.72% 1,307Okaloosa 2,217 90.01% 246 9.99% 2,463Okeechobee 699 84.32% 130 15.68% 829Orange 8,148 71.79% 3,202 28.21% 11,350Osceola 1,743 65.90% 902 34.10% 2,645Palm Beach 10,056 73.20% 3,682 26.80% 13,738Pasco 2,518 75.30% 826 24.70% 3,344Pinellas 12,198 62.10% 7,444 37.90% 19,642Polk 10,765 74.95% 3,598 25.05% 14,363Putnam 3,078 86.32% 488 13.68% 3,566Santa Rosa 2,835 86.99% 424 13.01% 3,259Sarasota 2,396 74.18% 834 25.82% 3,230Seminole 2,702 80.11% 671 19.89% 3,373St. Johns 3,432 78.97% 914 21.03% 4,346St. Lucie 2,062 86.57% 320 13.43% 2,382Sumter 2,143 93.62% 146 6.38% 2,289Suwannee 2,892 96.30% 111 3.70% 3,003Taylor 1,814 94.92% 97 5.08% 1,911Union 1,074 94.54% 62 5.46% 1,136Volusia 8,959 72.52% 3,395 27.48% 12,354Wakulla 1,406 98.87% 16 1.13% 1,422Walton 2,848 92.11% 244 7.89% 3,092Washington 2,607 91.19% 252 8.81% 2,859Total253,63880.91%59,83219.09%313,470

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