1948 United States gubernatorial elections

1948 United States gubernatorial elections

November 2, 1948; September 13, 1948 (ME)
33 governorships[a]
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 24 24 Seats after 30 18 Seat change 6 6 Seats up 14 19 Seats won 20 13
Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain      No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1948, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 2, 1948. Elections took place on September 13 in Maine.

This was the last time Connecticut elected its governors to 2-year terms, switching to 4-year terms from the 1950 election.

Results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Arizona	Dan Edward Garvey	Democratic	Re-elected, 59.17%	Bruce Brockett (Republican) 40.06% Ernest Fohle (Prohibition) 0.76% [1]
Arkansas	Benjamin Travis Laney	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Sid McMath (Democratic) 89.37% Charles R. Black (Republican) 10.63% [2]
Colorado	William Lee Knous	Democratic	Re-elected, 66.33%	David A. Hamil (Republican) 33.67% [3]
Connecticut	James C. Shannon	Republican	Defeated, 49.00%	Chester Bowles (Democratic) 49.31% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.45% Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.16% Morris Chertov (Socialist Workers) 0.09% [4]
Delaware	Walter W. Bacon	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Elbert N. Carvel (Democratic) 53.69% Hyland P. George (Republican) 46.31% [5]
Florida	Millard Caldwell	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Fuller Warren (Democratic) 83.35% Bert L. Acker (Republican) 16.64% Scattering 0.01% [6]
Georgia (special election)	Melvin E. Thompson	Democratic	Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory	Herman Talmadge (Democratic) 97.51% Morgan Blake (Independent) 2.20% James Barfoot (Independent) 0.18% Melvin E. Thompson (Independent) 0.09% Scattering 0.01% [7]
Illinois	Dwight H. Green	Republican	Defeated, 42.59%	Adlai Stevenson II (Democratic) 57.11% Willis R. Wilson (Prohibition) 0.24% Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) 0.07% [8]
Indiana	Ralph F. Gates	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Henry F. Schricker (Democratic) 53.56% Hobart Creighton (Republican) 45.14% Clinton W. Speicher (Prohibition) 0.82% Walter Frisbie (Progressive) 0.38% William Rabe (Socialist) 0.06% Charles Ginsberg (Socialist Labor) 0.04% [9]
Iowa	Robert D. Blue	Republican	Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory	William S. Beardsley (Republican) 55.68% Carroll O. Switzer (Democratic) 43.67% C. E. Bierderman (Progressive) 0.36% Marvin Galbreath (Prohibition) 0.25% William F. Leonard (Socialist) 0.05% [10]
Kansas	Frank Carlson	Republican	Re-elected, 57.00%	Randolph Carpenter (Democratic) 40.44% N. W. Nice (Prohibition) 2.24% W. W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.33% [11]
Maine (held, 13 September 1948)	Horace Hildreth	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	Frederick G. Payne (Republican) 65.60% Louis Lausier (Democratic) 34.40% [12]
Massachusetts	Robert F. Bradford	Republican	Defeated, 40.49%	Paul A. Dever (Democratic) 59.03% Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.35% Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition) 0.14% [13]
Michigan	Kim Sigler	Republican	Defeated, 45.66%	G. Mennen Williams (Democratic) 53.41% Gordon Phillips (Prohibition) 0.72% Emanuel Seidler (Socialist) 0.10% Arthur Chenoweth (Socialist Labor) 0.07% Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers) 0.04% [14]
Minnesota	Luther Youngdahl	Republican	Re-elected, 53.15%	Charles Halsted (DFL) 45.07% Orville E. Olson (Prohibition) 1.24% Rudolph Gustafson (Socialist Labor) 0.55% [15]
Missouri	Phil M. Donnelly	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Forrest Smith (Democratic) 56.98% Murray Thompson (Republican) 42.75% Robert B. Logsdon (Progressive) 0.18% Ralph E. Gipe (Socialist) 0.07% Henry W. Genck (Socialist Labor) 0.01% [16]
Montana	Sam C. Ford	Republican	Defeated, 43.86%	John W. Bonner (Democratic) 55.73% Leverne Hamilton (Socialist) 0.41% [17]
Nebraska	Val Peterson	Republican	Re-elected, 60.07%	Frank Sorrell (Democratic) 39.93% [18]
New Hampshire	Charles M. Dale	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Sherman Adams (Republican) 52.21% Herbert W. Hill (Democratic) 47.27% Irma C. Otto (Progressive) 0.52% [19]
New Mexico	Thomas J. Mabry	Democratic	Re-elected, 54.72%	Manuel Lujan Sr. (Republican) 45.28% [20]
North Carolina	R. Gregg Cherry	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	W. Kerr Scott (Democratic) 73.16% George M. Pritchard (Republican) 26.41% Mary Price (Progressive) 0.43% [21]
North Dakota	Fred G. Aandahl	Republican	Re-elected, 61.33%	Howard I. Henry (Democratic) 37.49% H. A. Porter (Progressive) 0.87% George Lund (Socialist) 0.31% [22]
Ohio	Thomas J. Herbert	Republican	Defeated, 46.34%	Frank Lausche (Democratic) 53.67% [23]
Oregon (special election)	John Hubert Hall	Republican	Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory	Douglas McKay (Republican) 53.23% Lew Wallace (Democratic) 44.53% Wendell E. Barnett (Independent) 2.23% [24]
Rhode Island	John Pastore	Democratic	Re-elected, 61.15%	Albert P. Ruerat (Republican) 38.42% Clemens J. France (Progressive) 0.42% [25]
South Dakota	George Theodore Mickelson	Republican	Re-elected, 61.08%	Harold J. Volz (Democratic) 38.92% [26]
Tennessee	Jim Nance McCord	Democratic	Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory	Gordon Browning (Democratic) 66.91% Roy Acuff (Republican) 33.09% [27]
Texas	Beauford H. Jester	Democratic	Re-elected, 84.72%	Alvin H. Lane (Republican) 14.68% Herman Wright (Progressive) 0.31% Gerard Overholt (Prohibition) 0.29% [28]
Utah	Herbert B. Maw	Democratic	Defeated, 45.01%	J. Bracken Lee (Republican) 54.99% [29]
Vermont	Ernest W. Gibson Jr.	Republican	Re-elected, 71.89%	Charles F. Ryan (Democratic) 27.95% Scattering 0.17% [30]
Washington	Monrad Wallgren	Democratic	Defeated, 47.22%	Arthur B. Langlie (Republican) 50.50% Russell H. Fluent (Progressive) 2.18% Henry Killman (Socialist Labor) 0.09% Daniel Roberts (Socialist Workers) 0.02% [31]
West Virginia	Clarence W. Meadows	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Okey Patteson (Democratic) 57.13% Herbert Stephenson Boreman (Republican) 42.88% [32]
Wisconsin	Oscar Rennebohm	Republican	Re-elected, 54.09%	Carl W. Thompson (Democratic) 44.11% Henry J. Berquist (People's Progressive) 1.02% Walter H. Uphoff (Socialist) 0.72% James E. Boulton (Socialist Workers) 0.03% Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor) 0.03% [33]

See also

• 1948 United States elections
  • 1948 United States presidential election
  • 1948 United States Senate elections
  • 1948 United States House of Representatives elections

Notes

1. Including special elections in Georgia and Oregon.

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