1952 United States gubernatorial elections

1952 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1951 November 4, 1952;
September 8, 1952 (ME)		 1953 →
30 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 25 23
Seats after 30 18
Seat change Increase5 Decrease5
Seats up 15 15
Seats won 20 10
1952 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1952 Illinois gubernatorial election1952 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1952 Iowa gubernatorial election1952 Arkansas gubernatorial election1952 Kansas gubernatorial election1952 Texas gubernatorial election1952 New Mexico gubernatorial election1952 Arizona gubernatorial election1952 Florida gubernatorial election1952 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1952 Michigan gubernatorial election1952 Nebraska gubernatorial election1952 South Dakota gubernatorial election1952 Minnesota gubernatorial election1952 Maine gubernatorial election1952 Colorado gubernatorial election1952 Ohio gubernatorial election1952 Tennessee gubernatorial election1952 Delaware gubernatorial election1952 Indiana gubernatorial election1952 Missouri gubernatorial election1952 Montana gubernatorial election1952 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1952 North Carolina gubernatorial election1952 North Dakota gubernatorial election1952 Utah gubernatorial election1952 Vermont gubernatorial election1952 Washington gubernatorial election1952 West Virginia gubernatorial election
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1952, in 30 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and the presidential election, on November 4, 1952. Elections took place on September 8 in Maine. This was the last 2-year gubernatorial election Tennessee held, as they would switch from 2-year to 4-year terms in 1954.

Results

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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 to run 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 to run 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]

See also

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References

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