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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.
State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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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% [1] |
Arizona | Thomas Edward Campbell | Republican | Defeated, 45.06% | George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) 54.94% [2] |
Arkansas (held, 3 October 1922)[3][4][5][6] |
Thomas C. McRae | Democratic | Re-elected, 78.09% | John W. Grabiel (Republican) 21.91% [7] |
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% [8] |
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% [9] |
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% [10] |
Georgia | Thomas W. Hardwick | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | Clifford M. Walker (Democratic) 100.00% [11] (Democratic primary results) Clifford M. Walker 58.11% Thomas W. Hardwick 40.56% H. Bedinger Baylor 1.33% [12] |
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% [13] |
Iowa | Nathan E. Kendall | Republican | Re-elected, 70.54% | J. R. Files (Democratic) 29.46% [14] |
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% [15] |
Maine (held, 11 September 1922) |
Percival P. Baxter | Republican | Re-elected, 57.95% | William R. Pattangall (Democratic) 42.05% [16] |
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% [17] |
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% [18] |
Minnesota | J. A. O. Preus | Republican | Re-elected, 45.21% | Magnus Johnson (Farmer-Labor) 43.13% Edward Indrehus (Democratic) 11.66% [19] |
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% [20] |
Nevada | Emmet D. Boyle | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | James G. Scrugham (Democratic) 53.88% John H. Miller (Republican) 46.12% [21] |
New Hampshire | Albert O. Brown | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Fred H. Brown (Democratic) 53.28% Windsor H. Goodnow (Republican) 46.72% [22] |
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% [23] |
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% [24] |
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% [25] |
North Dakota | Ragnvald Nestos | Republican | Re-elected, 57.65% | William Lemke (Non-Partisan League) 42.35% [26] |
Ohio | Harry L. Davis | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | A. Victor Donahey (Democratic) 50.56% Carmi A. Thompson (Republican) 49.41% Scattering 0.03% [27] |
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% [28] |
Oregon | Ben W. Olcott | Republican | Defeated, 42.64% | Walter M. Pierce (Democratic) 57.36% [29] |
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% [30] |
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% [31] |
South Carolina | Wilson Godfrey Harvey | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Thomas Gordon McLeod (Democratic) 100.00% [32] (Democratic primary run-off results) Thomas Gordon McLeod 53.84% Coleman L. Blease 46.16% [33] |
South Dakota | William H. McMaster | Republican | Re-elected, 45.02% | Louis N. Crill (Democratic) 28.74% Alice Lorraine Daly (Non-Partisan League) 26.24% [34] |
Tennessee | Alfred A. Taylor | Republican | Defeated, 42.11% | Austin Peay (Democratic) 57.89% [35] |
Texas | Pat Morris Neff | Democratic | Re-elected, 82.01% | W. H. Atwell (Republican) 17.99% [36] |
Vermont | James Hartness | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Redfield Proctor Jr. (Republican) 74.82% J. Holmes Jackson (Democratic) 24.97% Scattering 0.21% [37] |
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% [38] |
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% [39] |