1954 United States gubernatorial elections

1954 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1953 November 2, 1954;
September 13, 1954 (ME)		 1955 →
34 governorships[a]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 19 29
Seats after 27 21
Seat change Increase8 Decrease8
Seats up 11 23
Seats won 19 15
1954 North Dakota gubernatorial election1954 Alabama gubernatorial election1954 Arizona gubernatorial election1954 Arkansas gubernatorial election1954 California gubernatorial election1954 Colorado gubernatorial election1954 Connecticut gubernatorial election1954 Florida gubernatorial election1954 Georgia gubernatorial election1954 Idaho gubernatorial election1954 Iowa gubernatorial election1954 Kansas gubernatorial election1954 Maine gubernatorial election1954 Maryland gubernatorial election1954 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1954 Michigan gubernatorial election1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election1954 Nebraska gubernatorial election1954 Nevada gubernatorial election1954 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1954 New Mexico gubernatorial election1954 New York gubernatorial election1954 Ohio gubernatorial election1954 Oklahoma gubernatorial election1954 Oregon gubernatorial election1954 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election1954 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1954 South Carolina gubernatorial election1954 South Dakota gubernatorial election1954 Tennessee gubernatorial election1954 Texas gubernatorial election1954 Vermont gubernatorial election1954 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1954 Wyoming gubernatorial election
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold
     No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2, 1954, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections. Elections also took place on September 13 in Maine. The special election in Florida was due to the death of incumbent governor Daniel T. McCarty on September 28, 1953.

In Tennessee, the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term.[1]

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Alabama Gordon Persons Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Jim Folsom (Democratic) 73.37%
Tom Abernathy (Republican) 26.63%
[2]
Arizona John Howard Pyle Republican Defeated, 47.49% Ernest McFarland (Democratic) 52.51%
[3]
Arkansas Francis Cherry Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Orval Faubus (Democratic) 62.09%
Pratt C. Remmel (Republican) 37.89%
Scattering 0.02%
[4]
California Goodwin Knight Republican Re-elected, 56.83% Richard P. Graves (Democratic) 43.16%
Scattering 0.01%
[5]
Colorado Daniel I. J. Thornton Republican Retired, Democratic victory Edwin C. Johnson (Democratic) 53.56%
Donald G. Brotzman (Republican) 46.44%
[6]
Connecticut John Davis Lodge Republican Defeated, 49.16% Abraham Ribicoff (Democratic) 49.50%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.19%
Vivien Kellems (Independent Republican) (write-in) 0.15%
[7]
Florida (special) Charley Eugene Johns Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory LeRoy Collins (Democratic) 80.43%
J. Thomas Watson[8] (Republican) 19.52%
Scattering 0.05%
[9]
Georgia Herman Talmadge Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Marvin Griffin (Democratic) 99.98%
Scattering 0.02%
[10]
(Democratic primary results)
Marvin Griffin 36.32% (302)
Melvin E. Thompson 25.07% (56)
Tom Linder 13.50% (26)
Fred Hand 12.09% (22)
Charlie Gowen 11.42% (4)
Grace Wilkey Thomas 0.97%
Ben Garland 0.44%
[11]
Idaho Leonard B. Jordan Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Robert E. Smylie (Republican) 54.24%
Clark Hamilton (Democratic) 45.76%
[12]
Iowa William S. Beardsley Republican Retired, Republican victory Leo Hoegh (Republican) 51.37%
Clyde E. Herring (Democratic) 48.35%
Howard H. Tyler (Independent) 0.28%
[13]
Kansas Edward F. Arn Republican Retired, Republican victory Fred Hall (Republican) 52.98%
George Docking (Democratic) 45.97%
Chester A. Roberts (Prohibition) 0.89%
W. W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.16%
[14]
Maine
(held, September 13, 1954)		 Burton M. Cross Republican Defeated, 45.51% Edmund Muskie (Democratic) 54.49%
[15]
Maryland Theodore McKeldin Republican Re-elected, 54.46% Curley Byrd (Democratic) 45.55%
[16]
Massachusetts Christian Herter Republican Re-elected, 51.76% Robert F. Murphy (Democratic) 47.80%
Lawrence Gilfedder (Socialist Labor) 0.30%
Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.14%
[17]
Michigan G. Mennen Williams Democratic Re-elected, 55.62% Donald S. Leonard (Republican) 44.05%
E. Harold Munn (Prohibition) 0.27%
Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor) 0.05%
Frank Lovell (Socialist Workers) 0.03%
[18]
Minnesota C. Elmer Anderson Republican Defeated, 46.80% Orville Freeman (Democratic Farmer-Labor) 52.73%
Ross P. Schelin (Industrial Government) 0.47%
[19]
Nebraska Robert B. Crosby Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Victor E. Anderson (Republican) 60.28%
William Ritchie (Democratic) 39.72%
[20]
Nevada Charles H. Russell Republican Re-elected, 53.10% Vail M. Pittman (Democratic) 46.90%
[21]
New Hampshire Hugh Gregg Republican Retired, Republican victory Lane Dwinell (Republican) 55.12%
John Shaw (Democratic) 44.88%
[22]
New Mexico Edwin L. Mechem Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory John F. Simms (Democratic) 57.01%
Alvin Stockton (Republican) 42.99%
[23]
New York Thomas E. Dewey Republican Retired, Democratic victory W. Averell Harriman (Democratic) 49.61%
Irving Ives (Republican) 49.40%
John T. McManus (American Labor) 0.91%
David L. Weiss (Socialist Workers) 0.05%
Nathan Karp (Industrial Government) 0.03%
[24]
North Dakota Norman Brunsdale Republican Re-elected, 64.21% Cornelius Bymers (Democratic) 35.79%
[25]
Ohio Frank Lausche Democratic Re-elected, 54.10% Jim Rhodes (Republican) 45.91%
[26]
Oklahoma Johnston Murray Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Raymond Gary (Democratic) 58.67%
Reuben K. Sparks (Republican) 41.34%
[27]
Oregon Paul L. Patterson Republican Re-elected, 56.91% Joseph K. Carson (Democratic) 43.09%
[28]
Pennsylvania John S. Fine Republican Term-limited, Democratic victory George M. Leader (Democratic) 53.66%
Lloyd H. Wood (Republican) 46.15%
Henry Beitscher (Progressive) 0.12%
Louis Dirle (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
[29]
Rhode Island Dennis J. Roberts Democratic Re-elected, 57.69% Dean J. Lewis (Republican) 41.72%
Arthur E. Marley (Independent) 0.59%
[30]
South Carolina James F. Byrnes Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory George Bell Timmerman Jr. (Democratic) unopposed
[31]
(Democratic primary results)
George Bell Timmerman Jr. 61.34%
Lester L. Bates 38.66%
[32]
South Dakota Sigurd Anderson Republican Term-limited, Republican victory Joe Foss (Republican) 56.67%
Ed C. Martin (Democratic) 43.33%
[33]
Tennessee Frank G. Clement Democratic Re-elected, 87.20% John Randolph Neal Jr. (Independent) 12.27%
W. E. Michel (Republican) 0.53%
Scattering 0.01%
[34]
(Democratic primary results)
Frank G. Clement 68.17%
Gordon W. Browning 27.61%
Raulston Schoolfield 4.23%
[35]
Texas Allan Shivers Democratic Re-elected, 89.42% Tod R. Adams (Republican) 10.39%
Scattering 0.19%
[36]
Vermont Lee E. Emerson Republican Retired, Republican victory Joseph B. Johnson (Republican) 52.27%
E. Frank Branon (Democratic) 47.70%
Scattering 0.02%
[37]
Wisconsin Walter J. Kohler Jr. Republican Re-elected, 51.45% William Proxmire (Democratic) 48.40%
Arthur Wepfer (Socialist Labor) 0.15%
[38]
Wyoming Clifford Joy Rogers Republican Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Milward Simpson (Republican) 50.50%
William M. Jack (Democratic) 49.50%
[39]

Notes

  1. ^ Including a special election in Florida.

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