# 1934 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1934, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 6, 1934. Elections took place on September 10 in Maine.

## Results

| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
| Alabama | Benjamin M. Miller | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Bibb Graves (Democratic) 86.93% Edmund H. Dryer (Republican) 12.67% Arlie Barber (Socialist) 0.25% J. M. Davis (Communist) 0.15% |
| Arizona | Benjamin Baker Moeur | Democratic | Re-elected, 59.65% | Thomas Maddock (Republican) 38.15% Lawrence McGivern (Socialist) 1.83% Clay Naff (Communist) 0.36% |
| Arkansas | Junius Marion Futrell | Democratic | Re-elected, 89.19% | G. C. Ledbetter (Republican) 9.44% J. Russell Butler (Socialist) 1.37% |
| California | Frank F. Merriam | Republican | Re-elected, 48.87% | Upton Sinclair (Democratic) 37.75% Raymond L. Haight (Progressive) 12.99% Sam Darcy (Communist) 0.25% Milen C. Dempster (Socialist) 0.13% Scattering 0.01% |
| Colorado | Edwin Carl Johnson | Democratic | Re-elected, 58.11% | Nate C. Warren (Republican) 39.91% Paul S. McCormick (Socialist) 1.31% Paul W. Hipp (Prohibition) 0.35% P. C. Feste (Communist) 0.32% |
| Connecticut | Wilbur L. Cross | Democratic | Re-elected, 46.71% | Hugh Meade Alcorn (Republican) 45.16% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 6.96% Alvin M. Gully (Socialist Labor) 0.68% William E. Hogan (Independent Citizens) 0.26% Isadore Wofsy (Communist) 0.23% |
| Georgia | Eugene Talmadge | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00% | (Democratic primary results) Eugene Talmadge 65.95% Claude Pittman 32.18% Ed Gilliam 1.88% |
| Idaho | C. Ben Ross | Democratic | Re-elected, 54.58% | Frank L. Stephan (Republican) 44.26% Allen F. Adams (Socialist) 0.68% T. H. Darrow (Commonwealth Prohibition) 0.48% |
| Iowa | Clyde L. Herring | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.75% | Dan W. Turner (Republican) 43.55% Wallace M. Short (Farmer Labor) 4.09% L. J. U. Smay (Prohibition) 0.24% Arthur W. Saarman (Socialist) 0.21% Ira R. Meade (Communist) 0.17% |
| Kansas | Alfred M. Landon | Republican | Re-elected, 53.51% | Omar B. Ketchum (Democratic) 45.63% George M. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.86% |
| Maine (held, 10 September 1934) | Louis J. Brann | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.99% | Alfred K. Ames (Republican) 45.90% Harry Warsaw (Communist) 0.11% |
| Maryland | Albert C. Ritchie | Democratic | Defeated, 48.32% | Harry Whinna Nice (Republican) 49.52% Broadus Mitchell (Socialist) 1.32% William A. Gillespe (Independent) 0.55% Bernard Ades (Communist) 0.15% Harry B. Galantian (Labor) 0.14% |
| Massachusetts | Joseph B. Ely | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | James Michael Curley (Democratic) 49.65% Gaspar G. Bacon (Republican) 42.30% Frank A. Goodwin (Equal Tax) 6.35% Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 0.83% John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor) 0.39% Edward Rand Stevens (Communist) 0.28% Freeman W. Follett (Prohibition) 0.20% |
| Michigan | William Comstock | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory | Frank D. Fitzgerald (Republican) 52.41% Arthur J. Lacy (Democratic) 45.84% Arthur E. Larsen (Socialist) 0.95% Raymond Anderson (Communist) 0.46% Donald D. Alderdyce (Farmer Labor) 0.17% Scattering 0.17% |
| Minnesota | Floyd B. Olson | Farmer-Labor | Re-elected, 44.61% | Martin A. Nelson (Republican) 37.72% John E. Regan (Democratic) 16.84% Arthur C. Townley (Independent) 0.42% Samuel K. Davis (Communist) 0.41% |
| Nebraska | Charles W. Bryan | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | Robert L. Cochran (Democratic) 50.84% Dwight P. Griswold (Republican) 47.73% Ralph W. Madison (Independent) 0.83% John J. Schefcik (Independent) 0.60% |
| Nevada | Morley Griswold | Republican | Defeated, 34.52% | Richard Kirman (Democratic) 53.94% Lindley C. Branson (Independent) 11.54% |
| New Hampshire | John Gilbert Winant | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | H. Styles Bridges (Republican) 50.55% John L. Sullivan (Democratic) 49.16% Eli Bourdon (Socialist) 0.16% Elba K. Chase (Communist) 0.14% |
| New Jersey | A. Harry Moore | Democratic | Term-limited, Republican victory | Harold Giles Hoffman (Republican) 49.90% William L. Dill (Democratic) 49.00% Herman F. Niessner (Socialist) 0.64% Morris M. Brown (Communist) 0.21% Leslie E. Molineaux (Prohibition) 0.11% George E. Bopp (Socialist Labor) 0.08% Charles H. Ingersoll (Independent) 0.04% |
| New Mexico | Andrew W. Hockenhull | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Clyde Tingley (Democratic) 51.90% Jaffa Miller (Republican) 47.60% E. E. Frost (Socialist) 0.42% Philip Howe (Communist) 0.09% |
| New York | Herbert H. Lehman | Democratic | Re-elected, 57.77% | Robert Moses (Republican) 36.57% Charles Solomon (Socialist) 3.32% Israel Amter (Communist) 1.20% William Frederick Varney (Law Preservation) 0.54% John F. Hylan (Recovery) (write-in) 0.41% Aaron M. Orange (Socialist Labor) 0.19% |
| North Dakota | Ole H. Olson | Republican | Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor, Democratic victory | Thomas H. Moodie (Democratic) 52.98% Lydia Cady Langer (Republican) 46.61% Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 0.41% |
| Ohio | George White | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | Martin L. Davey (Democratic) 51.13% Clarence J. Brown (Republican) 48.14% I. O. Ford (Communist) 0.73% |
| Oklahoma | William H. Murray | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Ernest W. Marland (Democratic) 58.25% William B. Pine (Republican) 38.81% S. P. Green (Socialist) 2.66% Francis M. Simpson (Independent) 0.23% Scattering 0.05% |
| Oregon | Julius L. Meier | Independent | Retired, Democratic victory | Charles H. Martin (Democratic) 38.57% Peter C. Zimmerman (Independent) 31.57% Joe E. Dunne (Republican) 28.73% Harry J. Correll (Independent) 0.49% Abraham M. Silverman (Independent) 0.46% Hank E. Wirth (Independent) 0.18% |
| Pennsylvania | Gifford Pinchot | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | George H. Earle (Democratic) 50.04% William A. Schnader (Republican) 47.79% Jesse H. Holmes (Socialist) 1.44% Herbert T. Ames (Prohibition) 0.46% Emmett Patrick Cush (Communist) 0.19% Bess Gyekis (Industrial Labor) 0.08% |
| Rhode Island | Theodore F. Green | Democratic | Re-elected, 56.62% | Luke H. Callan (Republican) 42.44% Joseph M. Coldwell (Socialist) 0.94% |
| South Carolina | Ibra Charles Blackwood | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Olin Johnston (Democratic) 100.00% (Democratic primary run-off results) Olin Johnston 56.20% Coleman L. Blease 43.80% |
| South Dakota | Tom Berry | Democratic | Re-elected, 58.60% | William C. Allen (Republican) 40.65% Knute Walstad (Independent) 0.75% |
| Tennessee | Hill McAlister | Democratic | Re-elected, 61.78% | Lewis S. Pope (Independent) 38.22% |
| Texas | Miriam A. Ferguson | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | James V. Allred (Democratic) 96.44% D. E. W aggoner (Republican) 3.08% George C. Edwards (Socialist) 0.42% Enoch Hardaway (Communist) 0.06% |
| Vermont | Stanley C. Wilson | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Charles Manley Smith (Republican) 57.26% James Patrick Leamy (Democratic) 42.13% John G. Hutton (Socialist) 0.47% Thomas Alexander Boyd (Communist) 0.14% |
| Wisconsin | Albert George Schmedeman | Democratic | Defeated, 37.69% | Philip La Follette (Progressive) 39.12% Howard T. Greene (Republican) 18.14% George A. Nelson (Socialist) 4.68% Morris Childs (Ind. Communist) 0.26% Thomas W. North (Ind. Prohibition) 0.09% Joseph Ehrhardt (Ind. Socialist Labor) 0.04% |
| Wyoming | Leslie A. Miller | Democratic | Re-elected, 57.91% | Alonzo M. Clark (Republican) 41.37% Louis Sky (Socialist) 0.56% Merton Willer (Communist) 0.17% |