# 1952 United States gubernatorial elections

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

| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
| Arizona | John Howard Pyle | Republican | Re-elected, 60.16% | Joe C. Haldiman (Democratic) 39.84% |
| Arkansas | Sid McMath | Democratic | Defeated in primary, Democratic victory | Francis Cherry (Democratic) 87.41% Jefferson W. Speck (Republican) 12.59% |
| Colorado | Daniel I. J. Thornton | Republican | Re-elected, 57.08% | John W. Metzger (Democratic) 42.42% Louis K. Stephens (Socialist Labor) 0.50% |
| Delaware | Elbert N. Carvel | Democratic | Defeated, 47.89% | J. Caleb Boggs (Republican) 52.11% |
| Florida | Fuller Warren | Democratic | Term limited, Democratic victory | Daniel T. McCarty (Democratic) 74.83% Harry S. Swan (Republican) 25.17% Scattering 0.01% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Montana | John W. Bonner | Democratic | Defeated, 49.04% | J. Hugo Aronson (Republican) 50.96% |
| Nebraska | Val Peterson | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Robert B. Crosby (Republican) 61.44% Walter R. Raecke (Democratic) 38.56% |
| New Hampshire | Sherman Adams | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Hugh Gregg (Republican) 63.15% William H. Craig (Democratic) 36.85% |
| New Mexico | Edwin L. Mechem | Republican | Re-elected, 53.77% | Everett Grantham (Democratic) 46.24% |
| North Carolina | W. Kerr Scott | Democratic | Term limited, Democratic victory | William B. Umstead (Democratic) 67.50% Herbert F. Seawell Jr. (Republican) 32.50% |
| North Dakota | Norman Brunsdale | Republican | Re-elected, 78.74% | Ole C. Johnson (Democratic) 21.26% |
| Ohio | Frank Lausche | Democratic | Re-elected, 55.90% | Charles Phelps Taft II (Republican) 44.10% |
| Rhode Island | Dennis J. Roberts | Democratic | Re-elected, 52.62% | Raoul Archambault Jr. (Republican) 47.38% |
| South Dakota | Sigurd Anderson | Republican | Re-elected, 70.15% | Sherman A. Iverson (Democratic) 29.85% |
| Tennessee | Gordon Browning | Democratic | Defeated in primary, Democratic victory | Frank G. Clement (Democratic) 79.37% R. Beecher Witt (Republican) 20.62% Scattering 0.01% |
| Texas | Allan Shivers | Democratic | Re-elected, 98.05% | Scattering 1.95% |
| Utah | J. Bracken Lee | Republican | Re-elected, 55.09% | Earl J. Glade (Democratic) 44.91% |
| 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% |
| Washington | Arthur B. Langlie | Republican | Re-elected, 52.65% | Hugh Mitchell (Democratic) 47.35% |
| West Virginia | Okey Patteson | Democratic | Term limited, Democratic victory | William C. Marland (Democratic) 51.54% Rush Holt Sr. (Republican) 48.46% |
| Wisconsin | Walter J. Kohler Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 62.50% | William Proxmire (Democratic) 37.27% Michael Essin (Independent Progressive) 0.23% |