# 1922 United States gubernatorial elections

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.

## Results

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