1952_United_States_gubernatorial_elections

1952 United States gubernatorial elections
30 governorships
	Democratic hold; Republican hold Republican gain; No election

1952 United States gubernatorial elections

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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.

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State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Arizona	John Howard Pyle	Republican	Re-elected, 60.16%	Joe C. Haldiman (Democratic) 39.84% ^[1]
Arkansas	Sid McMath	Democratic	Defeated in primary, Democratic victory	Francis Cherry (Democratic) 87.41% Jefferson W. Speck (Republican) 12.59% ^[2]
Colorado	Daniel I. J. Thornton	Republican	Re-elected, 57.08%	John W. Metzger (Democratic) 42.42% Louis K. Stephens (Socialist Labor) 0.50% ^[3]
Delaware	Elbert N. Carvel	Democratic	Defeated, 47.89%	J. Caleb Boggs (Republican) 52.11% ^[4]
Florida	Fuller Warren	Democratic	Term limited, Democratic victory	Daniel T. McCarty (Democratic) 74.83% Harry S. Swan (Republican) 25.17% Scattering 0.01% ^[5]
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% ^[6]
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% ^[7]
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% ^[8]
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% ^[9]
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% ^[10]
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% ^[11]
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% ^[12]
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% ^[13]
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% ^[14]
Montana	John W. Bonner	Democratic	Defeated, 49.04%	J. Hugo Aronson (Republican) 50.96% ^[15]
Nebraska	Val Peterson	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Robert B. Crosby (Republican) 61.44% Walter R. Raecke (Democratic) 38.56% ^[16]
New Hampshire	Sherman Adams	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Hugh Gregg (Republican) 63.15% William H. Craig (Democratic) 36.85% ^[17]
New Mexico	Edwin L. Mechem	Republican	Re-elected, 53.77%	Everett Grantham (Democratic) 46.24% ^[18]
North Carolina	W. Kerr Scott	Democratic	Term limited, Democratic victory	William B. Umstead (Democratic) 67.50% Herbert F. Seawell Jr. (Republican) 32.50% ^[19]
North Dakota	Norman Brunsdale	Republican	Re-elected, 78.74%	Ole C. Johnson (Democratic) 21.26% ^[20]
Ohio	Frank Lausche	Democratic	Re-elected, 55.90%	Charles Phelps Taft II (Republican) 44.10% ^[21]
Rhode Island	Dennis J. Roberts	Democratic	Re-elected, 52.62%	Raoul Archambault Jr. (Republican) 47.38% ^[22]
South Dakota	Sigurd Anderson	Republican	Re-elected, 70.15%	Sherman A. Iverson (Democratic) 29.85% ^[23]
Tennessee	Gordon Browning	Democratic	Defeated in primary, Democratic victory	Frank G. Clement (Democratic) 79.37% R. Beecher Witt (Republican) 20.62% Scattering 0.01% ^[24]
Texas	Allan Shivers	Democratic	Re-elected, 98.05%	Scattering 1.95% ^[25]
Utah	J. Bracken Lee	Republican	Re-elected, 55.09%	Earl J. Glade (Democratic) 44.91% ^[26]
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% ^[27]
Washington	Arthur B. Langlie	Republican	Re-elected, 52.65%	Hugh Mitchell (Democratic) 47.35% ^[28]
West Virginia	Okey Patteson	Democratic	Term limited, Democratic victory	William C. Marland (Democratic) 51.54% Rush Holt Sr. (Republican) 48.46% ^[29]
Wisconsin	Walter J. Kohler Jr.	Republican	Re-elected, 62.50%	William Proxmire (Democratic) 37.27% Michael Essin (Independent Progressive) 0.23% ^[30]

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