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1940 Governor election results

33 races · 33 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1940 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1940 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
ArizonaSidney Preston OsbornD97,606 votes · +47,248 over Jerrie W. Lee
ArkansasHomer AdkinsD184,578 votes · +167,978 over Harley C. Stump
ColoradoRalph Lawrence CarrR296,671 votes · +51,379 over George E. Saunders
ConnecticutRobert A. HurleyD388,361 votes · +13,780 over Raymond E. Baldwin
DelawareWalter W. BaconR70,629 votes · +9,392 over Josiah Marvel Jr.
FloridaSpessard HollandD272,718 votes · +66,560 over Francis P. Whitehair
IdahoChase ClarkD120,420 votes · +2,303 over C. A. Bottolfsen
IllinoisDwight H. GreenR2,197,778 votes · +256,945 over Harry B. Hershey
IndianaHenry F. SchrickerD889,620 votes · +3,963 over Glenn R. Hillis
IowaGeorge A. WilsonR620,480 votes · +66,539 over John K. Valentine
KansasPayne RatnerR425,928 votes · +430 over William H. Burke
MaineSumner SewallR162,719 votes · +70,666 over Fulton J. Redman
MassachusettsLeverett SaltonstallR999,223 votes · +5,588 over Paul A. Dever
MichiganMurray Van WagonerD1,077,065 votes · +131,281 over Luren Dickinson
MinnesotaHarold StassenR654,686 votes · +195,077 over Hjalmar Petersen
MissouriForrest C. DonnellR911,530 votes · +3,613 over Larry McDaniel
MontanaSam C. FordR124,435 votes · +4,982 over Roy E. Ayers
NebraskaDwight GriswoldR365,638 votes · +130,471 over Terry Carpenter
New HampshireRobert O. BloodR112,386 votes · +3,293 over F. Clyde Keefe
New JerseyCharles EdisonD984,407 votes · +63,895 over Robert C. Hendrickson
New MexicoJohn E. MilesD103,035 votes · +20,729 over Mauricio F. Miera
North CarolinaJ. Melville BroughtonD608,744 votes · +413,342 over Robert H. McNeill
North DakotaJohn MosesD173,278 votes · +71,991 over Jack A. Patterson
OhioJohn W. BrickerR1,824,863 votes · +364,467 over Martin L. Davey
Rhode IslandJ. Howard McGrathD177,937 votes · +37,457 over William Henry Vanderbilt III
South DakotaHarlan J. BushfieldR167,686 votes · +31,258 over Lewis W. Bicknell
TennesseePrentice CooperD323,466 votes · +198,221 over C. Arthur Bruce
TexasW. Lee O'DanielD1,019,338 votes · +959,443 over George C. Hopkins
UtahHerbert B. MawD128,519 votes · +10,806 over Don B. Colton
VermontWilliam H. WillsR87,346 votes · +38,278 over John McGrath
WashingtonArthur B. LanglieR392,522 votes · +5,816 over Clarence Dill
West VirginiaMatthew M. NeelyD496,028 votes · +112,330 over Daniel Boone Dawson
WisconsinJulius P. HeilR558,678 votes · +12,242 over Orland Steen Loomis