PolitiFinder

1942 Governor election results

30 races · 30 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1942 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1942 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaChauncey SparksD69,048 votes · +60,881 over Hugh McEniry
ArizonaSidney Preston OsbornD63,484 votes · +39,922 over Jerrie W. Lee
CaliforniaEarl WarrenR1,275,287 votes · +342,292 over Culbert Olson
ColoradoJohn Charles VivianR193,501 votes · +44,099 over Homer Bedford
ConnecticutRaymond E. BaldwinR281,362 votes · +26,196 over Robert A. Hurley
IdahoC. A. BottolfsenR72,260 votes · +434 over Chase Clark
IowaBourke B. HickenlooperR438,547 votes · +180,237 over Nelson G. Kraschel
KansasAndrew Frank SchoeppelR287,895 votes · +75,824 over William H. Burke
MaineSumner SewallR118,047 votes · +59,489 over George W. Lane Jr.
MarylandHerbert O'ConorD198,488 votes · +19,284 over Theodore McKeldin
MassachusettsLeverett SaltonstallR758,402 votes · +128,137 over Roger Putnam
MichiganHarry F. KellyR645,335 votes · +72,021 over Murray Van Wagoner
MinnesotaHarold StassenR409,800 votes · +109,883 over Hjalmar Petersen
NebraskaDwight GriswoldR283,271 votes · +188,040 over Charles W. Bryan
NevadaEdward P. CarvilleD24,505 votes · +8,341 over Aaron V. Tallman
New HampshireRobert O. BloodR83,766 votes · +6,984 over William J. Neal
New MexicoJohn J. DempseyD59,258 votes · +9,878 over Joseph F. Tondre
New YorkThomas E. DeweyR2,148,546 votes · +647,507 over John J. Bennett Jr.
North DakotaJohn MosesD101,390 votes · +26,813 over Oscar W. Hagen
OhioJohn W. BrickerR1,086,937 votes · +377,338 over John McSweeney
OklahomaRobert S. KerrD196,565 votes · +16,111 over William Otjen
OregonEarl SnellR220,188 votes · +157,627 over Lew Wallace
PennsylvaniaEdward MartinR1,367,531 votes · +217,634 over F. Clair Ross
Rhode IslandJ. Howard McGrathD139,407 votes · +40,666 over James O. McManus
South DakotaMerrell Q. SharpeR109,786 votes · +41,080 over Lewis W. Bicknell
TennesseePrentice CooperD120,148 votes · +69,028 over C. N. Frazier
TexasCoke R. StevensonD280,735 votes
VermontWilliam H. WillsR44,804 votes · +32,096 over Park H. Pollard
WisconsinOrland Steen LoomisP397,664 votes · +105,719 over Julius P. Heil
WyomingLester C. HuntD39,599 votes · +2,031 over Nels H. Smith