1931 United States gubernatorial elections
November 3, 1931;
April 19, 1932 (LA)
4 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 25 21
Seats after 27 19
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2
Seats up 2 2
Seats won 4 0
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1931, in four states. Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi hold their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years, which it would abandon in 1949.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
KentuckyFlem D. SampsonRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryRuby Laffoon (Democratic) 54.28%
William B. Harrison (Republican) 45.43%
John J. Thobe (Socialist) 0.14%
Herman Horning (Socialist Labor) 0.14%
[1]
Louisiana
(Held, 19 April 1932)
Huey LongDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory[lower-alpha 1]Oscar K. Allen (Democratic) 99.95%
Scattering 0.05%
[2]
(Democratic primary results)
Oscar K. Allen 56.51%
Dudley J. LeBlanc 28.96%
George Seth Guion 14.15%
William C. Boone 0.26%
William L. Clark Jr. 0.12%
[3][4]
MississippiTheodore G. BilboDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryMartin S. Conner (Democratic) 100.00%
[5]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Martin S. Conner 54.08%
Hugh L. White 45.92%
[6]
New JerseyMorgan Foster LarsonRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryA. Harry Moore (Democratic) 57.82%
David Baird Jr. (Republican) 39.74%
Edmund R. Halsey (Independent) 1.06%
Owen M. Bruner (National Prohibition) 0.64%
Herman F. Niessner (Socialist) 0.41%
John J. Ballam (Communist) 0.14%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.12%
John A. Kelly (Taxpayers) 0.08%[7]

References

  1. ↑ "KY Governor, 1931". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "LA Governor, 1932". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Primary Election Returns, 1919-1997: Louisiana". Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 115. ISBN 1568023960.
  4. ↑ Compilation of Primary Election Returns of the Democratic Party, State of Louisiana. State of Louisiana. 1932.
  5. ↑ "MS Governor, 1931". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "MS Governor, 1931 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "NJ Governor, 1931". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

Notes

  1. ↑ Long resigned on 25 January 1932 to take a seat in the U.S. Senate, after the Democratic primary.


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