| Election Name: | 1922 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1912 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1921 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1921 |
| Next Election: | 1923 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1923 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 33 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1922; October 3, 1922 (AR) September 11, 1922 (ME) |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 14 |
| Seats After1: | 26 |
| Seat Change1: | 12 |
| 1Data1: | 8 |
| 2Data1: | 20 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 34 |
| Seats After2: | 22 |
| Seat Change2: | 12 |
| 1Data2: | 25 |
| 2Data2: | 13 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
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.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | William W. Brandon (Democratic) 77.56% Oliver D. Street (Republican) 21.28% Arlie Barber (Socialist) 1.16% [1] | ||
| Arizona | Republican | Defeated, 45.06% | George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) 54.94% [2] | ||
| Arkansas (held, 3 October 1922)[3] [4] [5] [6] | Thomas C. McRae | Democratic | Re-elected, 78.09% | John W. Grabiel (Republican) 21.91% [7] | |
| California | 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% [8] | ||
| Colorado | 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% [9] | ||
| Connecticut | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Charles A. Templeton (Republican) 52.37% David Fitzgerald (Democratic) 45.73% Martin F. Plunkett (Socialist) 1.91% [10] | ||
| Georgia | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | Clifford M. Walker (Democratic) 100.00% [11] (Democratic primary results) Clifford M. Walker 58.11% Thomas W. Hardwick 40.56% H. Bedinger Baylor 1.33% [12] | ||
| Idaho | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Charles C. Moore (Republican) 39.53% H. F. Samuels (Progressive) 31.69% Moses Alexander (Democratic) 28.79% [13] | ||
| Iowa | Nathan E. Kendall | Republican | Re-elected, 70.54% | J. R. Files (Democratic) 29.46% [14] | |
| Kansas | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Jonathan M. Davis (Democratic) 50.87% W. Y. Morgan (Republican) 47.41% M. L. Phillips (Socialist) 1.72% [15] | ||
| Maine (held, 11 September 1922) | Percival P. Baxter | Republican | Re-elected, 57.95% | William R. Pattangall (Democratic) 42.05% [16] | |
| 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% [17] | |
| 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% [18] | |
| Minnesota | J. A. O. Preus | Republican | Re-elected, 45.21% | Magnus Johnson (Farmer-Labor) 43.13% Edward Indrehus (Democratic) 11.66% [19] | |
| Nebraska | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 54.62% Charles H. Randall (Republican) 41.95% Harry C. Parmenter (Progressive) 3.43% [20] | ||
| Nevada | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | James G. Scrugham (Democratic) 53.88% John H. Miller (Republican) 46.12% [21] | ||
| New Hampshire | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Fred H. Brown (Democratic) 53.28% Windsor H. Goodnow (Republican) 46.72% [22] | ||
| New Jersey | 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% [23] | ||
| New Mexico | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | James F. Hinkle (Democratic) 54.57% C. L. Hill (Republican) 44.66% T. S. Smith (Farmer Labor) 0.78% [24] | ||
| New York | 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% [25] | ||
| North Dakota | Ragnvald Nestos | Republican | Re-elected, 57.65% | William Lemke (Non-Partisan League) 42.35% [26] | |
| Ohio | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | A. Victor Donahey (Democratic) 50.56% Carmi A. Thompson (Republican) 49.41% Scattering 0.03% [27] | ||
| Oklahoma | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | John C. Walton (Democratic) 54.45% John Fields (Republican) 44.79% Orville E. Enfield (Socialist) 0.77% [28] | ||
| Oregon | Republican | Defeated, 42.64% | Walter M. Pierce (Democratic) 57.36% [29] | ||
| Pennsylvania | 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% [30] | ||
| Rhode Island | 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% [31] | ||
| South Carolina | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Thomas Gordon McLeod (Democratic) 100.00% [32] (Democratic primary run-off results) Thomas Gordon McLeod 53.84% Coleman L. Blease 46.16% [33] | ||
| South Dakota | William H. McMaster | Republican | Re-elected, 45.02% | Louis N. Crill (Democratic) 28.74% Alice Lorraine Daly (Non-Partisan League) 26.24% [34] | |
| Tennessee | Republican | Defeated, 42.11% | Austin Peay (Democratic) 57.89% [35] | ||
| Texas | Pat Morris Neff | Democratic | Re-elected, 82.01% | W. H. Atwell (Republican) 17.99% [36] | |
| Vermont | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Redfield Proctor Jr. (Republican) 74.82% J. Holmes Jackson (Democratic) 24.97% Scattering 0.21% [37] | ||
| 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% [38] | |
| Wyoming | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Democratic victory | William B. Ross (Democratic) 50.03% John W. Hay (Republican) 48.87% Scattering 1.11% [39] |