Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1926

Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1926
Pennsylvania
November 2, 1926 (1926-11-02)

 
Candidate John Fisher Eugene C. Bonniwell
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,102,823 365,280
Percentage 73.35% 24.29%


Governor before election

Gifford Pinchot
Republican

Elected Governor

John Fisher
Republican

The Pennsylvania gubernatorial election of 1926 occurred on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican governor Gifford Pinchot was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate John Fisher defeated Democratic candidate Eugene C. Bonniwell to become Governor of Pennsylvania.

Results

Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1926[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Stuchell Fisher 1,102,823 73.35
Democratic Eugene C. Bonniwell 365,280 24.29
Prohibition George L. Pennock 19,524 1.30
Socialist John W. Slayton 11,795 0.78
Workers Party H. W. Hicks 3,256 0.22
Commonwealth Land Julian P. Hickok 922 0.06
N/A Others 68 0.01
Totals 1,503,600 100.00%

References

  1. "Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1926". Wilkes University. Retrieved 20 December 2012.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/31/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.