1922 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

1922 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

November 7, 1922
 
Nominee Jack C. Walton John Fields
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 280,206 230,469
Percentage 54.45% 44.78%

County results
Walton:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Fields:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

James B. A. Robertson
Democratic

Elected Governor

Jack C. Walton
Democratic

The 1922 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1922, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Jack C. Walton defeated Republican John Fields. Also on the ballot was O. E. Enfield of the Socialist Party.[1]

Primary election

Democratic party

Oklahoma City Mayor Jack Walton came out ahead of four others to claim the Democratic nomination for Governor.

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jack Walton 119,248 44.24%
Democratic R. H. Wilson 84,320 31.28%
Democratic Thomas H. Owen 63,915 23.71%
Democratic Arthur Finn 1,206 0.45%
Democratic Frank Ziska 849 0.32%
Total votes 269,538 100.00%

Republican party

John Fields defeated George H. Healy to win the GOP nomination,

Candidates

  • John Fields
  • George H. Healy

Results

Republican primary results[1][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Fields 80,565 91.75%
Republican George H. Healy 7,244 8.25%
Total votes 87,809 100.00%

Socialist party

Candidates

  • O. E. Enfield

Results

Socialist primary results[1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist O. E. Enfield 1,186 100.00%
Total votes 1,186 100.00%

General election

Results

1922 Oklahoma gubernatorial election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic J. C. Walton 280,206 54.45% +0.89%
Republican John Fields 230,469 44.78% +2.17%
Socialist O. E. Enfield 3,941 0.77% −3.06%
Total votes 514,616 100.00%
Majority 49,737 9.66%
Democratic hold Swing -1.27%

Results by county

Fields was the first Republican to win Cimarron County, Osage County, and Texas County. Cimarron County would not vote Republican again until 1962 and would not fail to back the winning candidate again until 1978.

County[5] J. C. Walton
Democratic
John Fields
Republican
O. E. Enfield
Socialist
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adair 2,470 56.15% 1,901 43.21% 28 0.64% 569 12.93% 4,399
Alfalfa 1,659 35.04% 3,025 63.90% 50 1.06% -1,366 -28.86% 4,734
Atoka 3,623 63.97% 2,022 35.70% 19 0.34% 1,601 28.27% 5,664
Beaver 1,408 42.18% 1,885 56.47% 45 1.35% -477 -14.29% 3,338
Beckham 3,109 64.08% 1,690 34.83% 53 1.09% 1,419 29.25% 4,852
Blaine 2,314 44.45% 2,807 53.92% 85 1.63% -493 -9.47% 5,206
Bryan 6,545 80.67% 1,543 19.02% 25 0.31% 5,002 61.65% 8,113
Caddo 5,075 52.32% 4,496 46.35% 129 1.33% 579 5.97% 9,700
Canadian 3,680 49.42% 3,708 49.79% 59 0.79% -28 -0.38% 7,447
Carter 6,449 65.25% 3,344 33.84% 90 0.91% 3,105 31.42% 9,883
Cherokee 3,089 55.03% 2,489 44.34% 35 0.62% 600 10.69% 5,613
Choctaw 3,928 71.16% 1,566 28.37% 26 0.47% 2,362 42.79% 5,520
Cimarron 738 49.30% 743 49.63% 16 1.07% -5 -0.33% 1,497
Cleveland 3,200 58.83% 2,185 40.17% 54 0.99% 1,015 18.66% 5,439
Coal 2,793 67.46% 1,335 32.25% 12 0.29% 1,458 35.22% 4,140
Comanche 4,131 58.64% 2,853 40.50% 61 0.87% 1,278 18.14% 7,045
Cotton 2,665 64.67% 1,434 34.80% 22 0.53% 1,231 29.87% 4,121
Craig 3,048 55.55% 2,417 44.05% 22 0.40% 631 11.50% 5,487
Creek 6,989 46.08% 8,075 53.24% 102 0.67% -1,086 -7.16% 15,166
Custer 3,006 48.46% 3,116 50.23% 81 1.31% -110 -1.77% 6,203
Delaware 2,167 56.34% 1,657 43.08% 22 0.57% 510 13.26% 3,846
Dewey 1,786 50.00% 1,638 45.86% 148 4.14% 148 4.14% 3,572
Ellis 1,266 42.10% 1,637 54.44% 104 3.46% -371 -12.34% 3,007
Garfield 5,324 41.93% 7,267 57.23% 107 0.84% -1,943 -15.30% 12,698
Garvin 4,825 72.61% 1,768 26.61% 52 0.78% 3,057 46.00% 6,645
Grady 5,236 64.01% 2,891 35.34% 53 0.65% 2,345 28.68% 8,180
Grant 1,971 38.19% 3,161 61.25% 29 0.56% -1,190 -23.06% 5,161
Greer 2,208 71.60% 862 27.95% 14 0.45% 1,346 43.64% 3,084
Harmon 1,578 74.86% 502 23.81% 28 1.33% 1,076 51.04% 2,108
Harper 1,199 49.63% 1,203 49.79% 14 0.58% -4 -0.17% 2,416
Haskell 3,516 65.14% 1,869 34.62% 13 0.24% 1,647 30.51% 5,398
Hughes 4,067 65.49% 2,105 33.90% 38 0.61% 1,962 31.59% 6,210
Jackson 2,820 66.40% 1,371 32.28% 56 1.32% 1,449 34.12% 4,247
Jefferson 2,636 69.06% 1,139 29.84% 42 1.10% 1,497 39.22% 3,817
Johnston 3,617 77.85% 1,003 21.59% 26 0.56% 2,614 56.26% 4,646
Kay 4,582 43.76% 5,841 55.79% 47 0.45% -1,259 -12.02% 10,470
Kingfisher 2,545 46.83% 2,864 52.70% 26 0.48% -319 -5.87% 5,435
Kiowa 3,554 58.11% 2,477 40.50% 85 1.39% 1,077 17.61% 6,116
Latimer 2,245 63.40% 1,282 36.20% 14 0.40% 963 27.20% 3,541
Le Flore 5,820 63.36% 3,325 36.20% 41 0.45% 2,495 27.16% 9,186
Lincoln 3,812 46.81% 4,269 52.43% 62 0.76% -457 -5.61% 8,143
Logan 3,099 38.03% 4,992 61.27% 57 0.70% -1,893 -23.23% 8,148
Love 2,112 87.27% 301 12.44% 7 0.29% 1,811 74.83% 2,420
Major 1,181 38.26% 1,774 57.47% 132 4.28% -593 -19.21% 3,087
Marshall 2,416 77.59% 664 21.32% 34 1.09% 1,752 56.26% 3,114
Mayes 2,764 55.73% 2,172 43.79% 24 0.48% 592 11.94% 4,960
McClain 2,623 67.10% 1,273 32.57% 13 0.33% 1,350 34.54% 3,909
McCurtain 3,483 76.48% 1,048 23.01% 23 0.51% 2,435 53.47% 4,554
McIntosh 2,969 66.01% 1,519 33.77% 10 0.22% 1,450 32.24% 4,498
Murray 2,220 70.14% 936 29.57% 9 0.28% 1,284 40.57% 3,165
Muskogee 7,471 56.85% 5,652 43.01% 18 0.14% 1,819 13.84% 13,141
Noble 1,950 43.18% 2,523 55.87% 43 0.95% -573 -12.69% 4,516
Nowata 2,247 49.87% 2,240 49.71% 19 0.42% 7 0.16% 4,506
Okfuskee 3,020 66.01% 1,522 33.27% 33 0.72% 1,498 32.74% 4,575
Oklahoma 20,397 46.09% 23,701 53.56% 156 0.35% -3,304 -7.47% 44,254
Okmulgee 5,579 45.77% 6,542 53.67% 68 0.56% -963 -7.90% 12,189
Osage 4,427 47.39% 4,842 51.83% 73 0.78% -415 -4.44% 9,342
Ottawa 4,179 50.20% 4,086 49.08% 60 0.72% 93 1.12% 8,325
Pawnee 2,481 43.64% 3,140 55.23% 64 1.13% -659 -11.59% 5,685
Payne 4,368 44.58% 5,356 54.66% 75 0.77% -988 -10.08% 9,799
Pittsburg 7,855 62.62% 4,639 36.98% 49 0.39% 3,216 25.64% 12,543
Pontotoc 4,692 63.76% 2,643 35.92% 24 0.33% 2,049 27.84% 7,359
Pottawatomie 6,558 54.54% 5,308 44.14% 159 1.32% 1,250 10.40% 12,025
Pushmataha 2,546 71.20% 1,005 28.10% 25 0.70% 1,541 43.09% 3,576
Roger Mills 1,542 57.52% 1,005 37.49% 134 5.00% 537 20.03% 2,681
Rogers 3,087 56.50% 2,330 42.64% 47 0.86% 757 13.85% 5,464
Seminole 3,352 58.15% 2,392 41.50% 20 0.35% 960 16.66% 5,764
Sequoyah 3,689 57.91% 2,652 41.63% 29 0.46% 1,037 16.28% 6,370
Stephens 4,456 62.17% 2,566 35.80% 145 2.02% 1,890 26.37% 7,167
Texas 1,884 48.53% 1,962 50.54% 36 0.93% -78 -2.01% 3,882
Tillman 2,728 59.84% 1,804 39.57% 27 0.59% 924 20.27% 4,559
Tulsa 10,467 43.61% 13,481 56.16% 56 0.23% -3,014 -12.56% 24,004
Wagoner 2,226 61.10% 1,370 37.61% 47 1.29% 856 23.50% 3,643
Washington 2,478 38.60% 3,929 61.21% 12 0.19% -1,451 -22.60% 6,419
Washita 2,853 61.04% 1,754 37.53% 67 1.43% 1,099 23.51% 4,674
Woods 2,217 46.61% 2,469 51.90% 71 1.49% -252 -5.30% 4,757
Woodward 1,897 46.85% 2,112 52.16% 40 0.99% -215 -5.31% 4,049
Totals 280,206 54.45% 230,469 44.78% 3,941 0.77% 49,737 9.66% 514,616

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. ^ a b c d "1922-1926 results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. pp. 1, 7, 15.
  2. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1922). "For Governor". Democratic Primary Election Returns - August 1, 1922. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1922). "For Governor". Republican Primary Election Returns - August 1, 1922. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1922). "For Governor". Socialist Primary Election Returns - August 1, 1922. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b Oklahoma State Election Board (1922). "For Governor". General Election Returns - November 7, 1922. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)