1930 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

1930 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
November 4, 1930
 
Nominee William H. Murray Ira A. Hill
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 301,921 208,575
Percentage 59.05% 40.79%
County results
Murray:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Hill:      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

William J. Holloway
Democratic

Elected Governor

William H. Murray
Democratic

The 1930 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat William H. 'Alfalfa Bill' Murray defeated Republican Ira A. Hill. Also on the ballot were Independent candidates B. G. Bingham and John Franing.[1]

Primary election

Democratic party

Nine candidates vied for the Democratic nomination, including former governor Martin E. Trapp. Former Congressman and Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives 'Alfalfa Bill' Murray and Frank Buttram advanced to the runoff where Murray defeated Buttram by a wide margin.

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William H. Murray 134,243 39.42%
Democratic Frank Buttram 69,501 20.41%
Democratic E. B. Howard 50,671 14.88%
Democratic M. E. Trapp 38,641 11.35%
Democratic A. S. J. Shaw 25,572 7.51%
Democratic Frank M. Bailey 15,832 4.65%
Democratic Jess L. Pullen 3,480 1.02%
Democratic E. R. Powers 1,438 0.42%
Democratic L. M. Overton 1,191 0.35%
Total votes 340,569 100.00%
Democratic primary runoff results[1][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William H. Murray 220,250 63.64%
Democratic Frank Buttram 125,838 36.36%
Total votes 346,088 100.00%

Republican party

Ira A. Hill received more than 50% of the vote in defeating his two challengers, thus avoiding a runoff.

Candidates

  • Rexford B. Cragg
  • Jim Harris
  • Ira A. Hill

Results

Republican primary results[1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ira A. Hill 41,341 54.30%
Republican Jim Harris 27,908 36.65%
Republican Rexford B. Cragg 6,888 9.05%
Total votes 76,137 100.00%

General election

Results

1930 Oklahoma gubernatorial election[1][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic William H. Murray 301,921 59.05% +4.01%
Republican Ira A. Hill 208,575 40.79% −3.29%
Independent B. G. Bingham 537 0.11%
Independent John Franing 287 0.06% −0.37%
Total votes 511,320 100.00%
Majority 93,346 18.26%
Democratic hold Swing +7.29%

Results by county

County[5] William H. Murray
Democratic 		Ira A. Hill
Republican 		B. G. Bingham
Independent 		John Franing
Independent 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 2,658 53.97% 2,263 45.95% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 395 8.02% 4,925
Alfalfa 2,341 49.02% 2,428 50.84% 7 0.15% 0 0.00% -87 -1.82% 4,776
Atoka 2,544 81.12% 592 18.88% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,952 62.24% 3,136
Beaver 1,754 58.66% 1,226 41.00% 7 0.23% 3 0.10% 528 17.66% 2,990
Beckham 3,349 77.15% 985 22.69% 6 0.14% 1 0.02% 2,364 54.46% 4,341
Blaine 2,426 47.36% 2,680 52.32% 8 0.16% 8 0.16% -254 -4.96% 5,122
Bryan 5,355 82.93% 1,099 17.02% 3 0.05% 0 0.00% 4,256 65.91% 6,457
Caddo 6,647 61.36% 4,177 38.56% 7 0.06% 2 0.02% 2,470 22.80% 10,833
Canadian 3,879 56.08% 3,029 43.79% 6 0.09% 3 0.04% 850 12.29% 6,917
Carter 6,467 77.51% 1,865 22.35% 6 0.07% 5 0.06% 4,602 55.16% 8,343
Cherokee 2,984 56.59% 2,279 43.22% 6 0.11% 4 0.08% 705 13.37% 5,273
Choctaw 3,597 72.16% 1,344 26.96% 35 0.70% 9 0.18% 2,253 45.20% 4,985
Cimarron 1,077 60.17% 707 39.50% 4 0.22% 2 0.11% 370 20.67% 1,790
Cleveland 3,501 61.69% 2,157 38.01% 4 0.07% 13 0.23% 1,344 23.68% 5,675
Coal 2,239 81.42% 510 18.55% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 1,729 62.87% 2,750
Comanche 4,605 60.96% 2,938 38.89% 5 0.07% 6 0.08% 1,667 22.07% 7,554
Cotton 3,298 76.80% 990 23.06% 3 0.07% 3 0.07% 2,308 53.75% 4,294
Craig 3,413 60.00% 2,270 39.91% 3 0.05% 2 0.04% 1,143 20.09% 5,688
Creek 6,931 46.61% 7,933 53.35% 5 0.03% 1 0.01% -1,002 -6.74% 14,870
Custer 3,434 57.98% 2,484 41.94% 4 0.07% 1 0.02% 950 16.04% 5,923
Delaware 2,415 61.80% 1,488 38.08% 4 0.10% 1 0.03% 927 23.72% 3,908
Dewey 2,373 62.60% 1,412 37.25% 3 0.08% 3 0.08% 961 25.35% 3,791
Ellis 1,681 53.57% 1,455 46.37% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 226 7.20% 3,138
Garfield 5,582 44.85% 6,839 54.95% 20 0.16% 5 0.04% -1,257 -10.10% 12,446
Garvin 5,525 78.86% 1,474 21.04% 7 0.10% 0 0.00% 4,051 57.82% 7,006
Grady 5,160 68.40% 2,375 31.48% 9 0.12% 0 0.00% 2,785 36.92% 7,544
Grant 2,920 57.13% 2,174 42.54% 11 0.22% 6 0.12% 746 14.60% 5,111
Greer 2,529 77.41% 735 22.50% 3 0.09% 0 0.00% 1,794 54.91% 3,267
Harmon 1,828 83.70% 354 16.21% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 1,474 67.49% 2,184
Harper 1,368 52.84% 1,215 46.93% 4 0.15% 2 0.08% 153 5.91% 2,589
Haskell 3,069 63.87% 1,735 36.11% 0 0.00% 1 0.02% 1,334 27.76% 4,805
Hughes 4,792 69.67% 2,075 30.17% 6 0.09% 5 0.07% 2,717 39.50% 6,878
Jackson 3,070 79.89% 771 20.06% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 2,299 59.82% 3,843
Jefferson 2,830 81.74% 627 18.11% 3 0.09% 2 0.06% 2,203 63.63% 3,462
Johnston 3,368 88.84% 418 11.03% 2 0.05% 3 0.08% 2,950 77.82% 3,791
Kay 5,250 42.49% 7,080 57.30% 21 0.17% 5 0.04% -1,830 -14.81% 12,356
Kingfisher 2,151 44.77% 2,648 55.11% 3 0.06% 3 0.06% -497 -10.34% 4,805
Kiowa 3,692 70.19% 1,565 29.75% 1 0.02% 2 0.04% 2,127 40.44% 5,260
Latimer 1,979 65.46% 1,038 34.34% 1 0.03% 5 0.17% 941 31.13% 3,023
Le Flore 5,403 66.84% 2,665 32.97% 8 0.10% 7 0.09% 2,738 33.87% 8,083
Lincoln 4,286 52.50% 3,868 47.38% 7 0.09% 3 0.04% 418 5.12% 8,164
Logan 2,527 35.35% 4,600 64.35% 15 0.21% 6 0.08% -2,073 -29.00% 7,148
Love 1,778 89.98% 195 9.87% 1 0.05% 2 0.10% 1,583 80.11% 1,976
Major 1,427 50.26% 1,405 49.49% 5 0.18% 2 0.07% 22 0.77% 2,839
Marshall 1,829 86.44% 287 13.56% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,542 72.87% 2,116
Mayes 3,098 62.07% 1,889 37.85% 1 0.02% 3 0.06% 1,209 24.22% 4,991
McClain 3,098 73.64% 1,102 26.19% 6 0.14% 1 0.02% 1,996 47.44% 4,207
McCurtain 3,253 81.02% 760 18.93% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 2,493 62.09% 4,015
McIntosh 3,081 63.04% 1,797 36.77% 7 0.14% 2 0.04% 1,284 26.27% 4,887
Murray 2,920 80.71% 697 19.26% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 2,223 61.44% 3,618
Muskogee 6,690 53.70% 5,752 46.17% 11 0.09% 5 0.04% 938 7.53% 12,458
Noble 2,529 51.59% 2,360 48.14% 7 0.14% 6 0.12% 169 3.45% 4,902
Nowata 2,104 48.61% 2,216 51.20% 5 0.12% 3 0.07% -112 -2.59% 4,328
Okfuskee 3,788 68.18% 1,764 31.75% 3 0.05% 1 0.02% 2,024 36.43% 5,556
Oklahoma 15,569 45.03% 18,965 54.85% 25 0.07% 19 0.05% -3,396 -9.82% 34,578
Okmulgee 7,405 59.04% 5,128 40.88% 7 0.06% 3 0.02% 2,277 18.15% 12,543
Osage 6,324 53.59% 5,461 46.28% 10 0.08% 5 0.04% 863 7.31% 11,800
Ottawa 5,904 58.57% 4,156 41.23% 17 0.17% 3 0.03% 1,748 17.34% 10,080
Pawnee 2,804 48.22% 3,002 51.63% 4 0.07% 5 0.09% -198 -3.40% 5,815
Payne 4,388 46.54% 5,025 53.29% 11 0.12% 5 0.05% -637 -6.76% 9,429
Pittsburg 7,054 71.91% 2,751 28.05% 3 0.03% 1 0.01% 4,303 43.87% 9,809
Pontotoc 4,619 78.85% 1,235 21.08% 1 0.02% 3 0.05% 3,384 57.77% 5,858
Pottawatomie 7,782 60.85% 4,993 39.04% 6 0.05% 8 0.06% 2,789 21.81% 12,789
Pushmataha 2,834 74.93% 895 23.66% 38 1.00% 15 0.40% 1,939 51.27% 3,782
Roger Mills 2,637 75.84% 835 24.01% 1 0.03% 4 0.12% 1,802 51.83% 3,477
Rogers 3,072 60.62% 1,995 39.36% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,077 21.25% 5,068
Seminole 7,721 68.02% 3,616 31.86% 9 0.08% 5 0.04% 4,105 36.16% 11,351
Sequoyah 3,207 57.68% 2,344 42.16% 6 0.11% 3 0.05% 863 15.52% 5,560
Stephens 5,635 76.59% 1,703 23.15% 8 0.11% 11 0.15% 3,932 53.45% 7,357
Texas 2,326 57.88% 1,686 41.95% 4 0.10% 3 0.07% 640 15.92% 4,019
Tillman 2,746 80.13% 681 19.87% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,065 60.26% 3,427
Tulsa 14,528 42.64% 19,468 57.13% 56 0.16% 23 0.07% -4,940 -14.50% 34,075
Wagoner 2,644 59.10% 1,826 40.81% 1 0.02% 3 0.07% 818 18.28% 4,474
Washington 2,536 39.48% 3,869 60.24% 9 0.14% 9 0.14% -1,333 -20.75% 6,423
Washita 3,512 70.45% 1,469 29.47% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 2,043 40.98% 4,985
Woods 2,679 52.62% 2,405 47.24% 4 0.08% 3 0.06% 274 5.38% 5,091
Woodward 2,103 47.87% 2,276 51.81% 10 0.23% 4 0.09% -173 -3.94% 4,393
Totals 301,921 59.05% 208,575 40.79% 537 0.11% 287 0.06% 93,346 18.26% 511,320

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "1928-1932 Results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. pp. 9, 15, 18, 22.
  2. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1930). "For Governor". Regular Primary Election Returns - Democratic - July 29, 1930. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1930). "For Governor". Runoff Primary Election Returns - Democratic, Republican - August 12, 1930. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1930). "For Governor". Regular Primary Election Returns - Republican - July 29, 1930. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b Oklahoma State Election Board (1930). "For Governor". Officially Verified Results of the General Election, held Tuesday, November 4th, 1930. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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