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1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

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election_name	1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
country	Pennsylvania
type	presidential
election_date
ongoing	no
previous_election	1930 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
previous_year	1930
next_election	1938 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
next_year	1938
image1	File:GeorgeHEarle.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	George Earle
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,476,377
percentage1	50.04%
image2	File:William A. Schnader, 1886-1968.jpg
party2	Republican Party (United States)
nominee2	William A. Schnader
popular_vote2	1,410,138
percentage2	47.80%
map_image	1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	260px
map_caption	County results
Earle:
Schnader:
title	Governor
before_election	Gifford Pinchot
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	George Earle
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Earle:
Schnader:

The 1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican governor Gifford Pinchot was not a candidate for re-election.

The Democratic candidate, George Howard Earle III, defeated Republican candidate William A. Schnader to become Governor of Pennsylvania.

This was the first Pennsylvania gubernatorial election won by the Democratic Party since 1890.

Background

Election eve was marred by the Kelayres massacre, in which a local, small-town, Republican boss and his family fired pistols, rifles and shotguns during a Democratic rally and parade, killing three, and leaving at least a dozen more seriously wounded. News of the attack was reported across the nation with front-page headlines.

In Pennsylvania, the attack was strongly politicized in Democratic newspapers and on the radio. There were numerous reports of Republicans voting Democratic due to the attack. Schnader, as incumbent Attorney General, was forced to comment on the attack in strong terms, and to the end of his life, believed the attack cost him the election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Eugene C. Bonniwell, nominee for governor in 1926 and 1918
Charles D. Copeland, judge of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
George Howard Earle III, U.S. Minister to Austria
William N. McNair, Mayor of Pittsburgh
John A. McSparran, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture and nominee for governor in 1922

Results

Democratic primary results

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Republican primary

Candidates

Charles Avery Dravo
Benjamin G. Eynon
Tilghman E. Hauseman
Louis G. Karzis
Robert E. Lamberton
Charles J. Margiotti, lawyer from Punxsutawney
Harry S. McDevitt, judge of the court of common pleas of Philadelphia
John A. McSparran, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture and Democratic nominee for governor in 1922
Albert S. C. Millar
Marion D. Patterson, judge of the court of common pleas of Blair County (withdrew on April 25 and endorsed Shannon)
Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr., former U.S. Representative from Butler County and candidate for governor in 1926 and 1930
William A. Schnader, Pennsylvania Attorney General
Jay Williams Sechler
Edward C. Shannon, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
Edward L. Stokes, U.S. Representative from Philadelphia
George Austin Welsh, U.S. District Court judge and former U.S. Representative from Philadelphia

Results

Republican primary results

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General election

Candidates

Herbert T. Ames, former mayor of Williamsport (Prohibition)
Emmett Patrick Cush (Communist)
Bess Gyekis (Industrial Labor)
George Howard Earle III, U.S. Minister to Austria (Democratic)
Jesse H. Holmes (Socialist)
William A. Schnader, Pennsylvania Attorney General (Republican)

Results

Notes

References

Bronner, Edwin B.. (January 1960). "The New Deal Comes to Pennsylvania: The Gubernatorial Election of 1934". Pennsylvania History.
(October 28, 1937). "Charles D. Copeland; Pennsylvania Jurist Opponent of Earle for Nomination". The New York Times.
(1935). "The Pennsylvania Manual". Pennsylvania Bureau of Publications.
(April 25, 1934). "Patterson Quits Governor Race, Backs Shannon". The Pittsburgh Press.
"Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1934". Wilkes University.

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