1932 Tennessee gubernatorial election

1932 Tennessee gubernatorial election

← 1930 November 8, 1932 1934 →
 
Nominee Hill McAlister John McCall Lewis S. Pope
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 169,075 117,797 106,990
Percentage 42.79% 29.75% 27.09%

County results
McAlister:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
McCall:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Pope:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%

Governor before election

Henry Hollis Horton
Democratic

Elected Governor

Hill McAlister
Democratic

The 1932 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932. Democratic nominee Hill McAlister defeated Republican nominee John McCall and Independent nominee Lewis S. Pope with 42.8% of the vote.

In the primary, McAlister's main competitors were Lewis S. Pope and former governor Malcolm R. Patterson. McAlister won the primary by 9,570 votes with Pope getting second. Pope blamed his loss on voter fraud and ran against McAlister in the general election as an Independent.[1]

  1. ^ Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 305-309, 319-325.