1936 West Virginia gubernatorial election

1936 West Virginia gubernatorial election

← 1932 November 3, 1936 1940 →
 
Nominee Homer Holt Summers Sharp
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 492,333 339,890
Percentage 59.16% 40.84%

County results
Holt:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Sharp:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Governor before election

Herman G. Kump
Democratic

Elected Governor

Homer A. Holt
Democratic

The 1936 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1936, to elect the governor of West Virginia. Chapman Revercomb unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination.