1926 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

The 1926 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican governor Gifford Pinchot was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate John Fisher defeated Democratic candidate Eugene C. Bonniwell to become Governor of Pennsylvania. Edward E. Beidleman, Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr., and John K. Tener unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Eugene C. Bonniwell, Philadelphia Municipal Court judge and nominee in the 1918 gubernatorial election
• William E. E. Porter
• Samuel E. Shull, nominee in the 1922 United States Senate election

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• Edward E. Beidleman, former U.S. Congressman and Lieutenant Governor
• John Stuchell Fisher, former State Commissioner of Banking
• Thomas W. Phillips Jr., member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• John K. Tener, former Governor of Pennsylvania

Results

Prohibition primary

Candidates

• John Stuchell Fisher, former State Commissioner of Banking
• George L. Pennock

Results

Results

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