1930 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

1930 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
	County results Pinchot: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Hemphill: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Governor before election; John Fisher; Republican	Elected Governor ; Gifford Pinchot; Republican

The 1930 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 4, 1930. Incumbent Republican governor John Stuchell Fisher was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate and former governor Gifford Pinchot defeated Democratic candidate John M. Hemphill to win a second, non-consecutive term as Governor of Pennsylvania.

This was the only election from 1863 until 1950 in which the Democratic candidate carried the city and county of Philadelphia, which was controlled by a powerful Republican political machine during that time. Hemphill won the city in a landslide with the support of Philadelphia Republican boss William Scott Vare, who abandoned Pinchot over his refusal to certify Vare's election as United States Senator in 1926.^[1] Hemphill won 226,811 votes on the Liberal Party line in Philadelphia, nearly twice the vote he received on the Democratic ticket.^[2]

After Pinchot's election, Vare was ousted as party boss.

^ "U.S. Senate: The Election Case of William B. Wilson vs. William S. Vare of Pennsylvania (1929)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
^ "Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1930". Wilkes University. Retrieved December 20, 2012.

[1] "U.S. Senate: The Election Case of William B. Wilson vs. William S. Vare of Pennsylvania (1929)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

[2] "Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1930". Wilkes University. Retrieved December 20, 2012.

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