1932 Tennessee gubernatorial election

1932 Tennessee gubernatorial election
	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]

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

[langsdon2-1] Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 305-309, 319-325.

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