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Parents > United States > Illinois > Governor
OfficeGovernor
HonorificGovernor - Abbr: Gov.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 1936 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 03, 1936 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 03, 1936 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 11, 1937 - 12:00pm
Term End October 06, 1940 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last Modifiedev December 30, 2018 05:22pm
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Description Term end due to death of Gov. Horner.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/08/1932
NameHenry Horner Votes1,930,330 (57.62%)
Term01/09/1933 - 01/04/1937 Margin566,287 (+16.90%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won10/06/1940
NameJohn H. Stelle Votes1 (100.00%)
Term10/06/1940 - 01/13/1941 Margin1 (+100.00%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Apr 14, 1936 IL Governor - D Primary
Henry Horner
D 1,508,135
Apr 14, 1936 IL Governor - R Primary
C. Wayland Brooks
R 1,010,004

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Name (I) Gov. Henry Horner C. Wayland Brooks Mayor William Hale Thompson John Fisher Harmon W. Reed O. Alfred Olson (W) Others
PartyDemocratic Republican Union Progressive Socialist Prohibition Socialist Labor Other
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Uncertified Votes 2,067,861 (53.13%) 1,682,674 (43.24%) 128,962 (3.31%) 6,966 (0.18%) 2,896 (0.07%) 2,602 (0.07%) 4 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -385,187 (-9.90%) -1,938,899 (-49.82%) -2,060,895 (-52.95%) -2,064,965 (-53.06%) -2,065,259 (-53.06%) -2,067,857 (-53.13%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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