The 1937 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1937.

James Hubert Price James Hubert Price (September 7, 1878November 22, 1943) was an American politician who was elected 53rd Governor of Virginia in 1937, during the Great Depression and became known as the Commonwealth's "New Deal Governor." Over the opposition of ...

, incumbent lieutenant governor and former member of the

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, was nominated by the

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to run against the

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nominee, former state senator John Powell Royall.

Candidates

* James H. Price (D), Virginia State Delegate from 1916-1930, who defeated Vivian L. Page. * J. Powell Royall (R),

Virginia State Senator The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the lieutenant governor of Virg ...

from 1912-1920

Results

References

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1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

November 1937 events 1937 in Virginia United States gubernatorial elections in the 1930s