1954 Georgia gubernatorial election

1954 Georgia gubernatorial election

November 2, 1954

Nominee Marvin Griffin Party Democratic Popular vote 331,899 Percentage 99.98%

County results Griffin:      >90%

Governor before election Herman Talmadge Democratic Elected Governor Marvin Griffin Democratic

The 1954 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954. Running unopposed in the general election, Democratic Lt. Gov Marvin Griffin was elected with 99.98% of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Marvin Griffin, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
• Charlie Gowen, State Representative
• Fred Hand, Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives
• Tom Linder, Commissioner of Agriculture
• Melvin Thompson, former Governor

Results

Georgia gubernatorial Democratic primary, 1954

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Griffin	234,690	36.32%
	Democratic	Melvin Thompson	162,007	25.07%
	Democratic	Tom Linder	87,240	13.50%
	Democratic	Fred Hand	78,125	12.09%
	Democratic	Charlie Gowen	73,809	11.42%
	Democratic	Grace Wilkey Thomas	6,285	0.97%
	Democratic	Ben Garland	2,847	0.44%
	Democratic	Edmond Barfield	747	0.12%
	Democratic	Arthur H. Neeson	485	0.08%
Turnout			646,235

General election

Results

Georgia gubernatorial election, 1954

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Marvin Griffin	331,899	99.98%
	N/A	write-ins	67	0.02%
Majority			331,832	99.96
Turnout			331,966
	Democratic hold		Swing