1936 Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Election Results

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Gubernatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

W. Raleigh Petteway

Democratic

51,705

15.73%

Fred P. Cone

Democratic

46,842

14.25%

William C. Hodges

Democratic

46,471

14.14%

Jerry W. Carter

Democratic

35,578

10.82%

B. F. Paty

Democratic

34,153

10.39%

Dan Chappell

Democratic

29,494

8.97%

Grady Burton

Democratic

24,985

7.60%

Peter Tomasello, Jr.

Democratic

22,355

6.80%

Stafford Caldwell

Democratic

19,789

6.02%

Amos Lewis

Democratic

8,068

2.45%

Mallie Martin

Democratic

4,264

1.30%

Carl Maples

Democratic

2,389

0.73%

Redmond B. Gautier

Democratic

1,607

0.49%

J. R. Yearwood

Democratic

1,049

0.32%

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1936 Florida County Map of Democratic Primary Election Results for Governor

Demographic Data

1940 Population:	1,897,414	Enum.	1940 Population Density:	13.6	persons/km²
1930 Population:	1,468,211	Enum.	1930 Population Density:	10.5	persons/km²
Land Area (2000):	139,670	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	2.6	%

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: Southern Primaries and Elections, 1920-1949, Florida Primary Results (Tallahassee, 1936)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

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