Events from the year 1923 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Governors

• Governor of Alabama: Thomas Kilby (Democratic) (until January 15), William W. Brandon (Democratic) (starting January 15) • Governor of Arizona: Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) (until January 1), George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Governor of Arkansas: Thomas Chipman McRae (Democratic) • Governor of California: William Stephens (Republican) (until January 9), Friend Richardson (Republican) (starting January 9) • Governor of Colorado: Oliver Henry Shoup (Republican) (until January 9), William Ellery Sweet (Democratic) (starting January 9) • Governor of Connecticut: Everett J. Lake (Republican) (until January 3), Charles A. Templeton (Republican) (starting January 3) • Governor of Delaware: William D. Denney (Republican) • Governor of Florida: Cary A. Hardee (Democratic) • Governor of Georgia: Thomas W. Hardwick (Democratic) (until June 30), Clifford Walker (Democratic) (starting June 30) • Governor of Idaho: D. W. Davis (Republican) (until January 1), Charles C. Moore (Republican) (starting January 1) • Governor of Illinois: Len Small (Republican) • Governor of Indiana: Warren T. McCray (Republican) • Governor of Iowa: Nathan E. Kendall (Republican) • Governor of Kansas: Henry J. Allen (Republican) (until January 8), Jonathan M. Davis (Democratic) (starting January 8) • Governor of Kentucky: Edwin P. Morrow (Republican) (until December 11), William J. Fields (Democratic) (starting December 11) • Governor of Louisiana: John M. Parker (Democratic) • Governor of Maine: Percival Proctor Baxter (Republican) • Governor of Maryland: Albert C. Ritchie (Democratic) • Governor of Massachusetts: Channing H. Cox (Republican) • Governor of Michigan: Alex Groesbeck (Republican) • Governor of Minnesota: J. A. O. Preus (Republican) • Governor of Mississippi: Lee M. Russell (Democratic) • Governor of Missouri: Arthur M. Hyde (Republican) • Governor of Montana: Joseph M. Dixon (Republican) • Governor of Nebraska: Samuel R. McKelvie (Republican) (until January 3), Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) (starting January 3) • Governor of Nevada: Emmet D. Boyle (Democratic) (until January 1), James G. Scrugham (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Governor of New Hampshire: Albert O. Brown (Republican) (until January 4), Fred H. Brown (Democratic) (starting January 4) • Governor of New Jersey: Edward I. Edwards (Democratic) (until January 15), George Sebastian Silzer (Democratic) (starting January 15) • Governor of New Mexico: Merritt C. Mechem (Republican) (until January 1), James F. Hinkle (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Governor of New York: Al Smith (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Governor of North Carolina: Cameron Morrison (Democratic) • Governor of North Dakota: Ragnvald A. Nestos (Republican) • Governor of Ohio: Harry L. Davis (Republican) (until January 8), A. Victor Donahey (Democratic) (starting January 8) • Governor of Oklahoma: • * until January 8: James B. A. Robertson (Democratic) • * January 8-November 19: Jack C. Walton (Democratic) • * starting November 19: Martin E. Trapp (Democratic) • Governor of Oregon: Ben W. Olcott (Republican) (until January 8), Walter M. Pierce (Democratic) (starting January 8) • Governor of Pennsylvania: William Cameron Sproul (Republican) (until January 16), Gifford Pinchot (Republican) (starting January 16) • Governor of Rhode Island: Emery J. San Souci (Republican) (until January 2), William S. Flynn (Democratic) (starting January 2) • Governor of South Carolina: Wilson Godfrey Harvey (Democratic) (until January 16), Thomas Gordon McLeod (Democratic) (starting January 16) • Governor of South Dakota: William H. McMaster (Republican) • Governor of Tennessee: Alfred A. Taylor (Republican) (until January 16), Austin Peay (Democratic) (starting January 16) • Governor of Texas: Pat Morris Neff (Democratic) • Governor of Utah: Charles R. Mabey (Republican) • Governor of Vermont: James Hartness (Republican) (until January 4), Redfield Proctor, Jr. (Republican) (starting January 4) • Governor of Virginia: Elbert Lee Trinkle (Democratic) • Governor of Washington: Louis Folwell Hart (Republican) • Governor of West Virginia: Ephraim F. Morgan (Republican) • Governor of Wisconsin: John J. Blaine (Republican) • Governor of Wyoming: Robert D. Carey (Republican) (until January 1), William B. Ross (Democratic) (starting January 1)

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Nathan Lee Miller (Democratic) (until January 15), Charles S. McDowell (Democratic) (starting January 15) • Lieutenant Governor of California: Clement Calhoun Young (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Earl Cooley (Republican) (until January 9), Robert F. Rockwell (Republican) (starting January 9) • Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Charles A. Templeton (Republican) (until January 3), Hiram Bingham (Republican) (starting January 3) • Lieutenant Governor of Delaware: J. Danforth Bush (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: Charles C. Moore (Republican) (until January 1), H. C. Baldridge (Republican) (starting January 1) • Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Fred E. Sterling (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Emmett Forrest Branch (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: John Hammill (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Charles S. Huffman (Republican) (until January 9), Ben Sanford Paulen (Republican) (starting January 9) • Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: S. Thruston Ballard (Republican) (until December 11), Henry Denhardt (Democratic) (starting December 11) • Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Hewitt Bouanchaud (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Alvan T. Fuller (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Thomas Read (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Louis L. Collins (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Homer H. Casteel (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Hiram Lloyd (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Montana: Nelson Story Jr. (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Pelham A. Barrows (Republican) (until January 3), Fred G. Johnson (Republican) (starting January 3) • Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Maurice J. Sullivan (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: William H. Duckworth (Republican) (until January 1), Jose A. Baca (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Lieutenant Governor of New York: George R. Lunn (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: William B. Cooper (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: Howard R. Wood (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Frank H. Hyland (Republican) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: Clarence J. Brown Sr. (Republican) (until January 8), Earl D. Bloom (Democratic) (starting January 8) • Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: Martin E. Trapp (Democratic) (until November 19), vacant (starting November 19) • Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Edward E. Beidleman (Republican) (until January 20), David J. Davis (Republican) (starting January 20) • Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Harold Gross (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Felix A. Toupin (Republican) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: vacant (until January 16), E. B. Jackson (Democratic) (starting January 16) • Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: Carl Gunderson (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: William West Bond (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Eugene J. Bryan (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Texas: Lynch Davidson (Democratic) (until January 16), Thomas Whitfield Davidson (Democratic) (starting January 16) • Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Abram W. Foote (Republican) (until January 4), Franklin S. Billings (Republican) (starting January 4) • Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: Junius Edgar West (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Washington: William J. Coyle (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: George F. Comings (Republican)

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