Events from the year 1927 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Governors

• Governor of Alabama: William W. Brandon (Democratic) (until January 17), Bibb Graves (Democratic) (starting January 17) • Governor of Arizona: George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) • Governor of Arkansas: Tom Jefferson Terral (Democratic) (until January 11), John Ellis Martineau (Democratic) (starting January 11) • Governor of California: Friend Richardson (Republican) (until January 4), Clement C. Young (Republican) (starting January 4) • Governor of Colorado: Clarence Morley (Republican) (until January 11), Billy Adams (Democratic) (starting January 11) • Governor of Connecticut: John H. Trumbull (Republican) • Governor of Delaware: Robert P. Robinson (Republican) • Governor of Florida: John W. Martin (Democratic) • Governor of Georgia: Clifford Walker (Democratic) (until June 25), Lamartine G. Hardman (Democratic) (starting June 25) • Governor of Idaho: Charles C. Moore (Republican) (until January 3), H. C. Baldridge (Republican) (starting January 3) • Governor of Illinois: Len Small (Republican) • Governor of Indiana: Edward L. Jackson (Republican) • Governor of Iowa: John Hammill (Republican) • Governor of Kansas: Ben S. Paulen (Republican) • Governor of Kentucky: William J. Fields (Democratic) (until December 13), Flem D. Sampson (Republican) (starting December 13) • Governor of Louisiana: Oramel H. Simpson (Democratic) • Governor of Maine: Owen Brewster (Republican) • Governor of Maryland: Albert C. Ritchie (Democratic) • Governor of Massachusetts: Alvan T. Fuller (Republican) • Governor of Michigan: Alex Groesbeck (Republican) (until January 1), Fred W. Green (Republican) (starting January 1) • Governor of Minnesota: Theodore Christianson (Republican) • Governor of Mississippi: Henry L. Whitfield (Democratic) (until March 18), Dennis Murphree (Democratic) (starting March 18) • Governor of Missouri: Samuel Aaron Baker (Republican) • Governor of Montana: John E. Erickson (Democratic) • Governor of Nebraska: Adam McMullen (Republican) • Governor of Nevada: James G. Scrugham (Democratic) (until January 3), Fred B. Balzar (Republican) (starting January 3) • Governor of New Hampshire: John Gilbert Winant (Republican) (until January 6), Huntley N. Spaulding (Republican) (starting January 6) • Governor of New Jersey: A. Harry Moore (Democratic) • Governor of New Mexico: Arthur T. Hannett (Democratic) (until January 1), Richard C. Dillon (Republican) (starting January 1) • Governor of New York: Al Smith (Democratic) • Governor of North Carolina: Angus Wilton McLean (Democratic) • Governor of North Dakota: Arthur G. Sorlie (Republican) • Governor of Ohio: A. Victor Donahey (Democratic) • Governor of Oklahoma: Martin E. Trapp (Democratic) (until January 10), Henry S. Johnston (Democratic) (starting January 10) • Governor of Oregon: Walter M. Pierce (Democratic) (until January 10), I. L. Patterson (Republican) (starting January 10) • Governor of Pennsylvania: Gifford Pinchot (Republican) (until January 18), John Stuchell Fisher (Republican) (starting January 18) • Governor of Rhode Island: Aram J. Pothier (Republican) • Governor of South Carolina: Thomas Gordon McLeod (Democratic) (until January 18), John Gardiner Richards, Jr. (Democratic) (starting January 18) • Governor of South Dakota: Carl Gunderson (Republican) (until January 4), William J. Bulow (Democratic) (starting January 4) • Governor of Tennessee: Austin Peay (Democratic) (until October 3), Henry Hollis Horton (Democratic) (starting October 3) • Governor of Texas: Miriam A. Ferguson (Democratic) (until January 17), Dan Moody (Democratic) (starting January 17) • Governor of Utah: George Dern (Democratic) • Governor of Vermont: Franklin S. Billings (Republican) (until January 6), John E. Weeks (Republican) (starting January 6) • Governor of Virginia: Harry F. Byrd (Democratic) • Governor of Washington: Roland H. Hartley (Republican) • Governor of West Virginia: Howard M. Gore (Republican) • Governor of Wisconsin: John J. Blaine (Republican) (until January 3), Fred R. Zimmerman (Republican) (starting January 3) • Governor of Wyoming: Nellie Tayloe Ross (Democratic) (until January 3), Frank C. Emerson (Republican) (starting January 3)

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Charles S. McDowell (Democratic) (until January 17), William C. Davis (Democratic) (starting January 17) • Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: Harvey Parnell (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of California: Clement Calhoun Young (Republican) (until January 6), Buron Fitts (Republican) (starting January 6) • Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Sterling Byrd Lacy (Democratic) (until January 11), George Milton Corlett (Republican) (starting January 11) • Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: J. Edwin Brainard (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Delaware: James H. Anderson (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: H. C. Baldridge (Republican) (until January 3), O. E. Hailey (Republican) (starting January 3) • Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Fred E. Sterling (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: F. Harold Van Orman (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Clem F. Kimball (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: De Lanson Alson Newton Chase (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Henry Denhardt (Democratic) (until December 13), James Breathitt, Jr. (Democratic) (starting December 13) • Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Philip H. Gilbert (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Frank G. Allen (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: George W. Welsh (Republican) (until January 1), Luren D. Dickinson (Republican) (starting January 1) • Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: William I. Nolan (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Dennis Murphree (Democratic) (until March 18), vacant (starting March 18) • Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Philip Allen Bennett (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Montana: W. S. McCormack (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: George A. Williams (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Maurice J. Sullivan (Democratic) (until January 3), Morley Griswold (Republican) (starting January 3) • Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: Edward G. Sargent (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of New York: Edwin Corning (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Jacob E. Long (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: Walter Maddock (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: Charles H. Lewis (Republican) (until January 10), Earl D. Bloom (Democratic) (starting January 10) • Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: vacant (until January 10), William J. Holloway (Democratic) (starting January 10) • Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: David J. Davis (Republican) (until January 18), Arthur H. James (Republican) (starting January 18) • Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Nathaniel W. Smith (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Norman S. Case (Republican) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: E. B. Jackson (Democratic) (until January 18), Thomas Bothwell Butler (Democratic) (starting January 18) • Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: Alva Clark Forney (Republican) (until January 4), Hyatt E. Covey (Republican) (starting January 4) • Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: • * until month and day unknown: Lucius D. Hill (Democratic) • * month and day unknown: Henry Hollis Horton (Democratic) • * starting month and day unknown: vacant • Lieutenant Governor of Texas: Barry Miller (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: • * until month and day unknown: Walter K. Farnsworth (Republican) • * month and day unknown: Hollister Jackson (Democratic) • * starting month and day unknown: vacant • Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: Junius Edgar West (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Washington: W. Lon Johnson (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Henry A. Huber (Republican)

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