Events from the year 1932 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Governors

• Governor of Alabama: Benjamin M. Miller (Democratic) • Governor of Arizona: George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) • Governor of Arkansas: Harvey Parnell (Democratic) • Governor of California: James Rolph Jr. (Republican) • Governor of Colorado: Billy Adams (Democratic) • Governor of Connecticut: Wilbur Lucius Cross (Democratic) • Governor of Delaware: C. Douglass Buck (Republican) • Governor of Florida: Doyle E. Carlton (Democratic) • Governor of Georgia: Richard Russell, Jr. (Democratic) • Governor of Idaho: C. Ben Ross (Democratic) • Governor of Illinois: Louis L. Emmerson (Republican) • Governor of Indiana: Harry G. Leslie (Republican) • Governor of Iowa: Daniel Webster Turner (Republican) • Governor of Kansas: Harry H. Woodring (Democratic) • Governor of Kentucky: Ruby Laffoon (Democratic) • Governor of Louisiana: • * until January 25: Huey P. Long (Democratic) • * January 25-May 10: Alvin Olin King (Democratic) • * starting May 10: Oscar K. Allen (Democratic) • Governor of Maine: William Tudor Gardiner (Republican) • Governor of Maryland: Albert C. Ritchie (Democratic) • Governor of Massachusetts: Joseph B. Ely (Democratic) • Governor of Michigan: Wilber Marion Brucker (Republican) • Governor of Minnesota: Floyd B. Olson (Farmer-Labor) • Governor of Mississippi: Theodore G. Bilbo (Democratic) (until January 19), Martin Sennett Conner (Democratic) (starting January 19) • Governor of Missouri: Henry S. Caulfield (Republican) • Governor of Montana: John E. Erickson (Democratic) • Governor of Nebraska: Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) • Governor of Nevada: Fred B. Balzar (Republican) • Governor of New Hampshire: John Gilbert Winant (Republican) • Governor of New Jersey: Morgan Foster Larson (Republican) (until January 19), A. Harry Moore (Democratic) (starting January 19) • Governor of New Mexico: Arthur Seligman (Democratic) • Governor of New York: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) (until end of December 31) • Governor of North Carolina: Oliver Max Gardner (Democratic) • Governor of North Dakota: George F. Shafer (Republican) (until December 31), William Langer (Republican) (starting December 31) • Governor of Ohio: George White (Democratic) • Governor of Oklahoma: William H. Murray (Democratic) • Governor of Oregon: Julius L. Meier (Independent) • Governor of Pennsylvania: Gifford Pinchot (Republican) • Governor of Rhode Island: Norman S. Case (Republican) • Governor of South Carolina: Ibra Charles Blackwood (Democratic) • Governor of South Dakota: Warren Green (Republican) • Governor of Tennessee: Henry Hollis Horton (Democratic) • Governor of Texas: Ross S. Sterling (Democratic) • Governor of Utah: George Dern (Democratic) • Governor of Vermont: Stanley C. Wilson (Republican) • Governor of Virginia: John Garland Pollard (Democratic) • Governor of Washington: Roland H. Hartley (Republican) • Governor of West Virginia: William G. Conley (Republican) • Governor of Wisconsin: Philip La Follette (Republican) • Governor of Wyoming: Alonzo M. Clark (Republican)

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Hugh D. Merrill (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: Lawrence Elery Wilson (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of California: Frank Merriam (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Edwin C. Johnson (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), vacant (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Samuel R. Spencer (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Delaware: James H. Hazel (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: G. P. Mix (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Fred E. Sterling (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Edgar D. Bush (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Arch W. McFarlane (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Jacob W. Graybill (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Happy Chandler (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: • * until January 25: Alvin O. King (Democratic) • * January 25-May 10: vacant • * starting May 10: John B. Fournet (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: William S. Youngman (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Luren D. Dickinson (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Henry M. Arens (Farmer Labor) • Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Bidwell Adam (Democratic) (until January 19), Dennis Murphree (Democratic) (starting January 19) • Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Edward Henry Winter (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Montana: Frank A. Hazelbaker (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Theodore Metcalfe (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Morley Griswold (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: Andrew W. Hockenhull (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of New York: Herbert H. Lehman (Democratic) (until end of December 31) • Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Richard T. Fountain (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: John W. Carr (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: William G. Pickrel (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: Robert Burns (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Edward C. Shannon (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: James G. Connelly (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: James O. Sheppard (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: Odell K. Whitney (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: Ambrose B. Broadbent (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Texas: Edgar E. Witt (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Benjamin Williams (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: James H. Price (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Washington: John Arthur Gellatly (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Henry A. Huber (Republican)

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