Events from the year 1952 in the United States of America.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Governors

• Governor of Alabama: Gordon Persons (Democratic) • Governor of Arizona: John Howard Pyle (Republican) • Governor of Arkansas: Sid McMath (Democratic) • Governor of California: Earl Warren (Republican) • Governor of Colorado: Daniel I. J. Thornton (Republican) • Governor of Connecticut: John Davis Lodge (Republican) • Governor of Delaware: Elbert N. Carvel (Democratic) • Governor of Florida: Fuller Warren (Democratic) • Governor of Georgia: Herman Talmadge (Democratic) • Governor of Idaho: Leonard B. Jordan (Republican) • Governor of Illinois: Adlai E. Stevenson II (Democratic) • Governor of Indiana: Henry F. Schricker (Democratic) • Governor of Iowa: William S. Beardsley (Republican) • Governor of Kansas: Edward F. Arn (Republican) • Governor of Kentucky: Lawrence W. Wetherby (Democratic) • Governor of Louisiana: Earl K. Long (Democratic) (until May 13), Robert F. Kennon (Democratic) (starting May 13) • Governor of Maine: Frederick G. Payne (Republican) (until December 24), Burton M. Cross (Republican) (starting December 24) • Governor of Maryland: Theodore R. McKeldin (Republican) • Governor of Massachusetts: Paul A. Dever (Democratic) • Governor of Michigan: G. Mennen Williams (Democratic) • Governor of Minnesota: C. Elmer Anderson (Republican) • Governor of Mississippi: Fielding L. Wright (Democratic) (until January 22), Hugh L. White (Democratic) (starting January 22) • Governor of Missouri: Forrest Smith (Democratic) • Governor of Montana: John W. Bonner (Democratic) • Governor of Nebraska: Val Peterson (Republican) • Governor of Nevada: Charles H. Russell (Republican) • Governor of New Hampshire: Sherman Adams (Republican) • Governor of New Jersey: Alfred E. Driscoll (Republican) • Governor of New Mexico: Edwin L. Mechem (Republican) • Governor of New York: Thomas Dewey (Republican) • Governor of North Carolina: W. Kerr Scott (Democratic) • Governor of North Dakota: Clarence Norman Brunsdale (Republican) • Governor of Ohio: Frank J. Lausche (Democratic) • Governor of Oklahoma: Johnston Murray (Democratic) • Governor of Oregon: Douglas McKay (Republican) (until December 17), Paul L. Patterson (Republican) (starting December 17) • Governor of Pennsylvania: John S. Fine (Republican) • Governor of Rhode Island: Dennis J. Roberts (Democratic) • Governor of South Carolina: James Francis Byrnes (Democratic) • Governor of South Dakota: Sigurd Anderson (Republican) • Governor of Tennessee: Gordon Browning (Democratic) • Governor of Texas: Allan Shivers (Democratic) • Governor of Utah: J. Bracken Lee (Republican) • Governor of Vermont: Lee E. Emerson (Republican) • Governor of Virginia: John S. Battle (Democratic) • Governor of Washington: Arthur B. Langlie (Republican) • Governor of West Virginia: Okey L. Patteson (Democratic) • Governor of Wisconsin: Walter J. Kohler, Jr. (Republican) • Governor of Wyoming: Frank A. Barrett (Republican)

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: James B. Allen (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: Nathan Green Gordon (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of California: Goodwin Knight (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Gordon L. Allott (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Edward N. Allen (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Delaware: Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Georgia: Marvin Griffin (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: Edson H. Deal (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Sherwood Dixon (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: John A. Watkins (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: William H. Nicholas (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Fred Hall (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Emerson Beauchamp (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: William J. Dodd (Democratic) (until May 13), C. E. "Cap" Barham (Democratic) (starting May 13) • Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Charles F. Sullivan (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: William C. Vandenberg (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: vacant • Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Sam Lumpkin (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Carroll Gartin (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: James T. Blair, Jr. (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Montana: Paul Cannon (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Charles J. Warner (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Clifford A. Jones (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: Tibo J. Chavez (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of New York: Frank C. Moore (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Hoyt Patrick Taylor (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: Ray Schnell (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: George D. Nye (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: James E. Berry (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Lloyd H. Wood (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: John S. McKiernan (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: George Bell Timmerman, Jr. (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: Rex A. Terry (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: Walter M. Haynes (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Texas: Ben Ramsey (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Joseph B. Johnson (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: • * until September 20: Lewis Preston Collins II (Democratic) • * September 20 – December 2: vacant • * starting December 2: Allie Edward Stokes Stephens (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Washington: Victor A. Meyers (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: George M. Smith (Republican)

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