1922 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
The 1922 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 1922. Incumbent Republican governor William Sproul was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate Gifford Pinchot defeated Democratic candidate John A. McSparran to become Governor of Pennsylvania. John Stuchell Fisher unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- John A. McSparran
- Robert E. Pattison Jr., son of former Pennsylvania governor Robert E. Pattison
Republican primary
Candidates
- George E. Alter, incumbent Pennsylvania attorney general
- Frank P. Croft
- John Stuchell Fisher, incumbent State Commissioner of Banking
- John Clinton Parker
- Gifford Pinchot, former chief of the United States Forest Service
Prohibition primary
Candidates
- Gifford Pinchot, former chief of the United States Forest Service
- William Repp
Socialist primary
Candidates
- Gifford Pinchot, former chief of the United States Forest Service
- Lilith Martin Wilson