1938 United States gubernatorial elections

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1938 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1937 November 8, 1938;
September 12, 1938 (ME)		 1939 →
33 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 39 6
Seats after 30 18
Seat change Decrease9 Increase12
Seats up 24 6
Seats won 15 18
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Farmer–Labor Progressive
Seats before 1 1
Seats after 0 0
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease1
Seats up 1 1
Seats won 0 0
  Fifth party
 
Party Non-Partisan League
Seats before 1
Seats after 0
Seat change Decrease1
Seats up 1
Seats won 0
1938 North Dakota gubernatorial election1938 Alabama gubernatorial election1938 Arizona gubernatorial election1938 Arkansas gubernatorial election1938 California gubernatorial election1938 Colorado gubernatorial election1938 Connecticut gubernatorial election1938 Georgia gubernatorial election1938 Idaho gubernatorial election1938 Iowa gubernatorial election1938 Kansas gubernatorial election1938 Maine gubernatorial election1938 Maryland gubernatorial election1938 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1938 Michigan gubernatorial election1938 Minnesota gubernatorial election1938 Nebraska gubernatorial election1938 Nevada gubernatorial election1938 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1938 New Mexico gubernatorial election1938 New York gubernatorial election1938 Ohio gubernatorial election1938 Oklahoma gubernatorial election1938 Oregon gubernatorial election1938 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election1938 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1938 South Carolina gubernatorial election1938 South Dakota gubernatorial election1938 Tennessee gubernatorial election1938 Texas gubernatorial election1938 Vermont gubernatorial election1938 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1938 Wyoming gubernatorial election1938 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1938, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 8, 1938 (September 12 in Maine).

Governor Herbert H. Lehman was only able to win reelection due to the votes he received on the American Labor Party's ballot line.[1] In New York, the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term.

Results[]

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing Candidates
Alabama Bibb Graves Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Frank Dixon (Democratic) 87.52%
(Republican) 12.48%
[2]
Arizona Rawghlie Clement Stanford Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Robert Taylor Jones (Democratic) 68.57%
Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 27.33%
James H. Kerby (Independent Democrat) 4.11%
[3]
Carl E. Bailey Democratic Re-elected, 86.32% Charles F. Cole (Independent) 8.78%
Walter S. McNutt (Republican) 4.89%
[4]
California Frank Merriam Republican Defeated, 44.17% Culbert Olson (Democratic) 52.49%
Raymond L. Haight (Progressive) 2.43%
Robert Noble (Commonwealth) 0.90%
Scattering 0.02%
[5]
Colorado Teller Ammons Democratic Defeated, 40.02% Ralph Lawrence Carr (Republican) 59.50%
Jack R. White (National Union) 0.25%
Harvey L. Mayfield (Royal Way) 0.23%
[6]
Connecticut Wilbur Lucius Cross Democratic Defeated, 36.00% Raymond E. Baldwin (Republican) 36.43%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 26.30%
Joseph C. Borden Jr. (Socialist Labor) 1.15%
Devere Allen (Labor) 0.12%
[7]
Georgia Eurith D. Rivers Democratic Re-elected, 94.28% E. S. Fuller (Independent) 2.70%
L. P. Glass (Prohibition) 1.92%
Alexander Stephens Mitchell (Independent) 1.11%
[8]
(Democratic primary results)
Eurith D. Rivers 50.72%
Hugh Howell 42.40%
J. J. Mangham 6.18%
Robert F. Wood 0.70%
[9]
Idaho Barzilla W. Clark Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory C. A. Bottolfsen (Republican) 57.30%
C. Ben Ross (Democratic) 41.89%
R. B. Wilson (National Progressive) 0.81%
[10]
Iowa Nelson G. Kraschel Democratic Defeated, 45.72% George A. Wilson (Republican) 52.71%
Wallace M. Short (Farmer Labor) 1.20%
John F. Wirds (Progressive) 0.25%
J. Alvin Mitchell (Prohibition) 0.13%
[11]
Kansas Walter A. Huxman Democratic Defeated, 45.13% Payne Ratner (Republican) 52.10%
Jonathan M. Davis (Independent) 1.99%
C. Floyd Hester (Prohibition) 0.57%
Ida A. Beloof (Socialist) 0.20%
[12]
Maine
(held, 12 September 1938)		 Lewis O. Barrows Republican Re-elected, 52.89% Louis J. Brann (Democratic) 47.02%
Winfred Tabbutt (Communist) 0.10%
[13]
Maryland Harry Nice Republican Defeated, 42.88% Herbert O'Conor (Democratic) 54.62%
Herbert Brune (Independent) 1.33%
Joshua C. Gwin (Union) 0.75%
David W. Eyman (Socialist) 0.17%
Robert Kadish (Labor) 0.13%
Samuel Gordon (Communist) 0.11%
[14]
Massachusetts Charles F. Hurley Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory Leverett Saltonstall (Republican) 53.32%
James Michael Curley (Democratic) 44.96%
William H. McMasters (Townsend Party) 0.41%
Jeffrey W. Campbell (Socialist) 0.32%
Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.22%
Otis Archer Hood (Communist) 0.20%
Roland S. Bruneau (Independent) 0.19%
[15]
Michigan Frank Murphy Democratic Defeated, 46.96% Frank Fitzgerald (Republican) 52.78%
Nahum Burnett (Socialist) 0.18%
Clayton O’Donohue (Socialist Labor) 0.03%
Scattering 0.05%
[16]
Minnesota Elmer Austin Benson Farmer-Labor Defeated, 34.18% Harold Stassen (Republican) 59.92%
Thomas F. Gallagher (Democratic) 5.82%
John William Castle (Industrial) 0.08%
[17]
Nebraska Robert L. Cochran Democratic Re-elected, 44.03% Charles J. Warner (Republican) 40.63%
Charles W. Bryan (Independent) 15.35%
[18]
Nevada Richard Kirman Sr. Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Edward P. Carville (Democratic) 61.86%
John A. Fulton (Republican) 38.14%
[19]
New Hampshire Francis P. Murphy Republican Re-elected, 57.08% John L. Sullivan (Democratic) 42.79%
Elba K. Chase (Communist) 0.13%
[20]
New Mexico Clyde Tingley Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory John E. Miles (Democratic) 52.24%
(Republican) 47.59%
J. D. Shuster (Independent) 0.17%
[21]
New York Herbert H. Lehman Democratic Re-elected, 50.38% Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) 49.02%
Norman M. Thomas (Socialist) 0.53%
Aaron M. Orange (Industrial Government) 0.07%
[22]
North Dakota William Langer Non-Partisan League Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory John Moses (Democratic) 52.47%
John N. Hagan (Republican) 47.53%
[23]
Ohio Martin L. Davey Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory John W. Bricker (Republican) 52.45%
Charles Sawyer (Democratic) 47.55%
[24]
Oklahoma E. W. Marland Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Leon C. Phillips (Democratic) 70.03%
Ross Rizley (Republican) 29.31%
John Wesley Lanham (Prohibition) 0.51%
John Franing (Independent) 0.15%
[25]
Oregon Charles Martin Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory Charles A. Sprague (Republican) 57.40%
Henry L. Hess (Democratic) 42.59%
Scattering 0.02%
[26]
Pennsylvania George Howard Earle III Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory Arthur James (Republican) 53.39%
Charles Alvin Jones (Democratic) 46.07%
Jesse H. Holmes (Socialist) 0.33%
Robert G. Burnham (Prohibition) 0.17%
Ella Reeve Bloor Omholt (Communist) 0.03%
[27]
Rhode Island Robert E. Quinn Democratic Defeated, 41.63% William Henry Vanderbilt III (Republican) 54.17%
Walter E. O'Hara (Square Deal) 4.08%
Morris Kominsky (Communist) 0.12%
[28]
South Carolina Olin D. Johnston Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Burnet R. Maybank (Democratic) 99.43%
(Republican) 0.57%
[29]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Burnet Rhett Maybank 52.33%
Wyndham Meredith Manning 47.67%
[30]
South Dakota Leslie Jensen Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Harlan J. Bushfield (Republican) 53.95%
(Democratic) 46.05%
[31]
Tennessee Gordon Browning Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Prentice Cooper (Democratic) 71.72%
Howard Baker Sr. (Republican) 28.28%
[32]
James V. Allred Democratic Retired, Democratic victory W. Lee O'Daniel (Democratic) 96.82%
A. Boynton (Republican) 3.05%
Earl E. Miller (Socialist) 0.08%
Homer Brooks (Communist) 0.06%
[33]
Vermont George D. Aiken Republican Re-elected, 66.75% (Democratic) 33.25%
[34]
Wisconsin Philip La Follette Progressive Defeated, 36.00% Julius P. Heil (Republican) 55.39%
Harry W. Bolens (Democratic) 7.99%
Frank W. Smith (Union) 0.47%
John Schleier Jr. (Independent) 0.15%
[35]
Wyoming Leslie A. Miller Democratic Defeated, 40.19% Nels H. Smith (Republican) 59.81%
[36]

See also[]

  • United States elections, 1938
    • United States Senate elections, 1938
    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1938

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