1938 United States gubernatorial elections

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1938 United States gubernatorial elections
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←  1937 November 8, 1938;
September 12, 1938 (ME)		 1939  →
33 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before396
Seats after3018
Seat changeDecrease2.svg9Increase2.svg12
Seats up246
Seats won1518
 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Farmer–Labor Progressive
Seats before11
Seats after00
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Seats up11
Seats won00
 Fifth party
 
Party Non-Partisan League
Seats before1
Seats after0
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1
Seats up1
Seats won0
1938 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1938, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 8, 1938. Elections took place on September 12 in Maine.

Contents

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

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Alabama Bibb Graves DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Frank Dixon (Democratic) 87.52%
W. A. Clardy (Republican) 12.48%
[2]
Arizona Rawghlie Clement Stanford DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory Robert Taylor Jones (Democratic) 68.57%
Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 27.33%
James H. Kerby (Independent Democrat) 4.11%
[3]
Arkansas Carl E. Bailey DemocraticRe-elected, 86.32%Charles F. Cole (Independent) 8.78%
Walter S. McNutt (Republican) 4.89%
[4]
California Frank Merriam RepublicanDefeated, 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 DemocraticDefeated, 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 DemocraticDefeated, 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 DemocraticRe-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 DemocraticDefeated 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 DemocraticDefeated, 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 DemocraticDefeated, 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 RepublicanRe-elected, 52.89% Louis J. Brann (Democratic) 47.02%
Winfred Tabbutt (Communist) 0.10%
[13]
Maryland Harry Nice RepublicanDefeated, 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 DemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory Leverett Saltonstall (Republican) 53.32%
James Michael Curley (Democratic) 44.96%
William 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 DemocraticDefeated, 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 DemocraticRe-elected, 44.03% Charles J. Warner (Republican) 40.63%
Charles W. Bryan (Independent) 15.35%
[18]
Nevada Richard Kirman Sr. DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory Edward P. Carville (Democratic) 61.86%
John A. Fulton (Republican) 38.14%
[19]
New Hampshire Francis P. Murphy RepublicanRe-elected, 57.08% John L. Sullivan (Democratic) 42.79%
Elba K. Chase (Communist) 0.13%
[20]
New Mexico Clyde Tingley DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory John E. Miles (Democratic) 52.24%
Albert K. Mitchell (Republican) 47.59%
J. D. Shuster (Independent) 0.17%
[21]
New York Herbert H. Lehman DemocraticRe-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 DemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory John W. Bricker (Republican) 52.45%
Charles Sawyer (Democratic) 47.55%
[24]
Oklahoma E. W. Marland DemocraticTerm-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 DemocraticDefeated 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 DemocraticTerm-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 DemocraticDefeated, 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 DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Burnet R. Maybank (Democratic) 99.43%
Joseph A. Tolbert (Republican) 0.57%
[29]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Burnet Rhett Maybank 52.33%
Wyndham Meredith Manning 47.67%
[30]
South Dakota Leslie Jensen RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Harlan J. Bushfield (Republican) 53.95%
Oscar Fosheim (Democratic) 46.05%
[31]
Tennessee Gordon Browning DemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Prentice Cooper (Democratic) 71.72%
Howard Baker Sr. (Republican) 28.28%
[32]
Texas James V. Allred DemocraticRetired, 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 RepublicanRe-elected, 66.75% Fred C. Martin (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 DemocraticDefeated, 40.19% Nels H. Smith (Republican) 59.81%
[36]

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