Alabama gubernatorial election, 1938

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Alabama gubernatorial election, 1938
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  1934 November 8, 1938 1942  

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Nominee Frank M. Dixon W. A. Clardy
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote115,76116,513
Percentage87.52%12.48%

Governor before election

Bibb Graves
Democratic

Elected Governor

Frank M. Dixon
Democratic

The 1938 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1938, to elect the Governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent Bibb Graves was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.

Bibb Graves American Democratic politician and the 38th Governor of Alabama

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Democratic primary

At the time this election took place, Alabama, as with most other southern states, was solidly Democratic, and the Republican Party had such diminished influence that the Democratic primary was the de facto contest for state offices; after winning the Democratic primary it was a given you would win the general election.

Candidates

Frank M. Dixon American politician

Frank Murray Dixon was an American Democratic politician. He served as the 40th Governor of Alabama from 1939 to 1943 and is most known for reorganizing the state government and reforming the way property taxes were assessed.

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The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (AGI) is an independent agency of the government of Alabama first created by an Act of the State Legislature on February 23, 1883. The Department is responsible for serving farmers and consumers of agricultural products and operates with an annual budget of just under $25 million dollars. The Department has about 300 full-time employees and 250 part-time employees.

Chauncey Sparks American politician

George Chauncey Sparks, known as Chauncey Sparks, was an attorney and Democratic American politician who served as the 41st Governor of Alabama from 1943 to 1947. He made improvements to state education of whites and expanded the state schools and centers for agriculture. He campaigned for passage of the Boswell Amendment to the state constitution, which was designed to keep blacks disfranchised following the US Supreme Court ruling Smith v. Allwright (1944) against use of white primaries by the Democratic Party in the states.

Results

Alabama Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1938 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Frank M. Dixon 152,86048.62
Democratic Chauncey Sparks 74,54423.71
Democratic R. J. Goode70,28722.36
Democratic D. Hardy Riddle15,4784.92
Democratic James H. Arnold1,2010.38
Total votes314,370100

Results

Alabama gubernatorial election, 1938 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Frank M. Dixon 115,76187.52
Republican W. A. Clardy16,51312.48
Total votes132,274100.00
Democratic hold

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References

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  2. "AL Governor 1938" . Retrieved October 21, 2016.