1938 United States gubernatorial elections

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).

1938 United States gubernatorial elections

November 8, 1938;
September 12, 1938 (ME)

33 state governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 39 governorships 6 governorships
Seats before 39 6
Seats after 30 18
Seat change 9 12

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Farmer–Labor Progressive
Last election 1 governorship 1 governorship
Seats before 1 1
Seats after 0 0
Seat change 1 1

  Fifth party
 
Party Non-Partisan League
Last election 1 governorship
Seats before 1
Seats after 0
Seat change 1

     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

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
AlabamaBibb GravesDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryFrank Dixon (Democratic) 87.52%
W. A. Clardy (Republican) 12.48%
[1]
ArizonaRawghlie Clement StanfordDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryRobert Taylor Jones (Democratic) 68.57%
Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 27.33%
James H. Kerby (Independent Democrat) 4.11%
[2]
ArkansasCarl E. BaileyDemocraticRe-elected, 86.32%Charles F. Cole (Independent) 8.78%
Walter S. McNutt (Republican) 4.89%
[3]
CaliforniaFrank MerriamRepublicanDefeated, 44.17%Culbert Olson (Democratic) 52.49%
Raymond L. Haight (Progressive) 2.43%
Robert Noble (Commonwealth) 0.90%
Scattering 0.02%
[4]
ColoradoTeller AmmonsDemocraticDefeated, 40.02%Ralph Lawrence Carr (Republican) 59.50%
Jack R. White (National Union) 0.25%
Harvey L. Mayfield (Royal Way) 0.23%
[5]
ConnecticutWilbur Lucius CrossDemocraticDefeated, 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%
[6]
GeorgiaEurith D. RiversDemocraticRe-elected, 94.28%E. S. Fuller (Independent) 2.70%
L. P. Glass (Prohibition) 1.92%
Alexander Stephens Mitchell (Independent) 1.11%
[7]
(Democratic primary results)
Eurith D. Rivers 50.72%
Hugh Howell 42.40%
J. J. Mangham 6.18%
Robert F. Wood 0.70%
[8]
IdahoBarzilla W. ClarkDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victoryC. A. Bottolfsen (Republican) 57.30%
C. Ben Ross (Democratic) 41.89%
R. B. Wilson (National Progressive) 0.81%
[9]
IowaNelson G. KraschelDemocraticDefeated, 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%
[10]
KansasWalter A. HuxmanDemocraticDefeated, 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%
[11]
Maine
(held, 12 September 1938)
Lewis O. BarrowsRepublicanRe-elected, 52.89%Louis J. Brann (Democratic) 47.02%
Winfred Tabbutt (Communist) 0.10%
[12]
MarylandHarry NiceRepublicanDefeated, 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%
[13]
MassachusettsCharles F. HurleyDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victoryLeverett 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%
[14]
MichiganFrank MurphyDemocraticDefeated, 46.96%Frank Fitzgerald (Republican) 52.78%
Nahum Burnett (Socialist) 0.18%
Clayton O’Donohue (Socialist Labor) 0.03%
Scattering 0.05%
[15]
MinnesotaElmer Austin BensonFarmer-LaborDefeated, 34.18%Harold Stassen (Republican) 59.92%
Thomas F. Gallagher (Democratic) 5.82%
John William Castle (Industrial) 0.08%
[16]
NebraskaRobert L. CochranDemocraticRe-elected, 44.03%Charles J. Warner (Republican) 40.63%
Charles W. Bryan (Independent) 15.35%
[17]
NevadaRichard Kirman Sr.DemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryEdward P. Carville (Democratic) 61.86%
John A. Fulton (Republican) 38.14%
[18]
New HampshireFrancis P. MurphyRepublicanRe-elected, 57.08%John L. Sullivan (Democratic) 42.79%
Elba K. Chase (Communist) 0.13%
[19]
New MexicoClyde TingleyDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJohn E. Miles (Democratic) 52.24%
Albert K. Mitchell (Republican) 47.59%
J. D. Shuster (Independent) 0.17%
[20]
New YorkHerbert H. LehmanDemocraticRe-elected, 50.38%Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) 49.02%
Norman M. Thomas (Socialist) 0.53%
Aaron M. Orange (Industrial Government) 0.07%
[21]
North DakotaWilliam LangerNon-Partisan LeagueRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryJohn Moses (Democratic) 52.47%
John N. Hagan (Republican) 47.53%
[22]
OhioMartin L. DaveyDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victoryJohn W. Bricker (Republican) 52.45%
Charles Sawyer (Democratic) 47.55%
[23]
OklahomaE. W. MarlandDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryLeon C. Phillips (Democratic) 70.03%
Ross Rizley (Republican) 29.31%
John Wesley Lanham (Prohibition) 0.51%
John Franing (Independent) 0.15%
[24]
OregonCharles MartinDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victoryCharles A. Sprague (Republican) 57.40%
Henry L. Hess (Democratic) 42.59%
Scattering 0.02%
[25]
PennsylvaniaGeorge Howard Earle IIIDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victoryArthur 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%
[26]
Rhode IslandRobert E. QuinnDemocraticDefeated, 41.63%William Henry Vanderbilt III (Republican) 54.17%
Walter E. O'Hara (Square Deal) 4.08%
Morris Kominsky (Communist) 0.12%
[27]
South CarolinaOlin D. JohnstonDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryBurnet R. Maybank (Democratic) 99.43%
Joseph A. Tolbert (Republican) 0.57%
[28]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Burnet Rhett Maybank 52.33%
Wyndham Meredith Manning 47.67%
[29]
South DakotaLeslie JensenRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryHarlan J. Bushfield (Republican) 53.95%
Oscar Fosheim (Democratic) 46.05%
[30]
TennesseeGordon BrowningDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victoryPrentice Cooper (Democratic) 71.72%
Howard Baker Sr. (Republican) 28.28%
[31]
TexasJames AllredDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryW. Lee O'Daniel (Democratic) 96.82%
A. Boynton (Republican) 3.05%
Earl E. Miller (Socialist) 0.08%
Homer Brooks (Communist) 0.06%
[32]
VermontGeorge D. AikenRepublicanRe-elected, 66.75%Fred C. Martin (Democratic) 33.25%
[33]
WisconsinPhilip La FolletteProgressiveDefeated, 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%
[34]
WyomingLeslie A. MillerDemocraticDefeated, 40.19%Nels H. Smith (Republican) 59.81%
[35]

See also

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