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.
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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
editState | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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Alabama | Bibb Graves | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Frank Dixon (Democratic) 87.52% W. A. Clardy (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] |
Arkansas | 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 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% Albert K. Mitchell (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% 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 | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Harlan J. Bushfield (Republican) 53.95% Oscar Fosheim (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] |
Texas | 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% | 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 | Democratic | Defeated, 40.19% | Nels H. Smith (Republican) 59.81% [36] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Murphy, Paul (1974). Political Parties In American History, Volume 3, 1890-present. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
- ^ "AL Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "AZ Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "AR Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "CA Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "CO Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "CT Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "GA Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "GA Governor, 1938 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "ID Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "IA Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "KS Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "ME Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "MD Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "MA Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "MI Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "MN Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "NE Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "NV Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "NH Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "NM Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "NY Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "ND Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "OH Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "OK Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "OR Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "PA Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "RI Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "SC Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "SC Governor, 1938 – D Run-off". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "SD Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "TN Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "TX Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "VT Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "WI Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "WY Governor, 1938". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 March 2019.