1938 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1938 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1937 United States gubernatorial elections 1937 1939 United States gubernatorial elections 1939 Seats up Seats won 33 governorships November 8, 1938;September 12, 1938 (ME) Democratic Party (United States) 39 30 9 24 15 Republican Party (United States) 6 18 12 6 18 Farmer–Labor Party (United States) 1 0 1 1 0 Wisconsin Progressive Party 1 0 1 1 0 Non-Partisan League FCF5D9 1 0 1 1 0 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 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. Governor Herbert H. Lehman was only able to win reelection due to the votes he received on the American Labor Party's ballot line.Murphy Paul 1974 Political Parties In American History, Volume 3, 1890-present G. P. Putnam's Sons 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%W. A. Clardy (Republican) 12.48%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=93468 AL Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261761 AZ Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 Arkansas Carl E. Bailey Democratic Re-elected, 86.32% Charles F. Cole (Independent) 8.78%Walter S. McNutt (Republican) 4.89%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262932 AR Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=121647 CA Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262937 CO Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=114070 CT Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262945 GA Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019(Democratic primary results)Eurith D. Rivers 50.72%Hugh Howell 42.40%J. J. Mangham 6.18%Robert F. Wood 0.70% https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=378446 GA Governor, 1938 – D Primary Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262950 ID Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262960 IA Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262963 KS Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 Maine(held, 12 September 1938) Lewis O. Barrows Republican Re-elected, 52.89% Louis J. Brann (Democratic) 47.02%Winfred Tabbutt (Communist) 0.10%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262977 ME Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27754 MD Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262982 MA Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=114904 MI Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=46777 MN Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 Nebraska Roy Cochran Democratic Re-elected, 44.03% Charles J. Warner (Republican) 40.63%Charles W. Bryan (Independent) 15.35%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262998 NE Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 Nevada Richard Kirman Sr. Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Edward P. Carville (Democratic) 61.86%John A. Fulton (Republican) 38.14%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=85547 NV Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 New Hampshire Francis P. Murphy Republican Re-elected, 57.08% John L. Sullivan (Democratic) 42.79%Elba K. Chase (Communist) 0.13%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263003 NH Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262123 NM Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=94434 NY Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263013 ND Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 Ohio Martin L. Davey Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory John W. Bricker (Republican) 52.45%Charles Sawyer (Democratic) 47.55%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27769 OH Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131214 OK Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263018 OR Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=41288 PA Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263023 RI Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 South Carolina Olin D. Johnston Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Burnet R. Maybank (Democratic) 99.43%Joseph A. Tolbert (Republican) 0.57%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=31145 SC Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019(Democratic primary run-off results)Burnet Rhett Maybank 52.33%Wyndham Meredith Manning 47.67% https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=384463 SC Governor, 1938 – D Run-off Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263028 SD Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 Tennessee Gordon Browning Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Prentice Cooper (Democratic) 71.72%Howard Baker Sr. (Republican) 28.28%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263033 TN Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263038 TX Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 Vermont George D. Aiken Republican Re-elected, 66.75% Fred C. Martin (Democratic) 33.25%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144177 VT Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262330 WI Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 Wyoming Leslie A. Miller Democratic Defeated, 40.19% Nels H. Smith (Republican) 59.81%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263044 WY Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 15 March 2019 See also 1938 United States elections 1938 United States Senate elections 1938 United States House of Representatives elections References 30emcollapsed Category:September 1938 in the United States Category:November 1938 in the United States