1938 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1938 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts 1908 presidential No 1936 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1936 1940 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1940 1938 11 8 x150px 41.55% (total pop.) Leverett Saltonstall cph.3b10555 (3x4a).jpg Leverett Saltonstall Republican Party (United States) 941,465 53.32% James Michael Curley (1).jpg James Michael Curley Democratic Party (United States) 793,884 46.08% 300px County results 300px| Municipality results 1 250px Saltonstall: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Curley: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor Charles F. Hurley Democratic Party (United States) Leverett Saltonstall Republican Party (United States) The 1938 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938. Former governor James Michael Curley defeated incumbent governor Charles F. Hurley in the Democratic primary, but Curley was defeated by former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Leverett Saltonstall in the general election. Saltonstall's victory returned control of Beacon Hill to the Republicans after an unprecedented eight years of Democratic governors. Democratic primary Governor Candidates James Michael Curley, former governor, mayor of Boston, and U.S. representative Charles F. Hurley, incumbent governor Francis E. Kelly, incumbent lieutenant governor Richard M. Russell, former U.S. representative Results 1938 Democratic gubernatorial primaryElection Statistics 1939 143 Democratic Party (United States) James Michael Curley 210,286 41.13% Democratic Party (United States) Charles F. Hurley (incumbent) 168,161 32.89% Democratic Party (United States) Francis E. Kelly 101,978 19.95% Democratic Party (United States) Richard M. Russell 30,485 5.96% Write-in All others 383 0.07% 511,293 100.00% None Blank votes 13,882 — 525,175 100.00% Lt. Governor Candidates James Henry Brennan, former state senator and member of the Executive CouncilBrennan Plans to Seek Office https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/massachusetts/north-adams/north-adams-transcript/1938/04-26/page-7/james-brennan-governor 29 September 2019 The North Adams Transcript 26 April 1938 Edward T. Collins, member of the Executive Council Alexander F. Sullivan, former state representative Joseph C. White, state senator William P. Yoerg, mayor of Holyoke Results 1938 Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primaryElection Statistics 1939 149 Democratic Party (United States) James Henry Brennan 139,653 30.50% Democratic Party (United States) Joseph C. White 132,716 28.98% Democratic Party (United States) Edward T. Collins 76,008 16.60% Democratic Party (United States) Alexander F. Sullivan 66,007 14.42% Democratic Party (United States) William P. Yoerg 34,221 7.47% Write-in All others 241 0.05% 457,898 100.00% None Blank votes 67,277 — 525,175 100.00% Republican primary Governor Candidates Frederick Butler, chairman of the Essex County Board of Commissioners and former state senatorBelieves He Can Make an Impression https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/massachusetts/north-adams/north-adams-transcript/1938/08-11/page-10/frederick-butler 29 September 2019 North Adams Transcript 11 August 1938 William McMasters, publicity agent for Charles Ponzi and candidate for governor in 1936 Leverett Saltonstall, former speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and nominee for lt. governor in 1936 Richard Whitcomb, director of the Boston Survey CommissionFamiliar with Traditions of Bay State https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/massachusetts/acton/acton-concord-enterprise/1938/08-10/page-9/richard-whitcomb 29 September 2019 The Acton-Concord Enterprise 10 August 1938 February 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Results 1938 Republican gubernatorial primaryElection Statistics 1939 41 Republican Party (United States) Leverett Saltonstall 323,003 72.73% Republican Party (United States) William McMasters 48,133 10.84% Republican Party (United States) Richard Whitcomb 45,139 10.16% Republican Party (United States) Frederick Butler 27,739 6.25% Write-in All others 122 0.03% 444,136 100.00% None Blank votes 24,993 — 469,129 100.00% Following his loss in the Republican primary, McMasters declared his campaign as an independent on the Townsend Recovery Act line. Lt. governor Candidates Dewey G. Archambault, mayor of Lowell Horace T. Cahill, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives J. Watson Flett, chairman of the Belmont Board of SelectmenBelmont https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29862828/the_boston_globe/ 29 September 2019 The Boston Globe 17 Oct 1938 Charles P. Howard, Massachusetts state commissioner of administration and finance Kenneth D. Johnson, judge for the Quincy District Court Robert Gardiner Wilson Jr., member of the Boston City Council Results 1938 Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primaryElection Statistics 1939 47 Republican Party (United States) Horace T. Cahill 112,140 26.78% Republican Party (United States) Kenneth D. Johnson 93,538 22.33% Republican Party (United States) Charles P. Howard 84,477 20.17% Republican Party (United States) Dewey G. Archambault 52,358 12.50% Republican Party (United States) Robert Gardiner Wilson 38,920 9.29% Republican Party (United States) J. Watson Flett 37,329 8.91% Write-in All others 50 0.01% 418,812 100.00% None Blank votes 50,317 — 469,129 100.00% General election Candidates Henning A. Blomen, perennial candidate (Socialist Labor) Roland S. Bruneau, of Cambridge (independent) Jeffrey Campbell, Black Universalist Unitarian minister (Socialist) James Michael Curley, former governor, mayor of Boston, and U.S. representative (Democratic) William A. Davenport, former state representative (Independent Tax Reform) Otis Archer Hood, candidate for governor in 1936 (Communist) Charles L. Manser, of Boston (Sound, Sensible Government) William McMasters, publicity agent and whistleblower in the Charles Ponzi case (Townsend Recovery Act) Leverett Saltonstall, former speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and nominee for lt. governor in 1936 (Republican) George L. Thompson, former chairman of the New Hampshire Prohibition Party (Prohibition) Results 1938 Massachusetts gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262982 MA Governor, 1938 Our Campaigns 29 September 2019Election Statistics 1939 282 Republican Party (United States) Leverett Saltonstall 941,465 53.32% 7.24 Democratic Party (United States) James Michael Curley 793,884 47.62% 2.66 Townsend William McMasters 7,206 0.41% N/A Socialist Party of America Jeffrey W. Campbell 5,691 0.32% 0.20 Socialist Labor Party Henning A. Blomen 3,927 0.22% 0.01 Communist Party USA Otis Archer Hood 3,488 0.20% 0.08 Independent (politician) Roland S. Bruneau 3,400 0.19% N/A Independent Tax Reform William A. Davenport 3,118 0.18% N/A Prohibition Party (United States) Alfred H. Evans 2,046 0.12% 0.07 Sound, Sensible Government Charles L. Manser 1,533 0.09% N/A Write-in All others 111 0.01% 0.01 1,765,869 100.00% None Blank votes 29,820 — 1,795,689 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also 1937–1938 Massachusetts legislature References Bibliography Election Statistics, 1937–39 Frederic W. Cook, Secretary of the Commonwealth 1939 Boston, MA http://www.archive.org/stream/electionstatisti19371939mass Election Statistics 1939 Governor 1938 Massachusetts Category:November 1938 in the United States