1940 Delaware gubernatorial election

none related races 1940 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1940 Delaware gubernatorial election Delaware 1916 Presidential no 1936 Delaware gubernatorial election 1936 1944 Delaware gubernatorial election 1944 November 5, 1940 3x4.svg 150x150px Walter W. Bacon Republican Party (United States) 70,629 52.39% MARVEL, JOSIAH. HIS EXCELLENCY LCCN2016862774 (cropped).jpg Josiah Marvel Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 61,237 45.42% 1940 Delaware gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 110px County results Bacon: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% Governor Richard McMullen Democratic Party (United States) Walter W. Bacon Republican Party (United States) The 1940 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic Governor Richard McMullen originally ran for re-election to a second term, and was renominated by the Democratic Party. However, less than a month before the election, McMullen suffered a heart attack and he dropped out of the race. The state party named Secretary of State Josiah Marvel Jr., as McMullen's replacement on the ballot.October 19, 1940 Governor Quits Race; Marvel to Run: M'Mullen's Illness Forces Withdrawal from Party Ticket Wilson W. Emerson Morning News Wilmington, Del. 1, 4 https://www.newspapers.com/image/160350400/ June 19, 2021 On the Republican side, Wilmington Mayor Walter W. Bacon was nominated by the Republican Party for Governor.August 21, 1940 G. O. P. Keynote Hits Democrats in Delaware As 'Do Nothing' Party Morning News Wilmington, Del. 1, 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/161173867/ June 19, 2021 Ultimately, even as President Franklin D. Roosevelt was handily winning Delaware en route to re-election nationwide, and as Democrat James M. Tunnell was narrowly elected to the Senate, Bacon defeated Marvel by a decisive margin to regain the governorship for the Republican Party. Bacon received 52% of the vote to Marvel's 45%. General election 1940 Delaware gubernatorial electionhttps://elections.delaware.gov/electionresults/pdfs/1940.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20161203125342/http://elections.delaware.gov/electionresults/pdfs/1940.pdf dead December 3, 2016 Voting Statistics: Elections of 1940 -- 1952, incl. Delaware Department of Elections June 19, 2021 Republican Party (United States) Walter W. Bacon 70,629 52.39% +9.82% Democratic Party (United States) Josiah Marvel Jr. 61,237 45.42% -4.94% Liberal Democratic Ivan Culbertson 2,958 2.19% — 9,392 6.97% -0.82% 134,824 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References 1940 Delaware Gubernatorial Category:November 1940 in the United States