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1938 Governor election results

31 races · 31 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1938 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1938 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaFrank M. DixonD115,761 votes · +99,248 over W. A. Clardy
ArizonaRobert Taylor JonesD80,350 votes · +48,328 over Jerrie W. Lee
ArkansasCarl E. BaileyD118,696 votes · +106,619 over Charles F. Cole
CaliforniaCulbert OlsonD1,391,734 votes · +220,715 over Frank Merriam
ColoradoRalph Lawrence CarrR296,671 votes · +97,109 over Teller Ammons
ConnecticutRaymond E. BaldwinR230,237 votes · +2,688 over Wilbur Lucius Cross
IdahoC. A. BottolfsenR106,268 votes · +28,571 over C. Ben Ross
IowaGeorge A. WilsonR447,061 votes · +59,282 over Nelson G. Kraschel
KansasPayne RatnerR393,989 votes · +52,718 over Walter A. Huxman
MaineLewis O. BarrowsR157,206 votes · +17,461 over Louis J. Brann
MarylandHerbert O'ConorD308,372 votes · +66,277 over Harry Nice
MassachusettsLeverett SaltonstallR941,465 votes · +147,581 over James Michael Curley
MichiganFrank FitzgeraldR847,245 votes · +93,493 over Frank Murphy
MinnesotaHarold StassenR678,839 votes · +291,576 over Elmer Austin Benson
NebraskaRobert L. CochranD218,787 votes · +16,889 over Charles J. Warner
NevadaEdward P. CarvilleD28,528 votes · +10,942 over John A. Fulton
New HampshireFrancis P. MurphyR107,841 votes · +26,994 over John L. Sullivan
New MexicoJohn E. MilesD82,344 votes · +7,327 over Albert K. Mitchell
New YorkHerbert H. LehmanD2,391,286 votes · +64,394 over Thomas E. Dewey
North DakotaJohn MosesD138,270 votes · +13,024 over John N. Hagan
OhioJohn W. BrickerR1,265,548 votes · +118,225 over Charles W. Sawyer
OklahomaLeon C. PhillipsD355,740 votes · +206,879 over Ross Rizley
OregonCharles A. SpragueR214,062 votes · +55,318 over Henry L. Hess
PennsylvaniaArthur JamesR2,035,340 votes · +279,148 over Charles Alvin Jones
Rhode IslandWilliam Henry Vanderbilt IIIR168,624 votes · +39,021 over Robert E. Quinn
South DakotaHarlan J. BushfieldR149,362 votes · +21,877 over Oscar Fosheim
TennesseePrentice CooperD210,567 votes · +127,536 over Howard Baker Sr.
TexasW. Lee O'DanielD358,943 votes · +347,634 over Alexander Boynton
VermontGeorge AikenR75,098 votes · +37,694 over Fred C. Martin
WisconsinJulius P. HeilR543,675 votes · +190,294 over Philip La Follette
WyomingNels H. SmithR57,288 votes · +18,787 over Leslie A. Miller