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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James Michael Curley | 210,286 | 41.13% | |
Democratic | Charles F. Hurley (incumbent) | 168,161 | 32.89% | |
Democratic | Francis E. Kelly | 101,978 | 19.95% | |
Democratic | Richard M. Russell | 30,485 | 5.96% | |
Write-in | All others | 383 | 0.07% | |
Total votes | 511,293 | 100.00% | ||
None | Blank votes | 13,882 | — | |
Turnout | 525,175 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James Henry Brennan | 139,653 | 30.50% | |
Democratic | Joseph C. White | 132,716 | 28.98% | |
Democratic | Edward T. Collins | 76,008 | 16.60% | |
Democratic | Alexander F. Sullivan | 66,007 | 14.42% | |
Democratic | William P. Yoerg | 34,221 | 7.47% | |
Write-in | All others | 241 | 0.05% | |
Total votes | 457,898 | 100.00% | ||
None | Blank votes | 67,277 | — | |
Turnout | 525,175 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Leverett Saltonstall | 323,003 | 72.73% | |
Republican | William McMasters | 48,133 | 10.84% | |
Republican | Richard Whitcomb | 45,139 | 10.16% | |
Republican | Frederick Butler | 27,739 | 6.25% | |
Write-in | All others | 122 | 0.03% | |
Total votes | 444,136 | 100.00% | ||
None | Blank votes | 24,993 | — | |
Turnout | 469,129 | 100.00% |
Following his loss in the Republican primary, McMasters declared his campaign as an independent on the Townsend Recovery Act line.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Horace T. Cahill | 112,140 | 26.78% | |
Republican | Kenneth D. Johnson | 93,538 | 22.33% | |
Republican | Charles P. Howard | 84,477 | 20.17% | |
Republican | Dewey G. Archambault | 52,358 | 12.50% | |
Republican | Robert Gardiner Wilson | 38,920 | 9.29% | |
Republican | J. Watson Flett | 37,329 | 8.91% | |
Write-in | All others | 50 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 418,812 | 100.00% | ||
None | Blank votes | 50,317 | — | |
Turnout | 469,129 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Leverett Saltonstall | 941,465 | 53.32% | 7.24 | |
Democratic | James Michael Curley | 793,884 | 47.62% | 2.66 | |
Townsend | William McMasters | 7,206 | 0.41% | N/A | |
Socialist | Jeffrey W. Campbell | 5,691 | 0.32% | 0.20 | |
Socialist Labor | Henning A. Blomen | 3,927 | 0.22% | 0.01 | |
Communist | Otis Archer Hood | 3,488 | 0.20% | 0.08 | |
Independent | Roland S. Bruneau | 3,400 | 0.19% | N/A | |
Independent Tax Reform | William A. Davenport | 3,118 | 0.18% | N/A | |
Prohibition | 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 | |
Total votes | 1,765,869 | 100.00% | |||
None | Blank votes | 29,820 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,795,689 | 100.00% | |||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing |
Frederic W. Cook, Secretary of the Commonwealth (1939).
Election Statistics, 1937–39. Boston, MA.{{
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