South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1938

The 1938 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Burnet Rhett Maybank, mayor of Charleston, won the contested Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 99th governor of South Carolina.

Democratic Primary

The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor on August 30 and it is noted as being the last attempt by former Governor Cole Blease at becoming governor again. Maybank, the mayor of Charleston, had the support of the Lowcountry and emerged victorious from the runoff on September 13 against Wyndham Manning because the Upstate failed to coalesce around his candidacy.

General Election

The general election was held on November 8, 1938 and Burnet Rhett Maybank was elected the next governor of South Carolina against token Republican candidate Joseph Augustis Tolbert. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was much lower than the Democratic primary election.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Burnet Rhett Maybank
votes = 49,009
percentage = 99.4
change = -0.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Joseph Augustis Tolbert
votes = 283
percentage = 0.6
change = +0.6 Election box majority
votes = 48,726
percentage = 98.8
change = -1.2Election box turnout
votes = 49,292
percentage =
change =
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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frame|300px|none|1938 South Carolina gubernatorial election map, by percentile by county.

ee also

*Governor of South Carolina
*List of Governors of South Carolina
*South Carolina gubernatorial elections

References

*cite book | last = Jordan | first = Frank E | title = The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 | pages = pp. 41-43
*"Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." "Report of the State Officers Boards and Committees to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina". Volume I. Columbia, SC: 1939, pp. 30-31.

External links

* [http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/maybank.html SCIway Biography of Burnet Rhett Maybank]

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