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1938 South Carolina gubernatorial election

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election_name1938 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff
countrySouth Carolina
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1934 South Carolina gubernatorial election
previous_year1934
next_election1942 South Carolina gubernatorial election
next_year1942
election_dateSeptember 13, 1938
image_sizex150px
image1File:Burnet R. Maybank.jpg
nominee1Burnet R. Maybank
party1Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1163,947
percentage152.3%
image2File:Wyndham Manning (cropped).jpg
nominee2Wyndham Manning
party2Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2149,368
percentage247.7%
map_image1938 South Carolina gubernatorial Democratic primary election results map by county.svg
map_size250px
map_captionCounty results
Maybank:
Manning:
titleGovernor
before_electionOlin D. Johnston
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionBurnet R. Maybank
after_partyDemocratic Party (United States)

Maybank:
Manning:
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, South Carolina, won the contested Democratic primary and defeated Republican Joseph Augustis Tolbert in the general election becoming the 99th governor of South Carolina.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Ben E. Adams
  • Neville Bennett
  • D.T. Blackmon
  • Cole L. Blease, former Governor (191115) and United States Senator (192531)
  • John Hughes Cooper
  • Francis M. Easterling
  • Wyndham Meredith Manning, former State Representative from Stateburg and candidate for Governor in 1934
  • Burnet Rhett Maybank, mayor of Charleston

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.

Results

Democratic PrimaryCandidateVotes%
Burnet Rhett Maybank117,90035.1
Wyndham Meredith Manning74,35622.1
Coleman Livingston Blease60,82318.1
Neville Bennett47,88214.2
Ben E. Adams26,3767.9
Francis M. Easterling6,8772.0
D.T. Blackmon9510.3
John Hughes Cooper9220.3
Democratic Primary RunoffCandidateVotes%±%
Burnet Rhett Maybank163,94752.3+17.2
Wyndham Meredith Manning149,36847.7+25.6

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. The presence of even a token opposition candidate was unusual for South Carolina at the time.

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References

  • "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, South Carolina: 1939, pp. 30–31.
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