Pa Gov 1938

Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1938
County	Total Vote	Republican	Democrat	Plurality	Winner	Royal Oak	Socialist	Prohibition	Communist	Non-Partisan	Scattering	Pct Rep	Pct Dem	Pct Other
		Arthur H. James	Charles Alvin Jones			Charles Alvin Jones	Jesse H. Holmes	Robert G. Burnham	Ella Bloor Omholt	Charles Alvin Jones
Pennsylvania	3811967	2035340	1745377	289963	R	10748	12635	6438	1273	67	89	53.39	45.79	0.82
Adams	16157	9146	6949	2197	R	42	5	14	1	0	0	56.61	43.01	0.38
Allegheny	515980	241102	270513	-29411	D	2042	1411	593	223	59	37	46.73	52.43	0.85
Armstrong	25082	15002	9897	5105	R	33	32	115	3	0	0	59.81	39.46	0.73
Beaver	50659	25570	24701	869	R	86	111	164	22	0	5	50.47	48.76	0.77
Bedford	17418	9285	8051	1234	R	18	21	41	2	0	0	53.31	46.22	0.47
Berks	74533	35320	33210	2110	R	167	5722	79	33	0	2	47.39	44.56	8.05
Blair	50642	29505	20926	8579	R	64	69	64	10	0	4	58.26	41.32	0.42
Bradford	22652	15609	6951	8658	R	11	28	52	1	0	0	68.91	30.69	0.41
Bucks	42384	25663	16424	9239	R	64	142	75	14	0	2	60.55	38.75	0.70
Butler	28679	17669	10701	6968	R	96	49	148	14	0	2	61.61	37.31	1.08
Cambria	73714	36834	36495	339	R	149	121	83	27	5	0	49.97	49.51	0.52
Cameron	3111	1994	1099	895	R	8	0	8	2	0	0	64.10	35.33	0.58
Carbon	24303	13278	10939	2339	R	41	24	15	6	0	0	54.64	45.01	0.35
Centre	21606	11943	9534	2409	R	13	33	77	6	0	0	55.28	44.13	0.60
Chester	49911	31547	18131	13416	R	50	86	91	5	0	1	63.21	36.33	0.47
Clarion	15371	8915	6156	2759	R	147	19	128	4	2	0	58.00	40.05	1.95
Clearfield	35172	17962	16922	1040	R	59	93	125	10	0	1	51.07	48.11	0.82
Clinton	14651	8118	6458	1660	R	14	16	44	1	0	0	55.41	44.08	0.51
Columbia	22259	11617	10547	1070	R	19	11	61	4	0	0	52.19	47.38	0.43
Crawford	23837	14847	8660	6187	R	89	29	205	6	0	1	62.29	36.33	1.38
Cumberland	32152	16769	15237	1532	R	36	28	78	3	0	1	52.16	47.39	0.45
Dauphin	83992	46815	36789	10026	R	152	101	111	22	0	2	55.74	43.80	0.46
Delaware	126279	85727	39596	46131	R	495	280	153	28	0	0	67.89	31.36	0.76
Elk	13397	6805	6430	375	R	76	22	56	8	0	0	50.79	48.00	1.21
Erie	63558	34701	28050	6651	R	398	151	219	37	0	2	54.60	44.13	1.27
Fayette	60352	26245	33573	-7328	D	271	106	121	36	0	0	43.49	55.63	0.88
Forest	2957	1819	1098	721	R	6	6	24	4	0	0	61.52	37.13	1.35
Franklin	26412	14189	12138	2051	R	17	13	50	4	0	1	53.72	45.96	0.32
Fulton	4483	2372	2089	283	R	2	2	15	2	0	1	52.91	46.60	0.49
Greene	16212	7586	8505	-919	D	28	63	26	3	0	1	46.79	52.46	0.75
Huntingdon	15887	10416	5401	5015	R	8	17	42	3	0	0	65.56	34.00	0.44
Indiana	27684	16401	11048	5353	R	37	59	131	7	0	1	59.24	39.91	0.85
Jefferson	21160	12697	8296	4401	R	17	23	125	2	0	0	60.00	39.21	0.79
Juniata	7665	3977	3677	300	R	0	0	11	0	0	0	51.89	47.97	0.14
Lackawanna	127845	60752	66412	-5660	D	473	115	69	24	0	0	47.52	51.95	0.53
Lancaster	74108	47244	26455	20789	R	126	119	151	13	0	0	63.75	35.70	0.55
Lawrence	35529	18581	16582	1999	R	101	48	199	16	0	2	52.30	46.67	1.03
Lebanon	25245	14484	10561	3923	R	25	90	82	3	0	0	57.37	41.83	0.79
Lehigh	58206	33051	24708	8343	R	214	172	36	23	0	2	56.78	42.45	0.77
Luzerne	194600	97373	96307	1066	R	678	135	62	45	0	0	50.04	49.49	0.47
Lycoming	38609	22716	15532	7184	R	48	54	252	3	1	3	58.84	40.23	0.94
McKean	21702	14970	6517	8453	R	85	34	90	6	0	0	68.98	30.03	0.99
Mercer	34877	19357	15109	4248	R	155	51	192	13	0	0	55.50	43.32	1.18
Mifflin	14449	7839	6556	1283	R	17	8	23	6	0	0	54.25	45.37	0.37
Monroe	11281	6183	5059	1124	R	14	12	13	0	0	0	54.81	44.85	0.35
Montgomery	106132	72538	32984	39554	R	210	309	91	0	0	0	68.35	31.08	0.57
Montour	5736	2901	2824	77	R	2	1	8	0	0	0	50.58	49.23	0.19
Northampton	51155	27062	23723	3339	R	177	107	59	26	0	1	52.90	46.37	0.72
Northumberland	48781	26440	22079	4361	R	89	98	67	8	0	0	54.20	45.26	0.54
Perry	11334	6466	4832	1634	R	5	17	14	0	0	0	57.05	42.63	0.32
Philadelphia	826611	417050	404602	12448	R	2759	1491	370	328	0	11	50.45	48.95	0.60
Pike	4465	2368	2082	286	R	0	6	7	2	0	0	53.03	46.63	0.34
Potter	8579	5381	3158	2223	R	9	9	21	1	0	0	62.72	36.81	0.47
Schuylkill	101432	54211	46808	7403	R	186	140	43	44	0	0	53.45	46.15	0.41
Snyder	8890	6181	2690	3491	R	4	5	9	1	0	0	69.53	30.26	0.21
Somerset	32274	19078	13080	5998	R	25	25	53	13	0	0	59.11	40.53	0.36
Sullivan	3761	2292	1456	836	R	5	2	6	0	0	0	60.94	38.71	0.35
Susquehanna	15902	9931	5898	4033	R	15	12	41	3	0	2	62.45	37.09	0.46
Tioga	16890	11846	4980	6866	R	13	12	36	2	0	1	70.14	29.48	0.38
Union	8357	5925	2394	3531	R	8	4	24	2	0	0	70.90	28.65	0.45
Venango	24788	17944	6474	11470	R	27	32	305	6	0	0	72.39	26.12	1.49
Warren	17035	10825	5944	4881	R	93	26	141	6	0	0	63.55	34.89	1.56
Washington	66379	30281	35655	-5374	D	65	158	170	48	0	2	45.62	53.71	0.67
Wayne	13347	9492	3789	5703	R	14	8	40	4	0	0	71.12	28.39	0.49
Westmoreland	96887	46433	49536	-3103	D	291	371	192	64	0	0	47.92	51.13	0.95
Wyoming	8144	5518	2571	2947	R	10	6	39	0	0	0	67.76	31.57	0.68
York	68326	35182	32829	2353	R	50	65	189	10	0	1	51.49	48.05	0.46

Source: The Pennsylvania Manual, 1939, p. 154; Official Returns ... for 1938, p. 6.

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Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1938