The 1938 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic Governor
Leslie A. Miller ran for re-election to his third term, and his second full term.
Nels H. Smith
Nels Hansen Smith (August 27, 1884July 5, 1976) was an American politician who served as the List of Governors of Wyoming, 18th Governor of Wyoming from 1939 until 1943. He was a Republican Party (United States), Republican.
Biography
He was bor ...
, a former State Representative and former state highway commissioner, won a crowded Republican primary and advanced to the general election against Miller. Though Miller won his re-election campaign
four years earlier in a landslide, Smith was able to take advantage of the
nationwide Republican wave to defeat him in a landslide, winning 60% of the vote to Governor Miller's 40%.
Democratic primary
Candidates
*
Leslie A. Miller, incumbent Governor
* Gus F. Engelking, rancher
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
*
Nels H. Smith
Nels Hansen Smith (August 27, 1884July 5, 1976) was an American politician who served as the List of Governors of Wyoming, 18th Governor of Wyoming from 1939 until 1943. He was a Republican Party (United States), Republican.
Biography
He was bor ...
, former state highway commissioner, former State Representative,
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...
Republican candidate for Governor
* Thomas A. Nicholas, former
Campbell County Prosecuting Attorney
* Josiah H. Holland, Mayor of
Evanston
* John F. Raper,
Sheridan attorney
* Samuel S. Hoover, Mayor of
Green River Green River may refer to:
Rivers
Canada
* Green River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Lillooet River
*Green River, a tributary of the Saint John River, also known by its French name of Rivière Verte
*Green River (Ontario), a tributary of ...
, former State Representative
Results
Results
References
{{1938 United States elections
1938 Wyoming elections
1938
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the s ...
November 1938 events