| Election Name: | 1940 North Carolina Secretary of State election |
| Country: | North Carolina |
| Flag Year: | 1885 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1936 North Carolina Secretary of State election |
| Previous Year: | 1936 |
| Next Election: | 1944 North Carolina Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 1944 |
| Nominee1: | Thad A. Eure |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 601,396 |
| Percentage1: | 75.71% |
| Secretary of State of North Carolina | |
| Before Election: | Thad A. Eure |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Thad A. Eure |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | A.I. Ferree |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 192,938 |
| Percentage2: | 24.29% |
The North Carolina secretary of state election of 1940 took place on November 5, 1940. The incumbent Secretary of State, Thad A. Eure, chose to run for reelection and defeated A. I. Ferree with 75.71% of the vote. Eure won his second of thirteen terms.