| Election Name: | 1938 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Pennsylvania |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1934 |
| Next Election: | 1942 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1942 |
| Image1: | File:Arthur H. James (Pennsylvania governor).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Arthur James |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,035,340 |
| Percentage1: | 53.39% |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | Charles Alvin Jones |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,756,192 |
| Percentage2: | 46.07% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | George Earle |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Arthur James |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1938 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic governor George Howard Earle III was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate Arthur James defeated Democratic candidate Charles Alvin Jones to become Governor of Pennsylvania. Gifford Pinchot unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination, while Thomas Kennedy unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.
|-|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| colspan="3" align="right" | Totals| align="right" | 3,811,967| align="right" | 100.00%|}