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1938 U.S. Senate election results

30 races · 30 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 1938 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1938 U.S. Senate results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaLister HillD113,413 votes · +95,528 over J. M. Pennington
ArkansasHattie W. CarawayD122,883 votes · +108,593 over C. T. Atkinson
CaliforniaSheridan DowneyD1,372,314 votes · +246,074 over Philip Bancroft
ColoradoAlva B. AdamsD262,806 votes · +81,509 over Archibald A. Lee
ConnecticutJohn A. DanaherR270,413 votes · +17,987 over Augustine Lonergan
FloridaClaude PepperD145,757 votes · +114,723 over Thomas E. Swanson
GeorgiaWalter F. GeorgeD66,897 votes · +63,455 over Charles A. Jiles
IdahoD. Worth ClarkD99,801 votes · +17,862 over Donald A. Callahan
IllinoisScott W. LucasD1,638,162 votes · +95,588 over Richard J. Lyons
IndianaFrederick Van NuysD788,386 votes · +5,197 over Raymond E. Willis
IowaGuy M. GiletteD413,788 votes · +2,805 over Lester J. Dickinson
KansasClyde M. ReedR419,532 votes · +92,758 over George McGill
KentuckyAlben W. BarkleyD346,735 votes · +134,469 over John P. Haswell
LouisianaJohn H. OvertonD151,585 votes · +151,335 over Maurice Clark
MarylandMillard E. TydingsD357,245 votes · +203,992 over Oscar Leser
MissouriBennett C. ClarkD757,587 votes · +268,900 over Henry S. Caulfield
NevadaPatrick A. McCarranD27,406 votes · +8,328 over Tasker L. Oddie
New HampshireCharles W. TobeyR100,633 votes · +15,713 over Fred H. Brown
New YorkRobert F. WagnerD2,497,029 votes · +438,414 over John L. O'Brien
North CarolinaRobert R. ReynoldsD316,685 votes · +137,035 over Charles A. Jonas
North DakotaGerald P. NyeR131,907 votes · +19,900 over William Langer
OhioRobert A. TaftR1,257,412 votes · +170,597 over Robert J. Bulkley
OklahomaElmer ThomasD307,936 votes · +148,202 over Harry O. Glasser
OregonRufus HolmanR203,120 votes · +35,985 over Willis Mahoney
PennsylvaniaJames J. DavisR2,086,932 votes · +392,468 over George H. Earle
South CarolinaEllison D. SmithD45,751 votes · +45,243 over J. D. Meyer
South DakotaJ. Chandler GurneyR146,813 votes · +13,749 over Tom Berry
UtahElbert D. ThomasD102,353 votes · +21,282 over Franklin S. Harris
VermontErnest Willard GibsonR73,990 votes · +35,317 over John McGrath
WisconsinAlexander WileyR446,770 votes · +197,561 over Herman L. Ekern