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1938 United States Senate election in Arkansas

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1938 U.S. Senate election in Arkansas

← 1932 November 8, 1938 1944 →
 
Nominee Hattie Caraway C. D. Atkinson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 122,883 14,290
Percentage 89.58% 10.42%

County results
Caraway:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

U.S. senator before election

Hattie Caraway
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Hattie Caraway
Democratic

The 1938 United States Senate election in Arkansas took place on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Senator Hattie Caraway ran for a second term in office. After narrowly defeating U.S. Representative John Little McClellan in the Democratic primary, she easily won the general election over Republican C.D. Atkinson.

Caraway, already the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, became the first woman elected to a second term in office.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1938 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hattie Caraway (incumbent) 145,472 51.04%
Democratic John L. McClellan 134,708 47.27%
Democratic J. Rosser Venable 4,813 1.69%
Total votes 284,993 100.00%

General election

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Results

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1938 U.S. Senate election in Arkansas[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hattie Caraway (incumbent) 122,883 89.58%
Republican C. D. Atkinson 14,290 10.42%
Total votes 137,173 100.00%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin (2018). "Historical Report of the Secretary of State" (PDF). p. 362.
  2. ^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1939). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1938" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.