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1938 United States Senate election in Arkansas

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1938 United States Senate election in Arkansas

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FieldValue
election_name1938 U.S. Senate election in Arkansas
countryArkansas
flag_year1924
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1932 United States Senate election in Arkansas
previous_year1932
next_election1944 United States Senate election in Arkansas
next_year1944
election_dateNovember 8, 1938
image_sizex150px
image1File:Senator hcaraway.jpg
nominee1Hattie Caraway
party1Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1122,883
percentage189.58%
image2File:3x4.svg
nominee2C. D. Atkinson
party2Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote214,290
percentage210.42%
map_image1938 United States Senate election in Arkansas results map by county.svg
map_size210px
map_captionCounty results
Caraway:
titleU.S. Senator
before_electionHattie Caraway
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionHattie Caraway
after_partyDemocratic Party (United States)

Caraway:

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

Candidates

  • Hattie Caraway, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1931
  • John L. McClellan, U.S. Representative from Malvern
  • J. Rosser Venable

Results

Primary results by county<br>{{collapsible list

General election

Results

References

References

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