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.
1938, united, states, senate, election, arkansas, took, place, november, 1938, incumbent, senator, hattie, caraway, second, term, office, after, narrowly, defeating, representative, john, little, mcclellan, democratic, primary, easily, general, election, over,. 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 1938 U S Senate election in Arkansas 1932 November 8 1938 1944 Nominee Hattie Caraway C D AtkinsonParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 122 883 14 290Percentage 89 58 10 42 U S senator before electionHattie CarawayDemocratic Elected U S Senator Hattie CarawayDemocraticCaraway already the first woman elected to the U S Senate became the first woman elected to a second term in office Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 General election 2 1 Results 3 See also 4 ReferencesDemocratic primary EditCandidates Edit Hattie Caraway incumbent U S Senator since 1931 John L McClellan U S Representative J Rosser VenableResults Edit 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 EditResults Edit 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 214 441 100 00 See also Edit1938 United States Senate electionsReferences Edit a b Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin 2018 Historical Report of the Secretary of State PDF p 362 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives 1939 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8 1938 PDF U S Government Printing Office Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1938 United States Senate election in Arkansas amp oldid 1173833434, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
