The 1938 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic Senator Guy M. Gillette, who won a special election to complete the unexpired term of Richard Louis Murphy, won a full term in office by defeating Republican former Senator Lester J. Dickinson. Gillette and Dickinson had briefly served together in the final months of 1936.
Primary elections were held on June 6. Gillette overcame a primary challenge from U.S. Representative Otha Wearin, who was personally recruited by President Franklin D. Roosevelt given Gillette's opposition to New Deal programs.[1] Dickinson defeated Representative Lloyd Thurston for the Republican nomination.
^Miller, Earl G. (November 8, 1938). "CANVASS OF THE VOTE GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF): 2. Retrieved May 25, 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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1938, united, states, senate, election, iowa, took, place, november, 1938, incumbent, democratic, senator, gillette, special, election, complete, unexpired, term, richard, louis, murphy, full, term, office, defeating, republican, former, senator, lester, dicki. The 1938 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 8 1938 Incumbent Democratic Senator Guy M Gillette who won a special election to complete the unexpired term of Richard Louis Murphy won a full term in office by defeating Republican former Senator Lester J Dickinson Gillette and Dickinson had briefly served together in the final months of 1936 1938 United States Senate election in Iowa 1936 special November 8 1938 1944 Nominee Guy M Gillette Lester J Dickinson Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 413 788 410 983 Percentage 49 74 49 41 Gillette 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Dickinson 40 50 50 60 60 70 U S senator before election Guy M Gillette Democratic Elected U S Senator Guy M Gillette Democratic Primary elections were held on June 6 Gillette overcame a primary challenge from U S Representative Otha Wearin who was personally recruited by President Franklin D Roosevelt given Gillette s opposition to New Deal programs 1 Dickinson defeated Representative Lloyd Thurston for the Republican nomination Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Candidates 3 2 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Wilson G Byerhoff Guy M Gillette incumbent Senator since 1936 Joseph J Meyers Mrs Ellsworth Richardson Otha Wearin U S Representative from Glenwood Results edit 1938 Democratic U S Senate primary 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Guy M Gillette incumbent 81 605 51 96 Democratic Otha Wearin 43 044 27 41 Democratic Joseph J Meyers 17 497 11 14 Democratic Mrs Ellsworth Richardson 9 445 6 01 Democratic Wilson G Byerhoff 5 465 3 48 Total votes 157 056 100 00 Republican primary editCandidates edit Lester J Dickinson former U S Senator 1931 37 Lloyd Thurston U S Representative from Osceola Results edit 1938 Republican U S Senate primary 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Lester J Dickinson 146 764 56 97 Republican Lloyd Thurston 110 847 43 03 Total votes 257 611 100 00 General election editCandidates edit G W Bauseman Prohibition George F Buresh Farmer Labor Lester J Dickinson former U S Senator 1931 37 Republican Guy M Gillette incumbent Senator since 1936 Democratic Raymond E Hanke Progressive Results edit 1938 U S Senate election in Iowa 3 4 5 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Guy M Gillette incumbent 413 788 49 74 nbsp 2 17 Republican Lester J Dickinson 410 983 49 41 nbsp 3 07 Farmer Labor George F Buresh 4 723 0 57 nbsp 1 00 Progressive Raymond E Hanke 1 525 0 18 N A Prohibition G W Bauseman 820 0 10 nbsp 0 01 Total votes 831 839 100 00 See also edit1938 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Obituary Otha D Wearin Politician and Writer 87 The New York Times April 5 1990 a b Iowa State Register 1939 40 pp 445 46 Our Campaigns IA US Senate Race Nov 08 1938 www ourcampaigns com Clerk of the United States House of Representatives 1939 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8 1938 PDF U S Government Printing Office Miller Earl G November 8 1938 CANVASS OF THE VOTE GENERAL ELECTION PDF 2 Retrieved May 25 2022 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1938 United States Senate election in Iowa amp oldid 1216259654, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
