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.
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 County results Caraway: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Caraway, already the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, became the first woman elected to a second term in office.
Democratic primary
editCandidates
edit- Hattie Caraway, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1931
- John L. McClellan, U.S. Representative from Malvern
- J. Rosser Venable
Results
edit| 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| 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
editReferences
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.