1938 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

none March 2026 September 2023 1938 United States Senate election in Wisconsin Wisconsin 1913 presidential Yes 1932 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 1932 1944 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 1944 November 8, 1938 File:Alexander Wiley.png 150x150px Alexander Wiley Republican Party (United States) 446,770 47.66% File:Herman L. Ekern 1925 Edit.png Herman Ekern Wisconsin Progressive Party 249,209 26.58% File:F. Ryan Duffy (cropped).jpg F. Ryan Duffy Democratic Party (United States) 231,976 24.74% 1938 United States Senate election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg 250px County resultsWiley: #ffc8cd 30–40% #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Ekern: #87de87 40–50%Duffy: #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% U.S. Senator F. Ryan Duffy Democratic Party (United States) Alexander Wiley Republican Party (United States) The 1938 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator F. Ryan Duffy ran for a second term in office. In a three-way race, Alexander Wiley defeated Duffy and Lieutenant Governor Herman L. Ekern. Primary elections were held on September 20. Senator Duffy was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. The Republican primary was a rematch of the 1936 gubernatorial primary; Wiley defeated John B. Chapple, who had been nominated in the previous two Senate races. After losing, Chapple entered the general election as a candidate advocating for the Townsend Act. In the Progressive primary, Ekern defeated Thomas R. Amlie by roughly 9,091 votes. Democratic primary Nominee F. Ryan Duffy, incumbent senator since 1933 Results 1938 U.S. Senate Democratic primaryWisconsin Blue Book, 1940 Parties and Elections: The Primary Election https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A5YLAAJEI53TTB8Q/pages 11 Apr 2023 541 Democratic Party (United States) F. Ryan Duffy (incumbent) 109,129 100.00% 109,129 100.00% Progressive primary Candidates Nominee Herman L. Ekern, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin Eliminated in primary Thomas R. Amlie, U.S. Representative from Elkhorn Declined Philip La Follette, Governor of WisconsinKasparek Jonathan Fighting Son: A Biography of Philip F. La Follette Wisconsin Historical Society 2006 978-0-87020-353-4 211 thumb|Results by county: #e27f7f Ekern #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #5FD35F Amlie #5FD35F 50–60% #37C837 60–70% #2CA02C 70–80% #217821 80–90% Results 1938 U.S. Senate Progressive primaryWisconsin Blue Book, 1940 Parties and Elections: The Primary Election https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A5YLAAJEI53TTB8Q/pages 11 Apr 2023 541 Wisconsin Progressive Party Herman L. Ekern 79,885 53.02% Wisconsin Progressive Party Thomas R. Amlie 70,794 46.98% 150,679 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Nominee Alexander Wiley, nominee for governor in 1936 Eliminated in primary William J. Campbell, nominee for U.S. House from Oshkosh in 1934 John B. Chapple, nominee for Senate in 1932 and 1934 and candidate for governor in 1936 Stephen J. McMahon, former judge of the United States Board of Tax Appeals Edward J. Samp, former University of Wisconsin–Madison football star and candidate for Treasurer in 1930 William H. Stafford, U.S. Representative from Milwaukee Results 1938 U.S. Senate Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Alexander Wiley 70,400 32.91% Republican Party (United States) John B. Chapple 56,403 26.37% Republican Party (United States) William Henry Stafford 26,533 12.40% Republican Party (United States) Edward J. Samp 25,669 12.00% Republican Party (United States) William J. Campbell 23,790 11.12% Republican Party (United States) Stephen J. McMahon 11,111 5.19% 213,906 100.00% General election Candidates Fred Basset Blair, bookseller and perennial candidate (Communist) John B. Chapple, perennial candidate (Townsend Republican) F. Ryan Duffy, incumbent senator since 1933 (Democratic) Herman L. Ekern, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (Progressive) Joseph Ehrhardt, perennial candidate (Socialist Labor) Alexander Wiley, nominee for governor in 1936 (Republican) Results 1938 U.S. Senate election in WisconsinClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1939 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1938 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1938election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office Republican Party (United States) Alexander Wiley 446,770 47.66% +11.46% Wisconsin Progressive Party Herman L. Ekern 249,209 26.58% +26.58% Democratic Party (United States) F. Ryan Duffy (incumbent) 231,976 24.74% -32.24% Independent Republican (United States) John B. Chapple 7,251 0.77% — Communist Party USA Fred B. Blair 1,283 0.14% -0.13% Socialist Labor Party (US) Joseph Ehrhardt 1,014 0.11% — Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also 1938 United States Senate elections References Wisconsin 1938 Category:1938 Wisconsin elections