1938 United States Senate election in Illinois

none March 2026 August 2020 1938 United States Senate election in Illinois Illinois 1915 presidential no 1932 United States Senate election in Illinois 1932 1944 United States Senate election in Illinois 1944 November 8, 1938 x150px ScottWikeLucas (1).jpg Scott W. Lucas Democratic Party (United States) 1,638,162 51.32% Richard J. Lyons (193211).jpg Richard J. Lyons Republican Party (United States) 1,542,574 48.33% 1938 United States Senate election in Illinois results map by county.svg 160px County resultsLucas: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% Lyons: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% U.S. senator William H. Dieterich Democratic Party (United States) Scott W. Lucas Democratic Party (United States) The 1938 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1938.Hughes Edward J. Official Vote of the State of Illinois Cast at the Primary Election Held on April 12, 1938 https://archive.org/details/officialvoteofst1938illi/page/n3/mode/2up 6 Illinois State Board of Elections July 7, 2025 Internet Archive Incumbent first-term Democrat William H. Dieterich retired. Fellow Democrat Scott W. Lucas was elected to succeed him. Background The primaries and general election coincided with those for House and those for state elections. Primaries were held April 12, 1938. Democratic primary Candidates Michael L. Igoe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and former U.S. representative at-large Newton Jenkins, perennial candidateOur Campaigns - Candidate - Newton Jenkins https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=59843 www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns 14 December 2020 Albert Lagerstedt, former member of the Minnesota House of RepresentativesSmith Harold Hopes of GOP Run High in Congress Race: Predict Clean Sweep of North Side February 15, 1942 Chicago Tribune He is Albert Lagerstedt, 25 West Ontario Street, an independent candidate for governor in the 1940 primary. Before coming to Chicago about ten years ago, Lagerstedt had been a congressman from Minnesota from 1922 to 1928.Lagerstedt, Albert https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=13504 Minnesota Legislators Past & Present Minnesota Legislative Reference Library February 27, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20210701185359/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=13504 July 1, 2021 Scott W. Lucas, U.S. representative from Havana and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1932 John J. Sullivan, resident of New LenoxDemo Primary Holds Chief Interest April 1, 1938 Bureau County Tribune 7 July 7, 2025 https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=BCT19380401-01.1.7&srpos=8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-Albert+Lagerstedt--------- Results Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Scott W. Lucas 801,761 49.92 Democratic Party (United States) Michael L. Igoe 726,477 45.23 Democratic Party (United States) Newton Jenkins 32,808 2.04 Democratic Party (United States) John J. Sullivan 31,964 1.99 Democratic Party (United States) Albert Lagerstedt 13,236 0.82 1,606,246 100 Republican primary Candidates William J. Baker Richard J. Lyons, state representative from Libertyville Clarence P. Parker Results Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Richard J. Lyons 505,659 73.51 Republican Party (United States) William J. Baker 105,482 15.33 Republican Party (United States) Clarence P. Parker 76,784 1.12 687,925 100 General election Candidates Enoch A. Holtwick, Greenville College history professor, temperance activist, and perennial candidate (Prohibition) Scott W. Lucas, U.S. representative from Havana (Democratic) Richard J. Lyons, state representative from Libertyville (Republican) Results 1938 United States Senate election in IllinoisStatistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1938 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1938election.pdf July 14, 2019 Clerk.house.gov Democratic Party (United States) Scott W. Lucas 1,638,162 51.32% Republican Party (United States) Richard J. Lyons 1,542,574 48.33% Prohibition Party (United States) Enoch A. Holtwick 10,707 0.34% None Scattering 569 0.02% 95,588 2.99% 3,192,012 Democratic Party (US) See also 1938 United States Senate elections References 1938 Illinois United States Senate